JP2022091620A - Information processor and game control method - Google Patents

Abstract

An information processing device and a game control method are provided that further improve the possibility of winning when special symbols that can be used as other substitutes are rearranged. A terminal device (1), when rearranged symbols rearranged in a first scroll region (151) includes a first symbol (520) that can be substituted, adjoins a first symbol (520) in a second scroll region (152). The second symbol 530 is changed to the first symbol 520 , and the second symbol 530 adjacent to the second symbol 530 changed to the first symbol 520 is recursively changed to the first symbol 520 . [Selection drawing] Fig. 1

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing device and a game control method.

In the conventional slot game, a plurality of reels start to rotate and stop sequentially, and a plurality of symbols which are game results are rearranged in the symbol display area. In such slot games, if a predetermined number or more of symbols of the same type are stopped and displayed (relocated) on the valid line, a prize is won and a line dividend can be received. On the other hand, the player loses the bet credit when the prize is not obtained (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

As a special symbol that is rearranged in the conventional slot game, there is a symbol that can replace other symbols. Placing such a special symbol on the effective line enhances the possibility of line payout.

US Patent Application Publication No. 2004/0053676

However, even if the above-mentioned conventional special symbol is arranged and the special symbol substitutes for any of the adjacent symbols on the valid line, the symbol must be stopped and displayed on the valid line by a predetermined number or more. It will not be a prize.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide an information processing device and a game control method that further improve the possibility of winning a prize when a special symbol is rearranged.

The information processing apparatus of the present invention is
A symbol string in which a plurality of variable display areas are displayed, and a plurality of symbols including a first symbol that can be a substitute for another symbol and a second symbol that can be changed to the first symbol are arranged in each of the variable display areas. With a display that displays a symbol display area in which some of the symbols arranged in the symbol string are rearranged one by one in a plurality of blocks arranged in a matrix in the plurality of variable display areas. ,
A controller programmed to execute the following processes (A) to (F), and
It is characterized by having.
(A) A process of determining a rearranged symbol to be displayed in the symbol display area from a symbol string in which the plurality of symbols are arranged.
(B) A process of determining whether or not the first symbol is included in the rearranged symbol rearranged in the first variable display area among the plurality of variable display areas.
(C) When the first symbol is included in the rearranged symbol of the first variation display area, the second symbol is the second symbol in the second variation display area adjacent to the first variation display area. A process of determining whether or not to relocate to a block adjacent to the first symbol among a plurality of blocks.
(D) A process of changing the second symbol to the first symbol when the second symbol is rearranged in a block adjacent to the first symbol in the second variable display area.
(E) In the block of the plurality of variable display areas excluding the first variable display area, the second symbol adjacent to the second symbol changed to the first symbol is recursively changed to the first symbol. process,
(F) A process of determining a prize based on the rearranged symbol after the change.

According to the above configuration, when the first symbol that can substitute for other symbols is rearranged in the first variable display area, the second symbol adjacent to the first symbol in the second variable display area is the first. It is changed to a symbol, and in a plurality of variable display areas other than the first variable display area, the second symbol adjacent to the first symbol is recursively changed to the first symbol, and the winning determination is performed. As a result, when the first symbol is rearranged in the first variable display area, the second symbol in the other variable display area is changed to the first symbol according to the conditions. As a result, it is possible to further improve the possibility of winning when a special symbol called the first symbol is rearranged.

Further, in the information processing apparatus of the present invention,
The plurality of symbols have a plurality of types of the first symbol, and the plurality of types of first symbols are set so that the multiplication factor to the number of payouts when a prize is won is different.
The controller
A plurality of types of first symbols are rearranged in the first variation display area, and a second symbol rearranged in a block other than the first variation display area is a plurality of types of first symbols. When the second symbol is changed to the first symbol due to the influence of the above, the second symbol may be changed to the first symbol having the highest magnification among the plurality of types of the first symbols.

According to the above configuration, even if the second symbol is influenced by a plurality of types of the first symbol, it is changed to the first symbol having the highest magnification, so that a special symbol called the first symbol is used. It is possible to prevent the user's advantage from being reduced at the time of winning a prize in the case of rearrangement.

The game control method of the present invention
A symbol string in which a plurality of variable display areas are displayed, and a plurality of symbols including a first symbol that can be a substitute for another symbol and a second symbol that can be changed to the first symbol are arranged in each of the variable display areas. Is displayed as a symbol display area in which some of the symbols arranged in the symbol string are rearranged one by one in a plurality of blocks arranged in a matrix in the plurality of variable display areas. ,
Determining the rearranged symbol to be displayed in the symbol display area from the symbol string in which the plurality of symbols are arranged, and
Determining whether or not the rearranged symbol rearranged in the first variable display area of the plurality of variable display areas includes the first symbol.
When the rearranged symbol of the first variation display area includes the first symbol, the second symbol is a plurality of blocks in the second variation display area adjacent to the first variation display area. To determine whether or not to be rearranged in a block adjacent to the first symbol of
When the second symbol is rearranged in a block adjacent to the first symbol in the second variable display area, the second symbol is changed to the first symbol and the plurality of variable display areas are described. In the block excluding the first variable display area, the second symbol adjacent to the second symbol changed to the first symbol is recursively changed to the first symbol.
To make a winning judgment based on the rearranged symbol after the change,
It is characterized by including.

According to the above configuration, when the first symbol that can substitute for other symbols is rearranged in the first variable display area, the second symbol adjacent to the first symbol in the second variable display area is the first. It is changed to a symbol, and in a plurality of variable display areas other than the first variable display area, the second symbol adjacent to the first symbol is recursively changed to the first symbol, and the winning determination is performed. As a result, when the first symbol is rearranged in the first variable display area, the second symbol in the other variable display area is changed to the first symbol according to the conditions. As a result, it is possible to further improve the possibility of winning when a special symbol called the first symbol is rearranged.

It is explanatory drawing which shows the schematic structure of the information processing apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows the electric composition of an information processing apparatus. It is a functional block diagram of an information processing apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen. It is explanatory drawing of the symbol change table. It is a flowchart of a slot game process. It is a flowchart of a bonus game process.

The game system of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the terminal device 1 is connected to the server 10 via an internet line 99 so as to be capable of data communication, and a game system 100 having the terminal device 1 and the server 10 is configured. The game system 100 is not limited to this, and may be composed of only the terminal device 1. Further, the information processing device may mean a game system itself having a terminal device such as a smartphone and a server. Further, the function of the terminal device 1 described in the present embodiment may be provided by any of the components of the game system.

A common application is installed in the plurality of terminal devices 1 via an application store server or the like corresponding to the OS (Operating System) of each terminal device 1. In the present embodiment, the slot game can be played as a game element in the application installed in the terminal device 1. That is, the user can play the slot game on this application. The slot game may be an application add-in. That is, the slot game may be provided by an application store server, a server 10, or the like separately from the application as an additional function of the application. Further, in the application, a plurality of types of slot games having different production modes and rules may be playable. The application may be a web browser.

Slot games are started subject to the consumption of cumulative game value. If there is a prize as a result of the slot game, the game value according to the type of prize and the consumed game value is added to the accumulated game value. In this way, the terminal device 1 executes a slot game that increases or decreases the cumulative game value according to the result. The game value may be non-monetary value information (game points) used only for starting a slot game, or may be electronic valuable information equivalent to the monetary value. good.

As shown in FIG. 1, the terminal device 1 exemplified in this embodiment is a so-called smartphone, and has a display 2 provided on the front surface of the housing 11 and a touch panel 5 provided on the entire surface of the display 2. is doing. The display 2 is provided with a symbol display area 21 in which a variable display and a stop display of the symbol are performed when the game is started.

A plurality of scroll areas 151 to 155 are set in the symbol display area 21, and the symbol strings set in each are scrolled vertically and stopped. Each scroll area is composed of a plurality of display blocks 28 arranged in the vertical direction. That is, the symbol display area 21 is provided with display blocks 28 arranged in a matrix of a plurality of columns and a plurality of rows. When the symbol 500 is rearranged, the symbol 500 is displayed in each display block 28. In the present embodiment, three display blocks 28 are provided in each of the scroll areas 151 to 155 in the five columns, but the present invention is not limited to this. That is, in the symbol display area 21, the display blocks 28 are arranged in a matrix of 5 columns and 3 rows.

Specifically, the terminal device 1 has scroll areas 151 to 155 (first scroll area 151, second scroll area 152, third scroll area 153, fourth scroll area 154, and fifth scroll area 151) as a plurality of variable display areas. A plurality of symbols 500 including a first symbol 520 that can be substituted for other symbols and a second symbol 530 that can be changed to the first symbol 520 are arranged in each of the scroll areas 151 to 155 to display the scroll area 155). After the symbol string is variablely displayed, some of the symbols arranged in the symbol string are rearranged one by one in the plurality of display blocks 28 arranged in the matrix in the scroll areas 151 to 155. It has a display 2 for displaying.

In the present embodiment, the first symbol 520 is a symbol that can substitute for, but is not limited to, another symbol 500 on the valid line. For example, it may be a symbol that can be a substitute for a winning symbol by rearranging a predetermined number or more. One effective line is composed of a total of five display blocks 28. The five display blocks 28 of the valid line are determined by selecting one display block 28 for each scroll area 151 to 155. In the present embodiment, the winning of the effective line is determined by the so-called "LEFT TO RIGHT". That is, when a predetermined number or more of symbols 501 of the same type are continuously present in order from the scroll area 151 in the five display blocks 28 of each valid line, a line payout corresponding to the symbol 501 of the type is given. It is configured to do.

The terminal device 1 determines a rearranged symbol to be displayed in the symbol display area 21 from a symbol string in which a plurality of symbols 500 are arranged. Then, the terminal device 1 determines whether or not the rearranged symbol rearranged in the first scroll area 151 of the scroll areas 151 to 155 includes the first symbol 520 designated as "WILD". .. In the present embodiment, the variable display area to be determined whether or not the first symbol 520 is included is the first scroll area 151 that occupies the left end area of the symbol display area 21, but is not limited to this. For example, the variable display area to be determined whether or not the first symbol 520 is included may be the fifth scroll area 155 occupying the right end area of the symbol display area 21, or the second scroll area 152 to. It may be any of the fourth scroll areas 154.

When the rearranged symbol of the first scroll area 151 includes the first symbol 520, the terminal device 1 displays a plurality of second symbols 530 in the second scroll area 152 adjacent to the first scroll area 151. It is determined whether or not the block 28 is rearranged in the display block 28 adjacent to the first symbol 520. When the variable display area to be determined whether or not the first symbol 520 is included is any one of the second scroll area 152 to the fourth scroll area 154, the two adjacent variable display areas are used. , It may be determined whether or not the second symbol 530 is rearranged in the display block 28 adjacent to the first symbol 520 among the plurality of display blocks 28. As described above, the second variable display area may be plural as long as it is adjacent to the first variable display area.

Then, when the second symbol is rearranged in the display block 28 adjacent to the first symbol 520 in the second scroll area 152, the terminal device 1 displays the display mode of the second symbol 530 as the first symbol 520. Change to the mode. It is preferable, but not limited to, the change of the display mode is performed after the symbol string is variablely displayed and stopped and displayed in all the scroll areas 151 to 155. For example, when the scroll areas 151 to 155 are sequentially stopped at different timings, the display mode may be changed immediately after the second scroll area 152 is stopped.

Then, the terminal device 1 recursively sets the second symbol 530 adjacent to the second symbol 530 changed to the first symbol 520 in the display block 28 excluding the first scroll area 151 of the plurality of scroll areas 151 to 155. Change to 1 symbol 520. That is, in the plurality of scroll areas 152 to 155, the process of changing the second symbol 530 that matches the condition of being adjacent to the second symbol 530 changed to the first symbol 520 to the first symbol 520 meets the condition. Repeat until the second symbol 530 is no longer present. In this condition, the second symbol 530 changed to the first symbol 520 is excluded. Further, in the plurality of scroll areas 152 to 155, the second symbol 530 not adjacent to the second symbol 530 changed to the first symbol 520 maintains the state of the second symbol 530 as it is. Then, the terminal device 1 makes a winning determination based on the rearranged symbol after the change. In this way, the second symbol 530 that meets the conditions is changed to the first symbol 520, and the winning determination is performed as the first symbol 520.

In this way, when the first symbol 520 that can substitute for the other symbol 500 is rearranged in the first scroll area 151, the second symbol adjacent to the first symbol 520 in the variable display area of the second scroll area 152. 530 is changed to the first symbol 520, and in the second to fifth scroll areas excluding the first scroll area 151, the second symbol 530 adjacent to the first symbol 520 is recursively changed to the first symbol 520. Winning judgment is made. As a result, when the first symbol 520 is rearranged in the first scroll area 151, the second symbol 530 in the other scroll areas 152 to 155 is changed to the first symbol 520 depending on the conditions. .. As a result, it is possible to further improve the possibility of winning when the special symbol 500 called the first symbol 520 is rearranged.

It should be noted that there are a plurality of types of the first symbol 520 on the condition that they have a function that can substitute for other symbols, and the display mode may be different for each type. That is, the first symbol 520 changed from the second symbol 530 may be different from the display mode of the first symbol 520 included in the symbol 500 originally rearranged as the rearranged symbol.

As described above, the terminal device 1 has a display 2 provided on the front surface of the housing 11 and a touch panel 5 provided on the entire surface of the display 2. In the present embodiment, the terminal device 1 exemplifies a smartphone, but may be either a portable type or a stationary type. Examples of the portable terminal device 1 include portable information devices such as portable computers, laptop computers, tablet personal computers, handheld personal computers, and PDAs (Personal Data Assistants).

The display 2 is configured to be able to display an image. Examples of the display method of the display 2 include various display methods such as a liquid crystal system, an organic electroluminescence method, a CRT (cathode Ray Tube) method, and a plasma method. The touch panel 5 is configured to be able to detect the coordinates of the portion touched by the user's finger or the like. For the touch panel 5, known techniques such as an electromagnetic induction method and a capacitance method are adopted. From the coordinates detected by the touch panel 5, the terminal device 1 determines an object on the screen that the user has touched, a touch mode such as a swipe, and the like. Then, the terminal device 1 makes a response according to the determination result. In the following description, it may be described that the terminal device 1 determines an object to be input by the user as a user performing a selection or a touch operation on the object.

The touch panel 5 is not limited to being provided on the entire surface of the display 2. For example, the touch panel 5 may be provided on the back side of the housing 11 opposite to the display 2. Further, the touch panel 5 may be provided on a part of the display 2.

Further, in the present embodiment, the touch panel 5 operates as an input device and accepts swipe operations, touch operations, and the like, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the input device may be a microphone or a camera, or a user's voice or gesture may be accepted as an instruction operation.

As shown in FIG. 2, the terminal device 1 includes a CPU 101, a ROM 102, a RAM 103, a flash memory 104, an operation button 108, a power switch 109, a bus line 110, a network I / F 111, a camera 112, an image pickup element I / F 113, and a microphone 114. , Speaker 115, sound input / output I / F 116, display I / F 117, sensor controller 118, short-range communication circuit 119, and antenna 119a of short-range communication circuit 119 are provided in the housing 11.

Further, the server 10 is a so-called computer including a CPU 1101, a ROM 1102, a RAM 1103, a storage device 1104 such as a hard disk drive, and a network I / F 1111.

The CPU (Central Processing Unit) 101 functions as the main configuration of the controller in the terminal device 1 and controls the operation of the entire terminal device 1. The CPU 1101 functions as the main configuration of the controller in the server 10 and controls the operation of the entire server 10. That is, the CPUs 101 and 1101 function as a controller that controls the operation of the entire game system 100. The ROM (Read Only Memory) 102 stores a program used for driving the CPU 101 such as an IPL (Initial Program Loader).

The RAM (Random Access Memory) 103 / RAM 1103 is used as a work area for the CPU 101 / CPU 1101. The operation button 108 is a button that is operated when the terminal device 1 is initially set. The power switch 109 is a switch for switching ON / OFF of the power of the terminal device 1.

The flash memory 104 as a memory is a non-transient recording medium that can be read by a computer that stores various data such as a game program, a communication program, image data, and sound data. The storage device 1104 functions as a database and is a non-transient recording medium that can be read by a computer that stores game data for each of a plurality of terminal devices 1. The server 10 appropriately refers to the database of the storage device 1104 and returns a response to the request from the game program of the terminal device 1.

For example, the flash memory 104 stores various programs including a game program executed by the CPU 101 as a controller and various data used by the various programs. In other words, the program causes the terminal device 1, which is a computer including the CPU 101 and the flash memory 104, to execute the processes of the various programs. When the terminal device 1 is considered as a game system 100, the flash memory 104 / storage device 1104 stores various programs including a game program executed by the CPU 101 / CPU 1101 as a controller and various data used by the various programs. In other words, the program causes the terminal device 1 which is the game system 100 including the CPU 101 / CPU 1101 and the flash memory 104 / storage device 1104 to execute the processes of the various programs. In this way, the processing and operation of the terminal device 1 can be replaced with a program or a game control method. In this way, the processing and operation of the terminal device 1 can be replaced with a program, a non-transient recording medium that can be read by a computer in which the program is stored, a game control method, and the like.

The data and programs stored in the flash memory 104 and the storage device 1104 may be stored in advance at the factory shipment stage, or may be downloaded and stored by communication means from a server or the like (not shown). .. The communication means may be a transmission line capable of bidirectional communication such as the Internet or cable television, or may be a broadcast that transmits information in only one direction. The data and programs stored in the flash memory 104 and the storage device 1104 are stored in a recording medium such as a floppy disk, a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, an MO (magneto-optical disk), or a flash memory, and are stored as needed. It may be read from a recording medium and installed.

The network I / F (Interface) 111 / network I / F 1111 is an interface for performing data communication using a communication network such as the Internet. The camera 112 is a kind of built-in imaging means for capturing an image of a subject and obtaining image data under the control of the CPU 101. The image sensor I / F 113 is a circuit that controls the drive of the camera 112. The microphone 114 is a kind of built-in sound collecting means for inputting voice. The sound input / output I / F 116 is a circuit that processes sound signal input / output between the microphone 114 and the speaker 115 under the control of the CPU 101. The display I / F 117 is a circuit that transmits image data to the display 2 under the control of the CPU 101. The display 2 is provided on the front surface of the housing 11. The sensor controller 118 is a circuit that receives input from the touch panel 5 provided on the display 2. The short-range communication circuit 119 is a communication circuit such as NFC (Near Field Communication) (registered trademark) and Bluetooth (registered trademark). The bus line 110 is an address bus, a data bus, or the like for electrically connecting each component such as the CPU 101.

The slot game is made playable by the user as a game element in the application installed in the terminal device 1. The slot game is a game in which a plurality of symbols are stopped (rearranged) after being changed in the symbol display area 21, and a game value is given by a combination of symbols displayed in the symbol display area 21. The state in which a plurality of symbols are stopped after being changed in the symbol display area is referred to as "relocation". In the slot game, a normal game may be played, and when a predetermined condition is satisfied in the normal game, a bonus game that is more advantageous to the user than the normal game may be executed.

The game value is used as a pseudo-credit substitute in the game, and is used for betting as a condition for executing a slot game. That is, the user can bet the game value and play one slot game (unit game), and can acquire the game value as a result of the slot game.

The "unit game" is a series of operations from the start of accepting bets to the state in which a prize can be established. That is, the unit game is in a state of including once each a bet time for accepting a bet, a game time for rearranging a stopped symbol, and a payout time for a payout process for giving a payout.

As shown in FIG. 3, the terminal device 1 as a game machine for executing a slot game has the following functions. Specifically, the terminal device 1 has a BET input unit 601 and a spin input unit 602. The BET input unit 601 and the spin input unit 602 are a kind of input device. The BET input unit 601 has a function of accepting a bet by a user operation. The spin input unit 602 has a function of accepting the start of a game by a user operation, that is, a start operation.

Further, the terminal device 1 includes a start check unit 603, a normal game execution unit 605, a bonus game start determination unit 606, a bonus game execution unit 607, a lottery game execution unit 608, a random number value extraction unit 615, and a symbol. The decision unit 612, the effect random value extraction unit 616, the effect content determination unit 613, the sound output unit 617, the effect display processing unit 618, the prize determination unit 619, the prize giving unit 620, and the game display processing unit. It has 631 and.

The normal game execution unit 605 has a function of executing a normal game, which is a base game, on condition that the operation of the BET input unit 601 is performed. The bonus game start determination unit 606 determines whether or not to execute the bonus game based on the combination of the rearranged symbols in the normal game. That is, the bonus game start determination unit 606 determines that the bonus game has been won when the bonus trigger condition is satisfied, and shifts the process to the bonus game execution unit 607 so that the bonus game is executed from the next unit game. It has a function to play. The lottery game execution unit 608 has a function of drawing a plurality of prizes including a bonus game, and by executing the lottery game execution unit 607 after the execution of the bonus game execution unit 607, the bonus game can be repeatedly executed.

The symbol determination unit 612 has a base game processing unit 612a and a bonus game processing unit 612b. The symbol determination unit 612 including these processing units 612a and 612b has a function of determining a symbol to be rearranged by using the random value from the random number value extraction unit 615, and the determined symbol is used in the game area of the display 2. The function of rearranging in 291, the function of outputting the symbol rearrangement information to the winning determination unit 619, and the function of outputting the effect command signal to the effect random number value extraction unit 616 based on the combination of the symbol rearrangement. Have.

The effect random value extraction unit 616 has a function of extracting an effect random value when receiving an effect command signal from the symbol determination unit 612, and a function of outputting the effect random value to the effect content determination unit 613. is doing. The staging content determination unit 613 has a function of determining the staging content using a random value for staging, a function of outputting video information of the determined staging content to the staging display processing unit 618, and audio / light emission information of the determined staging content. Has a function of outputting to the sound output unit 617.

The prize-winning determination unit 619 has a function of determining whether or not there is a prize based on the combination of symbols when the symbol rearrangement information is obtained, and calculates the payout amount based on the winning combination when it is determined that the prize has been won. It has a function and a function of outputting a payout signal based on the payout amount to the prize giving unit 620. The prize giving unit 620 has a function of paying out the game value to the user.

Further, in the present embodiment, as described above, the symbol determination unit 612 has a function of determining the rearranged symbol to be displayed in the symbol display area 21 from the symbol string in which the plurality of symbols 500 are arranged, and as follows. Has a function. That is, the symbol determination unit 612 has a function of determining whether or not the first symbol 520 is included in the rearranged symbols rearranged in the first scroll area 151 among the plurality of scroll areas 151 to 155. Further, when the relocation symbol of the first scroll area 151 includes the first symbol 520, the symbol determination unit 612 has a plurality of second symbols 530 in the second scroll area 152 adjacent to the first scroll area 151. It has a function of determining whether or not the display block 28 is rearranged in the display block 28 adjacent to the first symbol 520 of the display blocks 28. Further, when the second symbol 530 is rearranged in the display block 28 adjacent to the first symbol 520 in the second scroll area 152, the symbol determination unit 612 changes the second symbol 530 to the first symbol 520. Has a function. Further, the symbol determination unit 612 recursively firsts the second symbol 530 adjacent to the second symbol 530 changed to the first symbol 520 in the block excluding the first scroll area 151 of the plurality of scroll areas 151 to 155. It has a function to change to a symbol.

Further, in the present embodiment, the effect display processing unit 618 may further have the following functions. That is, the effect display processing unit 618 has a function of displaying an effect of sequentially stopping the plurality of scroll areas 151 to 155 at different timings. Further, the effect display processing unit 618 displays a display mode of the second symbol 530 of the second scroll area 152 adjacent to the first symbol 520 of the first scroll area 151 after the plurality of scroll areas 151 to 155 are stopped. It has a function of displaying an effect of changing the display mode of the first symbol 520. Further, the effect display processing unit 618 scrolls after changing the display mode of the second symbol 530 of the second scroll area 152 adjacent to the first symbol 520 of the first scroll area 151 to the display mode of the first symbol 520. In the areas 152 to 155, it has a function of displaying an effect of changing the display mode of the second symbol 530 adjacent to the second symbol 530 to the display mode of the first symbol 520. Further, the effect display processing unit 618 displays the display mode of the second symbol 530 adjacent to the second symbol 530 changed to the display mode of the first symbol 520 in the scroll areas 152 to 155 as the display mode of the first symbol 520. It has a function to recursively display the effect of changing to.

Further, in the present embodiment, the winning determination unit 619 further has a function of performing a winning determination based on the rearranged symbol after the change.

Although not shown, the output contents of each of the above processing units are appropriately transmitted to the server 10 connected via a communication line such as the Internet line 99.

In the present embodiment, the processing and operation will be described assuming that the terminal device 1 which is a smartphone has these functions, but the functions may be distributed to the components of the game system 100. For example, a lottery for determining the result of the slot game may be performed on the server 10.

The basic game contents of the slot game will be explained. The terminal device 1 has two types of game modes as a slot game, a normal game mode and a bonus game mode. The normal game mode is the game state during the normal game, and the bonus game mode corresponds to the game state during the free game. The terminal device 1 executes a unit game mainly in the normal game mode, and shifts the game mode to the bonus game mode when the bonus trigger condition is satisfied in the normal game mode. For example, the trigger of the bonus game is a condition that three or more bonus symbols appear (rearrange). The trigger of the bonus game may be other conditions.

More specifically, the normal game mode will be described. In the game area displayed on the display 2 (see FIG. 1), the slot game symbols of the video reels can be rearranged in 3 rows and 5 columns. In the bet process, the number of bets is selected by the user. For example, as for the number of bets, selection of 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, etc. may be made selectable by operating the bet button, or a desired number may be inputtable. Then, the resources obtained by accumulating a part of these bets are regarded as the jackpot.

Next, in the game area, when the symbols are rearranged by the variable display (scroll movement) and the stop display (scroll stop) of the video reel, it is determined whether or not there is a prize. Then, the win determination is performed based on the mode of rearrangement of the rearranged symbols. For example, if three or more bonus symbols are rearranged in the game area, the bonus game trigger will be won.

In the normal game mode, when the trigger condition of the bonus game is satisfied, the game shifts to the bonus game mode, and first, the free game process is executed.

In the free game processing, the reel band for the free game to be used during the free game is determined, and a predetermined number of free games is set. The reel band for free games and the number of free games may be set from a plurality of selections by random number lottery.

When the free game is executed, a win determination is made. The win determination may be the same as the win determination in the normal game. For example, when three or more bonus symbols appear again in the game area, the trigger condition of the bonus game (free game) is satisfied, and the number of free games is added.

After that, the end determination of the free game is performed, and if the number of free games is not completely consumed, the free game is continued and the remaining free games are executed.

In this embodiment, there are two types of bonus games, a first bonus game and a second bonus game. Both the first bonus game and the second bonus game execute a predetermined number of free games, but the change from the second symbol 530 to the first symbol 520 as described above is the second bonus game. Only allowed in. That is, only in the free game in the second bonus game, the rearranged second symbol 530 is changed to the first symbol 520 depending on the conditions, but the present invention is not limited to this.

The conditions for starting the first bonus game and the second bonus game are not particularly limited, but the following are exemplified. For example, the start condition of the first bonus game may be a condition that three or more bonus symbols appear (rearrange) as described above. Further, for example, the start condition of the second bonus game may be a condition that a predetermined symbol is rearranged in all the display blocks 28 in any one of the scroll areas 151 to 155 in the normal game. Further, for example, even if the start condition of the second bonus game is that three or more bonus symbols appear (rearrange) in the first bonus game and all the free games of the first bonus game are terminated. good. In addition, a mini-game in which any of rewards including the start of the first bonus game, the start of the second bonus game, and a predetermined dividend, etc. can be obtained occurs with a predetermined probability after the end of the unit game of the normal game. It may be a thing. In the present embodiment, the start condition of the first bonus game is a condition that three or more bonus symbols appear (rearrange), and the start condition of the second bonus game is that the bonus symbol is used in the first bonus game. The condition that 3 or more appear (relocate) is adopted.

Next, with reference to the drawings, the display state of the symbol display area 21 and the like on the display 2 will be specifically exemplified.

FIG. 4 is a symbol display area 21 at the timing when the variable display in the free game 1 is stopped in the second bonus game. As shown in FIG. 4, in the first scroll area 151, the first symbol 520 is rearranged in the first and third rows. Further, the second symbol 530 is rearranged in the first to third lines of the second scroll area 152, rearranged in the second and third lines of the third scroll area 153, and two lines of the fourth scroll area 154. It is rearranged in the eyes and rearranged in the third row of the fifth scroll area 155.

In this embodiment, the symbol 500 has a plurality of types of first symbols 520. Specifically, the first symbol 520 has a 1x 1st symbol 520a, a 2x 1st symbol (not shown), a 3x 1st symbol (not shown), and a 7x 1st symbol 520b. is doing. The doubled first symbol is a symbol in which the line payout is doubled if a prize is established on the valid line to which the symbol is rearranged. Further, the tripled first symbol is a symbol in which the line payout is tripled when a prize is established on the valid line on which the symbol is rearranged. Further, the 7-fold first symbol 520b is a symbol in which the line payout is 7-fold when a prize is established on the valid line on which the symbol is rearranged. As described above, there are a plurality of types of first symbols 520, and each is set so that the multiplication factor to the number of payouts when a prize is won is different. That is, the plurality of types of first symbols are set so that their advantages at the time of winning are different.

The 1x 1st symbol 520a, the 2x 1st symbol, and the 3x 1st symbol are the 1st symbols 520 that appear in both the 1st bonus game and the 2nd bonus game, but the 7x 1st symbol. 520b is a symbol that appears only in the second bonus game. In FIG. 4, the 7-fold first symbol 520b is rearranged in the first row of the first scroll area 151, and the same-magnification first symbol 520a is rearranged in the third row of the first scroll area 151.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the timing at which the second symbol adjacent to the first symbol 520 is changed to the display mode of the first symbol in the second scroll area 152. As shown in FIG. 5, only the second symbol 530 in the first row adjacent to the seventh-fold first symbol 520b has been changed to the changed first symbol 520c, and the second symbol 530 in the third row is the changed first symbol. It has not been changed to 520c. This is to indicate that when the second symbol 530 is influenced by a plurality of types of first symbols 520, the second symbol 530 is changed to the first symbol 520 having the highest magnification. That is, when the second symbol 530 is influenced by a plurality of types of the first symbol 520, only the change of the display mode by the first symbol 520 having the highest magnification is displayed, and the other change of the display mode by the first symbol 520 is displayed. Will be cancelled.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 5, the second symbol 530 in the third row of the second scroll area 152 is affected because it is adjacent to the first symbol 520a having the same size as the first scroll area. However, this second symbol 530 is also affected by the second symbol 530 in the first row of the second scroll area 152, which is adjacent to the first symbol 520b, which is seven times the first scroll area. Therefore, the influence of the 7-fold first symbol 520b, which has a magnification set more favorably than the 1-magnification first symbol 520a, is displayed. It should be noted that the second symbol 530 is changed to the changed first symbol 520c having the same display mode regardless of the change to the first symbol 520 of any magnification, but the present invention is not limited to this.

Then, as shown in FIG. 6, the second symbol 530 adjacent to the modified first symbol 530c in the second scroll area 152 is sequentially changed to the modified first symbol 530c. In this way, the second symbol 530 adjacent to the first symbol 520 having the highest magnification is changed to the modified first symbol 530c so as to continuously spread. As a result, the changed first symbol 530c can clearly display the affected first symbol 530 and its magnification.

In the present embodiment, when a plurality of modified first symbols 530c exist on the same effective line, the dividend is a dividend in which all the multiples are added, but the dividend is not limited to this, and one of the highest multiples is used. It may be a dividend that takes into account. For example, in the present embodiment, the modified first symbol 530c influenced by the 7-fold first symbol 530b and the modified first symbol 530c influenced by the triple-first symbol exist on the same effective line. In this case, the line payout of the effective line is 21 times, but the line payout may be a line payout that adopts the magnification (7 times) of the 7 times first symbol 530b having the highest magnification.

In this way, in the terminal device 1, a plurality of types of first symbols 520 are rearranged in the first scroll area 151, and the second symbol 530 rearranged in the display block 28 excluding the first scroll area 151 When affected by a plurality of types of the first symbol 520, the second symbol is changed to the first symbol 520 having the highest magnification among the plurality of types of the plurality of first symbols 520.

Next, an example of a data table stored in the terminal device 1 will be described.

For example, as shown in FIG. 7, the symbol change table is stored in the flash memory 104 of the terminal device 1. The symbol change table is a data table that is updated for each unit game of the second bonus game, and is used for determining the content of the production and determining the payout.

Specifically, the symbol change table has a storage area for each arrangement position in which the symbol 500 of the symbol display area 21 is arranged. The storage area is identified by a row number and a column number. Data may be stored in each storage area after the unit game is started and the rearrangement symbol is determined. When the first symbol 520 is rearranged in the first scroll area 151, the magnification indicated by the first symbol 520 is stored in the storage area corresponding to the rearranged display block 28. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, when the 7-fold first symbol 520b is stored in the first row of the first scroll area 151, "7-fold" is stored in the storage area of row number 1 of column number 1. Information indicating that will be stored.

Column numbers 2 to 5 correspond to the second scroll area 152 to the fifth scroll area 155, and are rearranged when the second symbol 530 is rearranged and changed to the first symbol 520. In the storage area corresponding to the display block 28, the magnification when the first symbol 520 is changed and the information indicating the timing of the effect of changing the display mode to the first symbol 520c are stored. As described above, when the second symbol 530 adjacent to the first symbol 520 exists, the effect of repeatedly changing the second symbol to the display mode of the first symbol 520 is performed. The effect timing corresponds to the number of repetitions, and the larger the numerical value, the later the display mode is changed.

A game program for slot game processing executed by the CPU 101 of the terminal device 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 8, the CPU 101 executes an initialization process at the end of one game (S1). The CPU 101 clears data that is unnecessary for each game in the work area of the RAM 103, such as the number of bets and symbols determined by lottery. Then, the CPU 101 normally executes the game start process (S2). In the normal game start process, the CPU 101 checks the input of the bet amount or the like selected on the touch panel 5 or the like.

Then, the CPU 101 executes a normal game symbol lottery process (S3). In this process, the CPU 101 refers to a symbol string table for a normal game that does not include the first symbol 520 and the second symbol 530 excluding the first symbol 520a of the same size, and the symbol 500 scheduled to be stopped based on a random number value. Lottery and decision.

Then, the CPU 101 executes the payout number determination process (S4). Specifically, the CPU 101 determines whether or not the winning combination is established and has won a prize in the set payline, and if a prize has been won, the CPU 101 determines the number of payouts for all the prizes related to the payline. It is also determined whether or not the bonus game is triggered.

Next, the CPU 101 executes a normal game effect determination process (S5). Next, the CPU 101 executes a normal game reel fluctuation stop process (S6). In this process, the CPU 101 controls the display 2 to display the effect content and output the sound from the speaker 115 based on the effect of the content determined in step S12.

Next, the CPU 101 executes the payout process (S7). Specifically, the CPU 101 adds the value stored in the payout number storage area to the value (credit number counter) stored in the credit number storage area provided in the RAM 103.

Next, the CPU 101 determines whether or not the bonus game trigger is established based on the process of step S11 (S8). When it is determined that the bonus game trigger has been established (S8: YES), the CPU 101 executes the bonus game process (S9).

On the other hand, when the bonus game trigger is not established (S8: NO), or after the bonus game process in step S10 is executed, the CPU 101 re-executes the process from S1.

Next, with reference to FIG. 9, a game program for bonus game processing, which is a subroutine for slot game processing executed by the CPU 101 of the terminal device 1, will be described.

First, the CPU 101 sets the number of free games (S10). For example, the CPU 101 sets 7 as the number of free games. Then, the CPU 101 sets a symbol string according to the bonus game to be executed (S11). For example, when the first bonus game is executed, a symbol string for the first bonus game that does not include the 7-fold first symbol 520b or the second symbol 530 is selected. When the second bonus game is executed, the symbol string for the second bonus game including all the first symbol 520 and the second symbol 530 is selected.

As described above, in the free game, a symbol lottery table for the free game, which is different from the symbol column table used in the normal game and is more advantageous than the one for the normal game, is used. Further, for example, in a free game, the following symbol strings may be used. That is, in the symbol column table for free games, the ratio of symbols related to winning combinations with a large number of dividends is high (or the probability of stopping is high), there are no symbols related to winning combinations with a low number of dividends, and the number of wild symbols is large. (Or the stop probability is high), the number of bonus symbols is large (or the stop probability is high), and the like are exemplified.

After that, the CPU 101 executes the initialization process at the end of one game (S12). For example, the CPU 101 clears data that is unnecessary for each game in the work area of the RAM 103, such as a symbol determined by lottery. As the number of bets in the bonus game, the one in the normal game immediately before the transition to the first bonus game is used.

After that, the CPU 101 executes the free game start process (S13) and the free game symbol lottery process (S14) as in the case of the normal game.

Then, the CPU 101 determines whether or not the game is the second bonus game (S15), and if it is the second bonus game (S15: YES), the data storage process in the symbol change table (see FIG. 7) is performed. Do (S16). Specifically, when the first symbol 520 is rearranged in the first scroll area 151, the CPU 101 stores the magnification according to the type of the first symbol 520. Further, when the second symbol 530 changed to the first symbol 520 is rearranged in the scroll areas 152 to 155, the CPU 101 stores the magnification of the changed first symbol 520 and the change timing. ..

Then, the CPU 101 executes the payout number determination process (S17). For example, in the case of the second bonus game, the CPU 101 determines the winning by the combination of the rearranged symbol determined in step S14 and the symbol established on the valid line based on the data stored in the symbol change table. Then, the type of the winning symbol, the multiplying factor of the first symbol 520 existing on the winning line, the number of bets, and the dividend according to the winning line are determined for each valid line, and the total value is used as the payout number.

After that, the CPU 101 executes a free game effect determination process (S18), a free game reel fluctuation stop process (S19), and a payout process (S20), as in the case of a normal game.

However, in the case of the second bonus game, the CPU 101 refers to the symbol change table (see FIG. 7) in step S27, and sets the second symbol 530 to be changed to the first symbol 520 and the change timing thereof. After acquiring, determine the production content after symbol rearrangement.

After that, the CPU 101 decrements the set number of free games by 1 (S21). Then, the CPU 101 determines whether or not the bonus game is finished (S22). If the number of free games is not 0 (S22: NO), the CPU 101 determines that the bonus game has not ended, and re-executes the free game from the process of step S12. On the other hand, when the number of free games is 0 (S22: YES), the CPU 101 determines whether or not the game is the first bonus game (S23).

In the case of the first bonus game (S23: YES), the CPU 101 determines whether or not to shift to the second bonus game (S24). Specifically, the CPU 101 determines whether or not three or more bonus symbols have appeared (rearranged) in any of the free games executed in the first bonus game. When shifting to the second bonus game (S24: YES), the CPU 101 shifts the process to step S10 and further executes the second bonus game. If it is determined in step S23 that the game is the first bonus game (S23: NO), or if the game does not shift to the second bonus game in step S24 (S24: NO), the CPU 101 ends this subroutine and processes the slot game. Return to.

Although not shown, when the payout number is determined in the slot game process and the bonus game process, the CPU 101 executes a process of transmitting the payout number to the server 10 as an acquisition number.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, only specific examples are exemplified, and the present invention is not particularly limited, and the specific configuration of each means and the like can be appropriately redesigned. Further, the effects described in the embodiments of the present invention merely list the most suitable effects arising from the present invention, and the effects according to the present invention are limited to those described in the embodiments of the present invention. is not.

Further, in the above-mentioned detailed description, the characteristic parts have been mainly described so that the present invention can be understood more easily. The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described in the detailed description described above, and can be applied to other embodiments, and the scope of application thereof is various. In addition, the terms and wording used in the present specification are used to accurately explain the present invention, and are not used to limit the interpretation of the present invention. Further, those skilled in the art will find it easy to infer other configurations, systems, methods and the like included in the concept of the present invention from the concept of the invention described in the present specification. Therefore, the description of the scope of claims must be regarded as including an equal structure without departing from the scope of the technical idea of the present invention. In addition, the purpose of the abstract is to simplify the technical content and essence of this application by the Japan Patent Office, general public institutions, and engineers belonging to this technical field who are not familiar with patents, legal terms, or technical terms. It is intended to be able to make a prompt judgment through a thorough investigation. Therefore, the abstract is not intended to limit the scope of the invention to be evaluated by the statement of claims. Further, in order to fully understand the object of the present invention and the peculiar effect of the present invention, it is desired that the documents and the like already disclosed be fully taken into consideration in the interpretation.

The detailed description described above includes processing performed by the computer. The above explanations and expressions are described for the purpose of being understood by those skilled in the art most efficiently. In the present specification, each process used to derive the result of 1 should be understood as a process without self-contradiction. Further, in each process, electrical or magnetic signals are transmitted / received, recorded, and the like. In the processing in each processing, such signals are expressed by bits, values, symbols, letters, terms, numbers, etc., but it should be noted that these are used only for convenience of explanation. There is a need. In addition, the processing in each processing may be described in terms common to human behavior, but the processing described in the present specification is executed by various devices in principle. In addition, other configurations required to perform each process are self-evident from the above description.

1 Information processing device 2 Display 5 Touch panel 10 Server 100 Game system

Claims (3)

A symbol string in which a plurality of variable display areas are displayed, and a plurality of symbols including a first symbol that can be a substitute for another symbol and a second symbol that can be changed to the first symbol are arranged in each of the variable display areas. With a display that displays a symbol display area in which some of the symbols arranged in the symbol string are rearranged one by one in a plurality of blocks arranged in a matrix in the plurality of variable display areas. ,
A controller programmed to execute the following processes (A) to (F), and
An information processing device characterized by having.
(A) A process of determining a rearranged symbol to be displayed in the symbol display area from a symbol string in which the plurality of symbols are arranged.
(B) A process of determining whether or not the first symbol is included in the rearranged symbol rearranged in the first variable display area among the plurality of variable display areas.
(C) When the first symbol is included in the rearranged symbol of the first variation display area, the second symbol is the second symbol in the second variation display area adjacent to the first variation display area. A process of determining whether or not to relocate to a block adjacent to the first symbol among a plurality of blocks.
(D) A process of changing the second symbol to the first symbol when the second symbol is rearranged in a block adjacent to the first symbol in the second variable display area.
(E) In the block of the plurality of variable display areas excluding the first variable display area, the second symbol adjacent to the second symbol changed to the first symbol is recursively changed to the first symbol. process,
(F) A process of determining a prize based on the rearranged symbol after the change. The plurality of symbols have a plurality of types of the first symbol.
The first symbols of the plurality of types are set so that the multiplication factor to the number of payouts when winning each is different.
The controller
A plurality of types of first symbols are rearranged in the first variation display area, and a second symbol rearranged in a block other than the first variation display area is a plurality of types of first symbols. According to claim 1, when the second symbol is changed to the first symbol due to the influence of the above, the second symbol is changed to the first symbol having the highest magnification among the plurality of types of the first symbols. The information processing device described. A symbol string in which a plurality of variable display areas are displayed, and a plurality of symbols including a first symbol that can be a substitute for another symbol and a second symbol that can be changed to the first symbol are arranged in each of the variable display areas. Is displayed as a symbol display area in which some of the symbols arranged in the symbol string are rearranged one by one in a plurality of blocks arranged in a matrix in the plurality of variable display areas. ,
Determining the rearranged symbol to be displayed in the symbol display area from the symbol string in which the plurality of symbols are arranged, and
Determining whether or not the rearranged symbol rearranged in the first variable display area of the plurality of variable display areas includes the first symbol.
When the rearranged symbol of the first variation display area includes the first symbol, the second symbol is a plurality of blocks in the second variation display area adjacent to the first variation display area. To determine whether or not to be rearranged in a block adjacent to the first symbol of
When the second symbol is rearranged in a block adjacent to the first symbol in the second variable display area, the second symbol is changed to the first symbol and the plurality of variable display areas are described. In the block excluding the first variable display area, the second symbol adjacent to the second symbol changed to the first symbol is recursively changed to the first symbol.
To make a winning judgment based on the rearranged symbol after the change,
A game control method characterized by including.

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