JP2024068284A - Information processing system, program, and information processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a technique increasing amusement when providing a game medium.SOLUTION: First impartation processing is executed according to reception of a first request from a user. The first impartation processing is processing that imparts a game medium selected from a first game medium group to the user. Execution of second impartation processing is enabled according to satisfaction of a predetermined condition or according to reception of a predetermined request from a user. The second impartation processing imparts a game medium selected from a second game medium group to the user. A degree of heating when enabling execution of the second impartation processing is specified. The degree of heating is the user's degree of consumption for the first impartation processing that is specified based on an execution history of the user's first impartation processing. Contents of a game medium included in the second game medium group are set on the basis of the degree of heating.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

This disclosure relates to an information processing system, a program, and an information processing method.

In a conventional technology, a server device that provides a game to a player's terminal device via a network is known that includes a management unit that manages available game media that can be acquired by the player, a winning game media selection unit that performs a selection process to select one or more game media as winning game media from the available game media associated with the deck in response to a game media acquisition request from the player's terminal device, an owned game media storage unit that stores the winning game media selected by the selection process as the player's owned game media, an update unit that updates the available game media associated with the deck based on the selection process, and a provision unit that provides the terminal device with information regarding the available game media associated with the deck (Patent Document 1).

JP 2013-248370 A

However, in recent years, there is room for improvement in terms of the interest that comes with providing game media to users.

In consideration of the above circumstances, this disclosure aims to provide technology that improves the interest of game media when it is provided.

According to one aspect of the present disclosure, an information processing system is provided. The information processing system has a control unit. The control unit executes a first granting process in response to receiving a first request from a user. The first granting process is a process of granting a game medium selected from a first game medium group to the user. In response to a predetermined condition being satisfied or in response to receiving a predetermined request from the user, execution of a second granting process is enabled. The second granting process is a process of granting a game medium selected from a second game medium group to the user. An intensity level at which execution of the second granting process is enabled is identified. The intensity level is the degree of demand for the first granting process by the user that is identified based on the execution history of the first granting process by the user. The content of the game media included in the second game medium group is set based on the intensity level.

This disclosure provides technology that improves the interest of game media.

1 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of an information processing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of an information processing device 2 according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a game device 3 according to the present embodiment. FIG. FIG. 2 is an activity diagram showing an example of the flow of information processing executed by the information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a top screen 5 and a gacha screen 6. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a gacha screen 7 when a gacha is executed. A figure showing an example of a gacha screen 7 when a lineup area 71 is displayed. A figure showing an example of a gacha screen 7 when an item list area 72 is displayed. A figure showing an example of the gacha screen 7 when the reset lineup area 73 is displayed. A figure showing an example of a gacha screen 7 when a reset item list area 74 is displayed. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a breakdown change table T1.

[Embodiment]
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings. Various features shown in the following embodiments can be combined with each other.

The program for implementing the software used in this embodiment may be provided as a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium, or may be provided so that it can be downloaded from an external server, or may be provided so that the program is started on an external computer and its functions are implemented on a client terminal (so-called cloud computing).

In this embodiment, a "unit" may also include, for example, a combination of hardware resources implemented by a circuit in the broad sense and software information processing that can be specifically realized by these hardware resources. In this embodiment, various information is handled, and this information is represented, for example, by physical values of signal values representing voltage and current, high and low signal values as a binary bit collection consisting of 0 or 1, or quantum superposition (so-called quantum bits), and communication and calculations can be performed on a circuit in the broad sense.

In the broad sense, a circuit is a circuit realized by at least appropriately combining a circuit, circuitry, a processor, and memory. In other words, it includes application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), programmable logic devices (e.g., simple programmable logic devices (SPLDs), complex programmable logic devices (CPLDs), and field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs)).

1. Description of the Game Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of an information processing system 1 according to this embodiment. In the information processing system 1 shown in Fig. 1, an information processing device 2 and a plurality of game devices 3 are communicably connected to each other via a communication network 11, and a game is executed on the game devices 3.

The game according to this embodiment is an online game executed by the information processing system 1. In this game, a user of the game device 3 solves puzzles by moving an object to be operated, causes one or more player characters to act in a virtual game space, and causes the player characters to fight against enemy characters, which are non-player characters. The characters are also an example of an object.

The above-mentioned games are played using a game device 3, which is a home game console such as PlayStation (registered trademark), a portable game console such as Nintendo Switch (registered trademark), or an electronic device such as a personal computer, smartphone, or tablet terminal.

2. Overview of Information Processing System 1 As shown in FIG. 1, the information processing system 1 is composed of an information processing device 2 and a plurality of game devices 3. The information processing device 2 stores game programs and game data, and manages the game data of the game devices 3 (for each account information described below). The information processing device 2 is composed of, for example, a server. Each of the plurality of game devices 3 has the same configuration. Note that in this embodiment, a system is composed of one or more devices or components. Therefore, for example, even the information processing device 2 or the game device 3 described below alone can be an example of the information processing system 1.

The game device 3 executes a predetermined game based on the user's operation. To this end, the game device 3 receives (specifically, downloads and installs) a game program and game data from the information processing device 2 via the communication network 11. Each user is assigned account information including identification information and a password in association with the game device 3. This account information is transmitted from the game device 3 to the information processing device 2 at the time of login, and is used for user authentication on the information processing device 2.

After user authentication, the information processing device 2 and the game device 3 are able to communicate with each other. After logging in, the game device 3 receives data necessary for game progress (data related to the game progress status) from the information processing device 2, and progresses the game while outputting game images and sounds to the display 4a and speaker 4b based on the user's operations.

2.1 Hardware Configuration Hereinafter, each hardware component of the information processing system 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

<Information processing device 2>
1, the information processing device 2 includes a communication unit 21, a storage unit 22, and a control unit 23. The communication unit 21 and the storage unit 22 are electrically connected to the control unit 23 via a communication bus 20.

The communication unit 21 is a so-called network interface that is communicatively connected to each game device 3 via a communication network 11 such as the Internet and a LAN. Main information that the information processing device 2 receives via the communication unit 21 includes download request information for a game program, a first request, a second request, a predetermined request for gacha in response to a user's operation, a request to execute a quest, a request to execute/end autoplay, account information, game data, etc. Main information that the information processing device 2 transmits via the communication unit 21 includes information for confirming that the game device 3 has received the game program, information about the game media obtained by gacha, etc.

The storage unit 22 is composed of a hard disk drive (HDD), a random access memory (RAM), a read only memory (ROM), and a solid state drive (SSD). The storage unit 22 stores various programs, including a part of the game program according to this embodiment, and various data related to the game.

Specifically, for example, the storage unit 22 stores a user DB and a lottery table. In the user DB, for each identification number of a user playing the game, information such as the user name, user rank, status of the player character operated by the user, the amount of consumable media usable in the virtual game space, information on parameters, etc. are stored in association with each other. The lottery table is used for the first granting process or the second granting process, which is generally called gacha, and includes multiple pieces of information on the game media to be selected. In the lottery table, information on the game media (such as name, ability parameters, rarity, and level) is associated with the selection rate by lottery. Furthermore, the ability parameters include, for example, combat power, HP, attack power, defense power, intelligence, and speed when the game medium is a player character.

The control unit 23 is composed of a microcomputer including a CPU and a semiconductor memory, and controls the operation of the information processing device 2, which is its own device. In particular, the control unit 23 realizes various functions related to the information processing device 2, which is its own device, by reading out a specific program stored in the storage unit 22. That is, information processing by the software stored in the storage unit 22 is specifically realized by the control unit 23, which is an example of hardware, and each of the functional units described below can be executed. Note that the control unit 23 is not limited to being single, and may be implemented with multiple control units 23 for each function. A combination of these may also be used.

Examples of information processing executed by the control unit 23 include a charge settlement process, a user account authentication process, a first granting process for gacha, and a second granting process. The charge settlement process is executed, for example, based on a request for a charge required to restore a predetermined amount of parameters during the game. The user account authentication process is executed, for example, using the user's identification information received from the game device 3. The first granting process for gacha is a process in which, in response to a first request for gacha, one or more game media are selected by lottery from a lottery table based on the selection probability for each game medium or the stock amount for each game medium. According to the first granting process for gacha, information on the selected game medium and the identification information of the user who performed the operation that is the source of the first request are associated in the user DB, and the game medium that the user won as a result of drawing gacha is granted to the user.

To further supplement the above, the "game medium" is electronic data that represents elements related to the game, including the player character, the name of the character used as the player character, items (weapons, armor, tools) used by the player character in the virtual game space, and items used to solve puzzles in the game. Users can obtain game medium by direct purchase through a fee, clearing quests, or by a lottery method called gacha. The obtained game medium is stored and managed in the user DB in association with the identification information of the user who has come to own the game medium. Furthermore, "gacha" is a method in which the information processing device 2 selects any game medium by lottery from a lottery table based on a predetermined selection ratio. The selected any game medium is given to the user's game device 3. "Giving the game medium selected by gacha to the user/the user owns it" is synonymous with "associating/being associated with the game medium selected in the first giving process with the identification information indicating the user."

<Game Device 3>
A display 4a, a speaker 4b, and an input device 4c are externally connected or built into the game device 3. The game device 3 also has a communication unit 31, a storage unit 32, a control unit 33, a graphics processing unit 34a, an audio processing unit 34b, and an operation unit 34c. The communication unit 31, the storage unit 32, the graphics processing unit 34a, the audio processing unit 34b, and the operation unit 34c are electrically connected to the control unit 33 via a communication bus 30.

The communication unit 31 is a so-called network interface that is communicatively connected to the communication network 11 in order to transmit and receive various data between the game device 3 and the information processing device 2. Main information that the game device 3 receives via the communication unit 31 includes account information, download request information for new game data, first and second requests for game media by gacha, predetermined requests, and quest execution requests. Main information that the game device 3 transmits via the communication unit 31 includes new game data sent from the information processing device 2 in response to download request information, and information on the game media selected by the first or second request.

The storage unit 32 is composed of a HDD, SSD, RAM, ROM, etc. The storage unit 32 stores game data downloaded from the information processing device 2, various programs including a part of the game program, account information of the game device 3 which is the device itself, user information, etc. The user information is at least a part of the information in the user DB stored in the storage unit 22 of the information processing device 2. The user DB manages the master of the user information, and at least a part of the information in this master is distributed from the information processing device 2 and stored in the storage unit 32 of the game device 3.

The control unit 33 is composed of a microcomputer including a CPU and semiconductor memory, and controls the operation of the game device 3, which is the device itself. In particular, the control unit 33 realizes various functions related to the game device 3, which is the device itself, by reading out a specific program stored in the storage unit 32. That is, information processing by the software stored in the storage unit 32 is specifically realized by the control unit 33, which is an example of hardware, and each of the functional units described below can be executed. Note that the control unit 33 is not limited to being single, and may be implemented with multiple control units 33 for each function. A combination of these may also be used.

In particular, the control unit 33 is configured to execute the game in accordance with the operation of the input device 4c by the user of the game device 3, which is the own device. Specifically, the control unit 33 reads data such as virtual game space objects and textures contained in the game data from the storage unit 32, or generates two-dimensional or three-dimensional game image information using data received from the information processing device 2. The game image information is processed by the graphics processing unit 34a, and the processed game images are sequentially displayed on the display 4a. In other words, the control unit 33 is configured to control the display of the display 4a and the audio output of the speaker 4b in accordance with the operation of the user of the game device 3, which is the own device, when executing the game.

The graphics processing unit 34a renders game images including characters and various objects related to the virtual game space in a moving image format according to game image information output from the control unit 33. The graphics processing unit 34a is connected to the display 4a, which may be a liquid crystal display, and the game images rendered in a moving image format are displayed on the display 4a as a game screen. The audio processing unit 34b is connected to the speaker 4b, and reproduces and synthesizes game sounds according to instructions from the control unit 33, and outputs the sounds from the speaker 4b. The operation unit 34c is connected to the input device 4c, and transmits and receives data related to operation inputs to and from the input device 4c. The user inputs operation signals to the game apparatus 3 by operating the input device 4c. The input device 4c is a general term for a touch panel integrated with the display 4a, an external game pad, a mouse, a keyboard, and the like.

2.2 Functional Configuration Next, the functional configuration of the information processing system 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

<Information processing device 2>
Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the information processing device 2 according to this embodiment. As shown in Fig. 2, the control unit 23 executes various programs stored in the storage unit 22, thereby functioning as an information transmission/reception unit 230, a display control unit 231, an executable unit 232, an execution unit 233, a specification unit 234, and a setting unit 235. That is, information processing by software stored in the storage unit 22 is specifically realized by the control unit 23, which is an example of hardware, and can be executed as each functional unit included in the control unit 23.

The information transmission/reception unit 230 is configured to transmit various information from the game device 3 via the communication network 11 and the communication unit 21. The information transmission/reception unit 230 is also configured to receive various information from the game device 3 via the communication unit 21 and the communication network 11.

The display control unit 231 generates display information. Here, "display information" is a concept that includes not only the information itself that is generated in a form that is visible to the user, such as a screen, an image, an icon, text, etc., but also rendering information for displaying the information.

The executable unit 232 enables the execution of a first granting process or a second granting process. The "first granting process" is a process of granting an item selected from a first item group to a user. The "second granting process" is a process of granting an item selected from a second item group to a user. Here, the "first item group" and the "second item group" are each a group of items that includes multiple items. An item is an example of a game medium. The first item group is an example of a first game medium group. The second item group is an example of a second game medium.

The execution unit 233 executes the first grant process and the second grant process.

The determination unit 234 determines the incandescence level at which the second application process can be executed.

The setting unit 235 sets the contents of the items included in the second item group based on the degree of excitement. The display control unit 231, the executable unit 232, the execution unit 233, the identification unit 234, and the setting unit 235 will be described later.

<Game Device 3>
Fig. 3 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of the game device 3 according to this embodiment. As shown in Fig. 3, the control unit 33 executes various programs stored in the storage unit 32 to function as an information transmission/reception unit 330, a display control unit 331, and a reception unit 332. In other words, information processing by the software stored in the storage unit 32 is specifically realized by the control unit 33, which is an example of hardware, and can be executed as each functional unit included in the control unit 33.

The information transmission/reception unit 330 is configured to transmit various information to the information processing device 2 via the communication network 11 and the communication unit 31. The information transmission/reception unit 330 is also configured to receive various information from the information processing device 2 via the communication unit 31 and the communication network 11.

The display control unit 331 is configured to control the appearance of the screen (see Figures 5 to 10) on the display 4a based on the display information. The user can grasp the state of the game by visually checking the screen.

The reception unit 332 is configured to receive instructions from the user through the user's operation on the input device 4c. For example, the reception unit 332 is configured to receive a first request, a second request, a specified request, etc. from the user. The information transmission/reception unit 330, the display control unit 331, and the reception unit 332 will be described later.

3. Operational Flow of the Information Processing System 1 As an example of a preferred game executed by the game device 3, a puzzle game will be described. This puzzle game is a game in which the user solves a puzzle by operating an object to be operated. This puzzle game includes items that give an advantage in the progress of a quest, such as a pre-puzzle booster α, a pre-puzzle booster β, and a mid-puzzle booster α, items that increase the number of attempts to a quest, such as hearts and infinite hearts, items that enable a game to be continued when the game is over, such as a continue ticket, and items of in-game currency, such as medals. These items are granted to the user as the game progresses, such as when a first granting process is executed.

The pre-puzzle booster α is an item that assists in solving a puzzle at the start of a quest. The pre-puzzle booster β is an item that assists in solving a puzzle at the start of a quest in a different manner from the pre-puzzle booster α. The pre-puzzle booster α is an item that assists in solving a puzzle while a quest is being performed. Hearts are parameters required to challenge a quest, and are an item that allows you to challenge a quest by consuming a value of hearts (for example, one) according to the quest. Hearts are also called stamina. The infinite heart is an item that allows you to challenge any quest without consuming hearts for a specified period of time after starting to use it. The continue ticket is an item that allows you to retry a failed quest from the end state when you fail the quest, and allows you to retry by consuming the continue ticket instead of retrying by paying a fee. The medal is an in-game currency used to purchase character avatars, grant bonuses such as in-game backgrounds, etc.

Next, the box gacha executed in this embodiment will be described. "Box gacha" is a type of gacha described above. Box gacha is an example of a process in which game media selected from a group of game media are granted to a user, and the total number of game media granted to the user's game device 3 is fixed. Each time a lottery is executed and a predetermined number of game media are granted, the predetermined number of granted game media is deleted from the group of game media, thereby reducing the remaining number of game media that can be selected by lottery. Below, the terms "box," "total stock," "stock," "reset," and "new box" will be explained in relation to box gacha.

A "box" is a concept representing a pseudo-container associated with a fixed number of game media granted in a box gacha, and is a lottery table that is individually assigned to each user. A box includes a group of game media associated with multiple types of game media. The type of game media is, for example, a type classified according to the rarity of the game media, and is expressed, for example, by a grade (1st grade, 2nd grade, etc.). The type of game media associated with a box is determined at any timing. In this embodiment, the number of game media (e.g., items) associated with a box is predetermined for each rarity, but the type of game media associated with a box is determined each time the rarity is determined by executing a gacha (e.g., a first granting process). As another example, the type of game media associated with a box may be predetermined at the time the box is assigned to a user.

"Stock" refers to the number of each type of game media remaining in the box. For example, it may be expressed as stock of game media grade 1, stock of game media grade 2, etc. The stock in a box is determined, for example, so that the stock of a game medium with a higher rarity is smaller. The stock of a certain type of game media is calculated by subtracting the number of game media of that type granted to the user from the stock of that type of game media in the initial box.

"Total inventory" refers to the total number of game media remaining in the box, regardless of the type of game media. In other words, total inventory is the total number of game media types in inventory.

The probability of a gacha with the concept of inventory will be explained. For example, assume that the number of game media selected by one gacha is set to "1" and the total inventory is set to "5". When a lottery is held with equal probability from among the group of game media associated with this box, the probability of the desired game medium (hereinafter referred to as "winning game medium") being awarded is 1 in 5. Therefore, in a box gacha, if the winning game medium is not awarded and other game media continue to be awarded, the probability of the winning game medium being awarded will gradually increase to 1 in 4, 1 in 3, 1 in 2, and so on. In other words, each time a game medium is awarded to a user, the number of game media associated with the box as the total inventory decreases, so the proportion of one game medium to the total number of game media in the total inventory increases, and the probability of acquiring the desired winning game medium increases. Note that the winning probability of each game medium is not equal, and weighting may be set to change the winning probability depending on the type of game medium.

"Reset" means to set or update a box so that the inventory of game media associated with the box is equal to the initial inventory of the box. A reset is performed by refilling a box from which game media has been removed with game media until the number of game media equals the initial inventory of the box.

"New box" refers to the newly assigned box when a user is assigned a box that is different from the box previously assigned to the user.

In the first granting process, game media in stock are associated with a box, and each time a game medium is granted to a user, the association between the box and the granted game medium is released. When the first granting process is repeated and the stock of game media in the box becomes "0", a second game medium group is set as a new game medium group. This second game medium group may be set by resetting the box used for the first game medium group, or a new box may be prepared and the second game medium group set in the new box. In the second granting process, game media are selected from the second game medium group. In this embodiment, the first granting process and the second granting process are also referred to as box gacha.

In this embodiment, the game device 3 is described as a smartphone. Therefore, in the following example, the display 4a is assumed to include an input device 4c.

In the information processing related to the screen of this embodiment, the information processing system 1 displays the screen on the display 4a by performing the following information processing. The reception unit 332 receives an instruction to change the state of the screen through a user's operation on the input device 4c. The information transmission/reception unit 330 transmits the instruction to the information processing device 2 via the communication unit 31 and the communication network 11. The information transmission/reception unit 230 receives the instruction from the game device 3 via the communication network 11 and the communication unit 21. The display control unit 231 generates display information based on the instruction. The information transmission/reception unit 230 transmits the generated display information to the game device 3 via the communication network 11 and the communication unit 21. The information transmission/reception unit 330 receives the generated display information from the information processing device 2 via the communication unit 31 and the communication network 11. The display control unit 331 controls the display on the display 4a based on the generated display information. In this embodiment, the display control unit 331 is described as displaying a screen on the display 4a based on display information in response to receiving an instruction simply through a user's operation on the input device 4c. Also, the display control unit 231 is described in this manner because it indirectly displays various information on the display 4a.

3.1 Overview of Information Processing In this section, an information processing method of the information processing system 1 described above will be described. Fig. 4 is an activity diagram showing an example of the flow of information processing executed by the information processing system 1 according to this embodiment. Specifically, with reference to Fig. 4, the flow of information processing will be described from making the first imparting process executable, to making the second imparting process executable after the first imparting process is executed, up to the execution of the second imparting process.

(Activity A1)
First, the executable unit 232 enables the execution of the first granting process. For example, the executable unit 232 enables the execution of the first granting process based on frequency information. The "frequency information" is information on the frequency of the user playing the game. For example, the frequency information is information on the frequency with which the user logs into the game. The frequency information may be information specifying whether the user logs in on a weekly basis, such as once a week, or on a time basis, such as once every three hours, in addition to a date basis. For example, the executable unit 232 enables the execution of the first granting process for a user who logs in at a predetermined frequency. The frequency information may also be information on a play basis of the content, such as the number of times a quest is cleared in a predetermined period. When a certain number of quests are cleared, the executable unit 232 enables the execution of the first granting process. When the execution of the first granting process is enabled, the display control unit 231 displays a gacha screen 6 on the display 4a that can accept pressing of a login gacha button 60 (described later in FIG. 5) or a play-linked gacha button 62 (described later in FIG. 5).

(Activity A2)
Next, the information transmitting/receiving unit 230 receives a first request from the user. Here, the first request is a request to execute the first granting process. For example, the receiving unit 332 receives a press of the login gacha button 60 (described later in FIG. 5) or the play-linked gacha button 62 (described later in FIG. 5) from the user through the user's operation on the input device 4c. In this case, the information transmitting/receiving unit 330 transmits the result of pressing the login gacha button 60 or the play-linked gacha button 62 to the information processing device 2. The information transmitting/receiving unit 230 receives the result of pressing the login gacha button 60 or the play-linked gacha button 62 from the game device 3.

(Activity A3)
Next, the execution unit 233 executes a first granting process in response to receiving a first request from the user. In the first granting process, the execution unit 233 first determines a grade by lottery. The execution unit 233 further determines an item by lottery from among the items included in the grade determined by lottery. When the first granting process is executed, the display control unit 231 displays a gacha result area 70 (described later in FIG. 6) shown in FIG. 7 on the display 4a. From a certain point of view, the execution unit 233 selects an item to be granted to the user based on the lottery table, and deletes one item from the inventory corresponding to the selected grade. The execution unit 233 updates the lottery table.

(Activity A4)
Next, the control unit 23 determines whether a predetermined condition is satisfied. Here, the "predetermined condition" is a condition for enabling the second granting process to be executed, and is a condition that is determined in advance in the information processing system 1. For example, a condition that is satisfied depending on the granting status of game media (items, etc.) is used as the predetermined condition. In this embodiment, the predetermined condition is that an item from the first item group has been granted to the user a predetermined number of times. This predetermined condition may target all items included in the first item group, or may target a specific item included in the first item group. As a specific example of the case where all items are targeted, the predetermined condition may be a condition that is satisfied when game media have been granted until the total inventory is 0, or when game media have been granted until the total inventory is a predetermined number or less (for example, 5 or less). Furthermore, as a specific example of the case where a specific item is targeted, the predetermined condition may be a condition that is satisfied when game media have been granted until the inventory of a certain specific game medium (for example, 1, etc.) is 0, or when game media have been granted until the inventory of a certain specific game medium is a predetermined number or less (for example, 5, etc. is 2 or less). This makes it possible to execute the second granting process on the condition that the item has been granted a predetermined number of times, thereby making it possible to clarify the timing for transitioning to the second granting process.

(Activity A5)
Next, if the predetermined condition is not satisfied, the control unit 23 advances the process to activity A1. If the predetermined condition is satisfied, the control unit 23 advances the process to activity A7. When advancing the process to activity A7, the executable unit 232 enables the execution of the second grant process in response to the predetermined condition being satisfied.

(Activity A6)
In parallel with the activities A1 to A5, the information transmitting/receiving unit 230 accepts a predetermined request from the user. Here, the predetermined request is a request for enabling the execution of the second imparting process. For example, the accepting unit 332 accepts the pressing of a reset execution button 733 (described later in FIG. 9) from the user through the user's operation on the input device 4c. The information transmitting/receiving unit 330 transmits the result of the pressing of the reset execution button 733 to the information processing device 2. The information transmitting/receiving unit 230 receives the result of the pressing of the reset execution button 733 from the game device 3. In response to accepting the predetermined request from the user, the executable unit 232 enables the execution of the second imparting process. Thereafter, the control unit 23 advances the process to activity A7.

(Activity A7)
Next, the specification unit 234 specifies the degree of excitement when the second granting process is enabled to be executed. The "degree of excitement" is the degree of the user's demand for the first granting process, which is specified based on the execution history of the first granting process of the user. Here, the "execution history" is the history of information related to the game situation when an item is granted from the first item group. For example, the execution history is information such as the period, the number of charges, and the amount of the charge from when the first item group is set (or from when items start to be granted from the first item group) until a predetermined condition is satisfied. In addition, the execution history may include information such as the number of charges, the amount of the charge, and the like from when the first item group is set (or from when items start to be granted from the first item group) until a specific item is granted. When the period until the predetermined condition is satisfied is short, the number of charges is large, and the amount of the charge is large, it can be said that the user has a high degree of demand for the first granting and is highly excited about the first granting process.

Here, a case will be described in which the degree of excitement is determined based on the period until a predetermined condition is satisfied in activity A7. The determination unit 234 determines the degree of excitement as the shorter the period until the predetermined condition is satisfied, the higher the degree of demand for the first granting of the user. For example, the determination unit 234 determines the degree of excitement for a user who executes the login gacha every day as the degree of demand for the first granting process of the user is high. On the other hand, the determination unit 234 determines the degree of excitement for a user who has a day on which the login gacha is not executed as the degree of demand for the first granting process of the user is low. Also, for example, the determination unit 234 determines the degree of excitement for a user who executes the play-linked gacha up to the upper limit every day as the degree of demand for the first granting process of the user is high. On the other hand, the determination unit 234 determines the degree of excitement for a user who does not execute the play-linked gacha every day as the degree of demand for the first granting process of the user is low. From a certain point of view, the determination unit 234 determines the degree of excitement based on the period until an item is granted a predetermined number of times from the first item group. This makes it possible to determine the user's level of enthusiasm based on the length of time it takes for items from the first item group to be awarded a predetermined number of times, and to execute information processing according to this level of enthusiasm.

Next, a case will be described in which the degree of excitement is determined in activity A7 based on the number of charges or the amount of charges until a predetermined condition is met. The determination unit 234 determines the degree of excitement by assuming that the greater the number of charges or the greater the amount of charges until a predetermined condition is met, the higher the degree of demand for the first grant from the user.

Next, a case will be described in which the degree of excitement is determined in activity A7 based on the number of charges or the amount of charges until a specific item is awarded. The determination unit 234 determines the degree of excitement by assuming that the greater the number of charges or the greater the amount of charges until a specific item is awarded, the higher the degree of demand for the first award by the user. The specific item is, for example, a first-place item.

In addition, if a charge has been made before the first item group is set, the determination unit 234 may not need to include information about the charge in determining the degree of excitement. From one perspective, the determination unit 234 determines the degree of excitement based on the amount or number of charges made by the user associated with the execution history of the first granting process. For example, the degree of excitement may be determined based on information about charges made between the execution of the first granting process and the next execution of the first granting process, or information about charges made between the execution of the first granting process and the last execution of the first granting process. In this way, by taking into account information about charges made additionally by the user to obtain the desired game medium, the degree of demand for the first granting process by the user can be more appropriately reflected.

(Activity A8)
Next, the setting unit 235 sets the contents of the items included in the second item group based on the degree of excitement. Here, each of the items included in the second item group includes rarity information. Here, "rarity" is information indicating the degree to which the item is difficult to obtain in the game. For example, the rarity is information indicated by adding class information associated with the degree of rarity of each item. In that case, for example, the rarity is information indicated by a grade such as 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, rank such as S rank, A rank, B rank, number of stars such as 1 star, 2 stars, 3 stars, etc. From a certain point of view, the setting unit 235 sets the number of each item included in the second item group for each rarity based on the degree of excitement. As a result, the probability of the item being given is set according to the degree of excitement, so that it is possible to more appropriately meet the demand for the item being given to different users according to the degree of excitement, compared to when the probability is constant, etc.

(Activity A9)
Next, the information transmitting/receiving unit 230 accepts a second request for the second granting process. Here, the second request is a request to execute the second granting process. Activities A9 and A10 are processes in which the target of the box gacha of activities A2 and A3 is replaced with the second item group from the first item group, and are basically the same as activities A2 and A3. For example, the reception unit 332 accepts a user's pressing of a login gacha button 60 (described later in FIG. 5) or a play-linked gacha button 62 (described later in FIG. 5) via the user's operation on the input device 4c. In this case, the information transmitting/receiving unit 330 transmits the result of pressing the login gacha button 60 or the play-linked gacha button 62 to the information processing device 2. The information transmitting/receiving unit 230 receives the result of pressing the login gacha button 60 or the play-linked gacha button 62 from the game device 3.

(Activity A10)
Finally, the execution unit 233 executes a second granting process in response to receiving a second request from the user. In the second granting process, the execution unit 233 first determines a grade by lottery. The execution unit 233 further determines an item by lottery from among the items included in the grade determined by lottery. When the second granting process is executed, the display control unit 231 displays a gacha result area 70 (described later in FIG. 7) on the display 4a.

The above activities A1 to A10 make the first granting process executable, and after the first granting process is executed, the second granting process becomes executable, and this is the information processing up to the execution of the second granting process. Although omitted in FIG. 4, following activity A10, the execution unit 233 repeatedly executes the second granting process. Thereafter, the identification unit 234 identifies the degree of excitement in response to the satisfaction of a predetermined condition or the receipt of a request from the user. Thereafter, the setting unit 235 sets the contents of the items included in the new item group. Thereafter, the executable unit 232 makes the new granting process executable. When making the new granting process executable, the second granting process that was performed immediately before is substantially treated as the first granting process, and the new granting process is substantially treated as the second granting process. In this way, the information processing system 1 repeatedly executes information processing regarding the first granting process and the second granting process.

According to the present embodiment, the information processing system has a control unit. The control unit executes a first granting process in response to receiving a request from a user. The first granting process is a process of granting a game medium selected from a first game medium group to the user. The control unit enables execution of a second granting process in response to a predetermined condition being satisfied or in response to receiving a request from the user. The second granting process is a process of granting a game medium selected from a second game medium group to the user. The control unit specifies the degree of excitement when enabling execution of the second granting process. The excitement is the degree of demand for the first granting process by the user, which is specified based on the execution history of the first granting process by the user. The control unit sets the content of the game media included in the second game medium group based on the excitement.

As described above, according to this embodiment, a technology can be provided in which the contents of the updated box change depending on the execution history of the user's first grant process. This allows the second grant process to be provided according to the user's demand for the first grant process, thereby increasing the user's interest.

3.2 Details of Information Processing Next, details of information processing will be described. First, the details of the screens related to the gacha in this embodiment will be described with reference to Figs. 5 to 10, and the details of the tables in this embodiment will be described with reference to Fig. 11.

Figure 5 shows an example of the top screen 5 and gacha screen 6. Figure 5 includes the top screen 5 and gacha screen 6. The top screen 5 is displayed upon performing the above-mentioned user authentication, and is the screen that is displayed first before various functions are executed in the game. The top screen 5 is an example of a screen that is displayed based on display information. The top screen 5 includes character information 50, a gacha screen button 51, a formation button 52, a quest button 53, an item button 54, and a charge button 55. The character information 50 is a character designated by the user when executing a quest.

The gacha screen button 51 is a button for displaying the gacha screen 6. The reception unit 332 receives a press of the gacha screen button 51 via a user's operation on the input device 4c. In response to receiving the press of the gacha screen button 51, the display control unit 331 causes the gacha screen 6 to be displayed on the display 4a. This allows the information processing device 2 to start a gacha.

The organize button 52 is a button for displaying a screen for organizing the character information 50. The reception unit 332 receives the press of the organize button 52 and an instruction to edit the character on the subsequent screen via the user's operation of the input device 4c. When an instruction to edit the character is received, the display control unit 331 displays the character information 50 with the selected item illustration information 701, etc. applied.

The quest button 53 is a button for displaying a screen for selecting a quest. Here, the executable unit 232 may be able to accept pressing of the play-linked gacha button 62 in response to clearing a quest. For example, the reception unit 332 accepts pressing of the quest button 53 by the user and identification of a quest through the user's operation on the input device 4c. When identification of a quest is accepted, the control unit 23 executes the quest. When a quest is cleared, the executable unit 232 may be able to accept pressing of the play-linked gacha button 62. At this time, the display control unit 331 sequentially displays on the display 4a the identification of the quest, the execution of the quest, the clearing of the quest, and the activation of the play-linked gacha button 62 based on the display information. This allows the first granting process to be executed by clearing a quest, so that it is expected that the user's interest in the game will deepen while increasing the interest in the game through gacha.

The item button 54 is a button for displaying a screen for using an item. For example, the reception unit 332 receives a press of the item button 54 by the user. In response to receiving the press of the item button 54, the display control unit 331 causes the display 4a to display information about a screen for using the item that was granted to the user in the first granting process or the second granting process.

The charge button 55 is a button for displaying a screen for making a charge in the game. In response to the user making a charge in the game, the first granting process or the second granting process may be executed. For example, the reception unit 332 receives a charge instruction via the user's operation on the input device 4c. In response to receiving the charge instruction, the control unit 23 grants in-game currency to the user's account.

The gacha screen 6 is a screen for displaying information about gacha and for executing gacha. The gacha screen 6 is an example of a screen that is displayed based on the display information. The gacha screen 6 includes a login gacha button 60, login gacha information 61, a play-linked gacha button 62, play-linked gacha information 63, a reset button 64, and a lineup button 65.

The login gacha button 60 is a button for drawing a login gacha. A login gacha is a gacha that can be played a certain number of times per day by logging in. In response to receiving a press of the login gacha button 60, the display control unit 331 causes the display 4a to display a gacha screen 7 including a gacha result area 70 shown in FIG. 6. The gacha screen 7 displayed here will be described later.

The login gacha information 61 is information indicating the number of times that the login gacha can be executed. For example, the login gacha information 61 is information such as "one more time today". In response to receiving a press of the login gacha button 60, the display control unit 331 reduces the number of times that the login gacha indicated by the login gacha information 61 can be executed by one and displays it on the display 4a. Note that the login gacha button 60 may be configured to be further pressed after executing it a predetermined number of times in one day, on the condition that content such as a video advertisement is viewed. In that case, the display control unit 231 may change the display of "one more time today" to "0 more times today" and further display a button for playing the video advertisement and executing the login gacha.

The play-linked gacha button 62 is a button for drawing a play-linked gacha. The play-linked gacha is a gacha that can be played by playing or clearing a certain number of quests. The number of times that the play-linked gacha can be played within a specified period may be set. As in the case of accepting the pressing of the login gacha button 60, in response to accepting the pressing of the play-linked gacha button 62, the display control unit 331 displays a gacha screen 7 including a gacha result area 70 shown in FIG. 6 on the display 4a. The gacha screen 7 displayed here will be described later.

The play-linked gacha information 63 is information indicating how many times a quest must be played or cleared before the play-linked gacha can be executed. The play-linked gacha information 63 is also information indicating the number of times a play-linked gacha can be executed within a predetermined period. For example, the display control unit 331 reduces the number of times a quest must be cleared before the play-linked gacha indicated by the play-linked gacha information 63 can be executed by one in response to the clearing of a quest, and displays this on the display 4a. When the number of quests required before the play-linked gacha indicated by the play-linked gacha information 63 can be executed becomes "0", the display control unit 331 displays on the display 4a that the play-linked gacha button 62 can be pressed. In response to the press of the play-linked gacha button 62, the display control unit 331 reduces the number of times a play-linked gacha indicated by the play-linked gacha information 63 can be executed by one, and displays this on the display 4a.

The reset button 64 is a button for displaying a reset lineup area 73 for resetting the lineup of items. In response to receiving a press of the reset button 64, the display control unit 331 causes the display 4a to display a gacha screen 7 including the reset lineup area 73 shown in FIG. 9. The gacha screen 7 displayed here will be described in detail later.

The lineup button 65 is a button for displaying a lineup area 71 related to the lineup of items. In response to receiving a press of the lineup button 65, the display control unit 331 causes the display 4a to display a gacha screen 7 including the lineup area 71 shown in FIG. 7. The gacha screen 7 displayed here will be described in detail later.

Next, the gacha screen 7 displayed by pressing the login gacha button 60 will be described with reference to FIG. 6. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the gacha screen 7 when a gacha is executed. The gacha screen 7 in FIG. 6 is a screen in which the gacha screen 6 is changed to display the gacha result area 70 in response to pressing the login gacha information 61. The gacha screen 7 in FIG. 6 is an example of a screen displayed in activities A3 and A10 in FIG. 4. The gacha screen 7 includes a gacha result area 70. The gacha result area 70 is an area in which the result selected by the first awarding process is displayed. The gacha result area 70 includes winning item name information 700 and winning item illustration information 701. Note that the gacha screen 7 shown in FIG. 6 is also displayed by pressing the play-linked gacha button 62.

The winning item name information 700 is information indicating the name of the item granted by the first granting process, such as "Pre-puzzle booster β won!". The winning item illustration information 701 is information indicating the item granted by the first granting process. When the first granting process is executed in response to the first request, the display control unit 331 causes the gacha result area 70 to be displayed on the display 4a. The execution unit 233 deletes one item from the inventory in the box that corresponds to the grade of the granted item.

Next, the gacha screen 7 when the lineup button 65 is pressed will be described with reference to FIG. 7. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the gacha screen 7 when the lineup area 71 is displayed. The gacha screen 7 in FIG. 7 includes the lineup area 71. The lineup area 71 is an area that allows the user to check the stock of items of each grade and the list of each grade. The lineup area 71 includes list buttons 710a, 710b, 710c, 710d, and 710e, and stock information 711a, 711b, 711c, 711d, and 711e.

List buttons 710a, 710b, 710c, 710d, and 710e are buttons that display a list of items of each grade. For example, list button 710c is a button that displays a list of items such as grade 3. Here, the list is a list of items for each grade that may be awarded by the first awarding process. In response to receiving a press of list button 710c, the display control unit 331 causes the display 4a to display a gacha screen 7 including an item list area 72 shown in FIG. 8. The gacha screen 7 displayed here will be described in detail later.

Inventory information 711a, 711b, 711c, 711d, and 711e are information indicating the current inventory of items (the "remaining" value) relative to the initial inventory of items for each grade (the "initial value" value). For example, inventory information 711c is information indicating that the initial inventory of an item such as grade 3 was originally two units ("initial value 2"), and that the current inventory of an item such as grade 3 is one unit remaining ("one unit remaining"). The inventory indicated by inventory information 711a, 711b, 711c, 711d, and 711e corresponds to the inventory of items of each grade included in the first item group. The sum of the inventory indicated by inventory information 711a, 711b, 711c, 711d, and 711e corresponds to the total inventory.

In this embodiment, the probability varies depending on the inventory. For example, since there are 15 items in total inventory and 2 items of second-place prize in stock, the execution unit 233 executes the first granting process with a probability of 2 in 15 that the second-place prize is granted. When the execution unit 233 grants a game medium of second prize or the like as a result of executing the first granting process, it deletes one item of second-place prize in stock. Thereafter, the control unit 23 manages the total inventory of items as 14 and the inventory of second-place prize as 1 item. After that, when the first granting process is executed again, the execution unit 233 executes the first granting process with a probability of 1 in 14 that the second-place prize is granted.

Next, the gacha screen 7 when the list button 710c is pressed will be described with reference to FIG. 8. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the gacha screen 7 when the item list area 72 is displayed. The gacha screen 7 in FIG. 8 includes the item list area 72. The item list area 72 is an area for displaying a list of each item. The item list area 72 includes item illustration information 720a, 720b, 720c and item name information 721a, 721b, 721c.

Item illustration information 720a, 720b, and 720c are illustration information of items corresponding to 3rd and other ranks. Item name information 721a, 721b, and 721c are name information of items corresponding to 3rd and other ranks. Item name information 721a is "pre-puzzle booster α", item name information 721b is "pre-puzzle booster β", and item name information 721c is "two medals". Each time the first awarding process determines that the user will receive one of the items "pre-puzzle booster α", "pre-puzzle booster β", or "two medals". In this embodiment, since there is only one item remaining in stock of 3rd and other ranks, the execution unit 233 awards the user only one of the items "pre-puzzle booster α", "pre-puzzle booster β", or "two medals".

Next, the gacha screen 7 when the reset button 64 is pressed will be described with reference to FIG. 9. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the gacha screen 7 when the reset lineup area 73 is displayed. The gacha screen 7 in FIG. 9 is an example of a screen displayed in activity A7 in FIG. 4. The gacha screen 7 in FIG. 9 includes a reset lineup area 73. The reset lineup area 73 is an area showing information about items granted by the second granting process. The reset lineup area 73 includes reset list buttons 730a, 730b, 730c, 730d, 730e, acquisition number information 731a, 731b, 731c, 731d, 731e, excitement level information 732, and a reset execution button 733.

The reset list buttons 730a, 730b, 730c, 730d, and 730e are buttons that display a list of items of each rank when the box is reset. From one perspective, the reset list buttons 730a, 730b, 730c, 730d, and 730e are buttons that display a list of items of each rank that can be granted by the second granting process. For example, the reset list button 730c is a button that displays a list of items of rank 3 and the like that can be granted by the second granting process. In response to receiving a press of the reset list button 730c, the display control unit 331 displays the gacha screen 7 including the reset item list area 74 shown in FIG. 10 on the display 4a. The gacha screen 7 displayed here will be described in detail later.

The number of acquisitions information 731a, 731b, 731c, 731d, and 731e is information indicating the stock of items for each grade that can be granted by the second granting process. For example, the number of acquisitions information 731c is information indicating that the stock of items such as grade 3 that can be granted by the second granting process is three. From one perspective, the stock of each grade indicated by the number of acquisitions information 731a, 731b, 731c, 731d, and 731e is equal to the number of items included in the second item group.

The enthusiasm information 732 is information that corresponds to the enthusiasm of the user and is indicated as "advanced", "intermediate", "beginner", etc. For example, the control unit 23 determines a user who meets a predetermined condition within X days after the first granting process is first executed as "advanced", a user who meets a predetermined condition between X and Y days after the first granting process is first executed as "intermediate", and a user who meets a predetermined condition Y days or more after the first granting process is first executed as "beginner".

The reset execution button 733 is a button for resetting the box. When a predetermined condition is satisfied, the display control unit 231 causes the display 4a to display the reset execution button 733 so that pressing the button is acceptable. In response to the acceptance of pressing the reset execution button 733, the control unit 23 executes the second granting process. Note that the reset execution button 733 may be configured to be pressed at any timing.

Next, the gacha screen 7 when the reset list button 730c is pressed will be described with reference to FIG. 10. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of the gacha screen 7 when the reset item list area 74 is displayed. The gacha screen 7 in FIG. 10 includes the reset item list area 74. The reset item list area 74 is an area for displaying a list of items when a box is reset. The reset item list area 74 includes item illustration information 740a, 740b, 740c and item name information 741a, 741b, 741c.

Item illustration information 740a, 740b, 740c is information on illustrations of items corresponding to 3rd etc. in the second granting process. Item name information 741a, 741b, 741c is information on names of items corresponding to 3rd etc. in the second granting process. Item name information 741a is "Pre-puzzle booster α", item name information 741b is "During-puzzle booster α", and item name information 741c is "Heart". The display control unit 231 displays item information in the reset item list area 74 according to the excitement level information 732.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of the breakdown change table T1. The breakdown change table T1 includes grade information T10, current information T11, beginner information T12, intermediate information T13, and advanced information T14. The grade information T10 is information indicating grades from 1st to 5th. The current information T11 is information indicating the current stock of each of the grades from 1st to 5th. The beginner information T12 is information indicating the initial stock of each of the grades from 1st to 5th when the level of excitement becomes "beginner". The intermediate information T13 is information indicating the initial stock of each of the grades from 1st to 5th when the level of excitement becomes "intermediate". The advanced information T14 is information indicating the initial stock of each of the grades from 1st to 5th when the level of excitement becomes "advanced". The setting unit 236 sets the content of the game media included in the second game media group based on the breakdown change table T1.

In this embodiment, the second and third prizes include items that give an advantage to the progress of the quest, such as "Pre-Puzzle Booster α", and the fifth prize includes items that increase the number of attempts to the quest, such as "hearts", and items of in-game currency, such as "medals". For example, when the degree of excitement is "beginner", the setting unit 235 sets the contents of the second item group so that the initial inventory of the second and third prizes, which have more items that give an advantage to the progress of the quest, such as "Pre-Puzzle Booster α", increases. From one perspective, the second item group includes items that give an advantage to the progress of the quest included in the game. An item that gives an advantage to the progress of the quest is an example of an advantageous game medium. From one perspective, the setting unit 235 sets the probability that an advantageous item will be selected from the second item group to be high when the specified degree of excitement is low. On the other hand, when the degree of excitement information 732 is "advanced", the setting unit 235 sets the contents of the second item group so that the initial inventory of the fifth prize, which has more items that increase the number of attempts to the quest, such as "hearts", or items of in-game currency, such as "medals", increases. This makes it easier for beginners who are not very familiar with puzzles to complete quests, while advanced players who want to take their time with puzzles can easily take on long quests. This also makes it possible to award items according to the user's level of enthusiasm, making the game more interesting than if such settings were not in place.

According to the present disclosure, it is possible to provide a technology in which the content of the updated second granting process varies depending on the execution history of the user's first granting process. Since complex information processing is not required to determine the level of excitement, set the second item group, etc., it is possible to reduce the use of cache memory in the information processing device 2 and the game device 3. Furthermore, as a result of being able to reduce the use of cache memory, no large-scale device or computer is required, and information processing can be executed at low cost.

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In the breakdown change table T1 of this embodiment, the initial stock of each grade is changed based on the degree of excitement. In a modified example, the type of items included in the item group may be changed without changing the initial stock of each grade based on the degree of excitement. For example, when the degree of excitement is "beginner", the setting unit 235 sets only items that are advantageous for the progress of the quest, such as "pre-puzzle booster α", as the contents of the items of second and third grades. From a certain point of view, each of the items included in the second item group includes information on rarity. The setting unit 235 sets the type of items included in the second item group for each rarity based on the degree of excitement. As a result, the type of item is set according to the degree of excitement, so that the demand for gacha from users can be appropriately met.

In the present embodiment, the first and second item groups are described as having stock, but in a modified example, the first and second item groups may be set as having no stock. In the modified example, since there is no stock, unlike the embodiment, there is no change in the probability of granting according to changes in stock. In that case, the setting unit 235 may set the probability of granting each item included in the second item group for each rarity based on the degree of excitement. For example, the setting unit 235 sets the probability by increasing the probability of granting 1st place from 1% to 5% and decreasing the probability of granting 5th place from 50% to 40% based on the degree of excitement. In this way, the probability of granting an item is set according to the degree of excitement, making it easier for users to try to increase the degree of excitement.

In the present embodiment, the item to be granted is determined after the grade is determined. The timing of determining the item to be granted is not limited to the present embodiment, and in a modified example, the item to be granted may be determined before the grade is determined. For example, in the case of FIG. 8, the execution unit 233 executes the first granting process in advance for the remaining item, 3, etc. The execution unit 233 determines the item in advance as "pre-puzzle booster β". The display control unit 231 causes the display 4a to display the item illustration information 720b and item name information 721b of the "pre-puzzle booster β" in the item list area 72. In this case, the display control unit 231 does not display the item illustration information 720a, 720c and item name information 721a, 721c of the "pre-puzzle booster α" in the item list area 72. The display control unit 231 may display the stock of "pre-puzzle booster β" as one on the display 4a.

In this embodiment, the game media are described as items. In a modified example, the game media may be characters. In that case, the first game media group is a first character group, and the second game media group is a second character group.

In the embodiment, an example of a box gacha has been described. In the modified example, an example of a ceiling gacha will be described. The ceiling gacha is a gacha to which a bonus is added that ensures the grant of a rare game medium, on the condition that a normal lottery is executed a predetermined number of times, or that a predetermined value of points is accumulated each time a normal lottery is executed. For example, if the gacha is executed 10 times, a bonus lottery is executed in the next 11th gacha using a lottery table that includes only rare game media. Therefore, the normal lottery corresponds to the first granting process, and the bonus lottery corresponds to the second granting process. Note that the points here may be set individually for each game medium based on the rarity of the game medium, the probability of providing the game medium, and the like. In the ceiling gacha, the game medium is described below as being a character.

In the ceiling gacha, as in the embodiment, the executable unit 232 enables the execution of the second granting process in response to a predetermined condition being satisfied. In the above example, the predetermined condition of the ceiling gacha is a condition that is satisfied depending on the execution status of the first granting process (in the above example, a condition that is satisfied by executing a normal lottery gacha a predetermined number of times), or a condition that is satisfied depending on the points granted to the user (in the above example, a condition that is satisfied by accumulating a predetermined value of the points). Note that, as in the embodiment, a condition that is satisfied depending on the granting status of the game medium may be used as the predetermined condition of the ceiling gacha.

The execution history of the ceiling gacha includes the conditions of the period, the number of charges, and the amount of the charge, as in the embodiment. Also, unlike the embodiment, the execution history of the ceiling gacha further includes information on the period from when characters start to be awarded from the first character group until a predetermined number of points are accumulated, and the number of gachas until a predetermined character is awarded.

As in the embodiment, the determination unit 234 determines the degree of excitement when enabling execution of the second granting process. When determining the degree of excitement based on the period until a predetermined number of points are accumulated, the determination unit 234 determines the degree of excitement as the degree of demand for the first granting process is higher for users who have a shorter period until a predetermined number of points are accumulated. Also, when determining the degree of excitement based on the number of times it takes to win a predetermined character, the determination unit 234 determines the degree of excitement as the degree of demand for the first granting process is higher for users who have a larger number of gacha attempts until winning a predetermined character.

In addition, "pressing a button" in this embodiment is an example of "operating an object," and may be any mode in which an instruction from a user can be received via the input device 4c.

In addition, the "quest" in this embodiment is an example of content, and may be anything that constitutes a unit of game play.

The information processing device 2 may be in an on-premise form or in a cloud form. As an information processing device 2 in a cloud form, for example, the above functions and processes may be provided in the form of SaaS (Software as a Service) or cloud computing.

In the above embodiment, the information processing device 2 performs various storage and control operations, but multiple external devices may be used instead of the information processing device 2. In other words, various information and programs may be distributed and stored in multiple external devices using blockchain technology, etc.

Regarding the information processing system 1 according to the above embodiment, it may be a program that causes a computer to function as the control unit 33 of the information processing system 1. It may also be an information processing method executed by the information processing system 1.

Furthermore, it may be provided in the following forms:

(1) An information processing system having a control unit, the control unit executes a first granting process in response to receiving a first request from a user, the first granting process being a process of granting a game medium selected from a first group of game media to the user, enables execution of a second granting process in response to a predetermined condition being satisfied or in response to receiving a predetermined request from the user, the second granting process being a process of granting a game medium selected from a second group of game media to the user, identifies an intensity at which to enable execution of the second granting process, the intensity being a degree of demand for the first granting process by the user identified based on the execution history of the first granting process by the user, and sets the content of the game media included in the second group of game media based on the intensity.

(2) In the information processing system described in (1) above, the specified condition is that the user has been provided with game media from the first game media group a specified number of times.

(3) In the information processing system described in (1) or (2) above, the control unit determines the degree of excitement based on the period until game media are provided a predetermined number of times from the first group of game media.

(4) In the information processing system described in any one of (1) to (3) above, the control unit enables the execution of the first granting process based on frequency information, where the frequency information is information on the frequency with which the user plays a game.

(5) In the information processing system described in any one of (1) to (4) above, the second group of game media includes advantageous game media that provide an advantage in the progress of content included in the game, and the control unit sets a high probability that the advantageous game media will be selected from the second group of game media when the identified degree of excitement is low.

(6) In the information processing system described in any one of (1) to (5) above, the control unit determines the degree of enthusiasm based on the amount or number of charges made by the user related to the execution history in the first granting process.

(7) An information processing system according to any one of (1) to (6) above, wherein each of the game media included in the second game media group includes rarity information, and the control unit sets the number of each of the game media included in the second game media group or the probability of granting each of the game media included in the second game media group for each of the rarity levels based on the degree of excitement.

(8) In the information processing system described in any one of (1) to (7) above, each of the game media included in the second game media group includes rarity information, and the control unit sets the type of game media included in the second game media group for each rarity based on the intensity.

(9) A program for causing a computer to function as the control unit of an information processing system described in any one of (1) to (8) above.

(10) An information processing method executed by an information processing system, the information processing method comprising, as each step, each process executed by the control unit of the information processing system described in any one of (1) to (8) above.
Of course, this is not the case.

Finally, various embodiments of the present disclosure have been described, but these are presented as examples and are not intended to limit the scope of the disclosure. The novel embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, substitutions, and modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the disclosure. The embodiments and modifications thereof are within the scope and gist of the disclosure, and are included in the disclosure and its equivalents as set forth in the claims.

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Claims (10)

An information processing system,
A control unit is provided.
The control unit is
execute a first granting process in response to receiving a first request from a user, the first granting process being a process of granting a game medium selected from a first game medium group to the user;
enable execution of a second granting process in response to a predetermined condition being satisfied or in response to receiving a predetermined request from the user, the second granting process being a process of granting a game medium selected from a second game medium group to the user;
Identifying a degree of enthusiasm when enabling execution of the second granting process, wherein the degree of enthusiasm is a degree of demand for the first granting process of the user identified based on an execution history of the first granting process of the user;
determining the content of the game media included in the second group of game media based on the degree of excitement;
Information processing system. 2. The information processing system according to claim 1,
the predetermined condition being that the user has been provided with game media from the first game media group a predetermined number of times;
Information processing system. 2. The information processing system according to claim 1,
The control unit is
determining the degree of excitement based on a period of time until a predetermined number of game media are provided from the first group of game media;
Information processing system. 2. The information processing system according to claim 1,
The control unit is
enabling execution of the first granting process based on frequency information, where the frequency information is information regarding a frequency of playing a game by the user;
Information processing system. 2. The information processing system according to claim 1,
the second game media group includes advantageous game media that provide an advantage in progressing through content included in a game;
The control unit is
When the specified degree of excitement is low, a probability that the advantageous game medium will be selected from the second group of game media is set to be high.
Information processing system. 2. The information processing system according to claim 1,
The control unit is
The degree of enthusiasm is determined based on an amount of charge or a number of charges made by the user associated with the execution history of the first awarding process.
Information processing system. 2. The information processing system according to claim 1,
Each of the game media included in the second game media group includes rarity information;
The control unit is
setting the number of each game medium included in the second game medium group or the probability of granting each game medium included in the second game medium group for each of the rarity levels based on the degree of excitement;
Information processing system. 2. The information processing system according to claim 1,
Each of the game media included in the second game media group includes rarity information;
The control unit is
Based on the degree of excitement, a type of game media included in the second group of game media is set for each of the rarity levels.
Information processing system. A program,
A program for causing a computer to function as the control unit of the information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 8. An information processing method executed by an information processing system, comprising:
The information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 8 includes, as each step, each process executed by the control unit.
Information processing methods.