JP2019141164A - Game system - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a game system capable of enhancing advertising effects.SOLUTION: A game system 1A includes a plurality of computers 3 and a server system which has a storage part and communicates with the plurality of computers 3. The storage part is provided with: virtual space generation means storing identification information 22a that identifies the respective plurality of users and generating a virtual space; association means storing advertisement information 22b identifying advertisements in association with any of the plurality of users' identification information 22a; and advertisement display means displaying an advertisement corresponding to the advertisement information 22b in the virtual space when a user with an advertisement corresponding to the identification information 22a associated with the advertisement information 22b plays a match. The association means associates the advertisement information 22b with the identification information 22a of an opponent user when an opponent user of the user with the advertisement in the match wins the user with the advertisement.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a game system that realizes a battle game that displays an advertisement in a virtual space.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, game systems that display advertisements in a virtual space where a battle is performed in a battle game have been proposed.

  For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a game system that executes a car racing game in which advertisement data can be attached to a car as a character operated by the user by a user's selection. In this game system, the game machine transmits advertisement billing data and user identification data to the advertisement server on condition that the character with the advertisement data operated by the user is displayed on the play screen of the game machine for a predetermined time. . The advertisement server charges the advertiser by receiving the advertisement billing data. The advertisement server gives a privilege to the user specified by the received user identification data.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2006-10712

  However, in the above-described game system, if the privilege given to the user as a consideration for giving the advertisement to the character is not attractive, the user does not choose to attach the advertisement to the character, and as a result, the advertising effect is diminished. .

  Then, an object of this invention is to provide the game system which can improve an advertising effect.

  A first invention is a game system comprising: a plurality of battle computers that are operated and input by a plurality of users who battle each other in a battle game; and a server system that includes a storage unit and communicates with the plurality of computers. In the storage unit, identification information for identifying each of the plurality of users is stored, virtual space generation means for generating a virtual space, and advertisement information for identifying an advertisement are included in the plurality of users. In the virtual space, the association unit that associates with the identification information and stores the information in the storage unit and the user corresponding to the identification information associated with the advertisement information (hereinafter referred to as the user with the advertisement) performs the battle. An advertisement display means for displaying an advertisement corresponding to the advertisement information in the advertisement information, and the association means of the user with the advertisement in the battle War opponent (hereinafter opponent user) when the won in the advertisement with the user, to the identification information of the opponent user, associating the advertisement information, a game system.

  According to the above game system, when the opponent of the user with the advertisement wins the user with the advertisement, the advertisement information is associated with the identification information of the opponent user. For this reason, since an advertisement is displayed in a battle of a user who has a high skill in a battle game, that is, a high degree of attention, the advertising effect can be enhanced.

  A second invention is a game system in which the association means in the invention releases the association of the advertisement information with the identification information of the user with the advertisement when the opponent user wins the user with the advertisement. is there. According to this game system, since the advertising information is handed over to the winner of the competitive game, the rare value of being a user with an advertisement is increased, and the user can be prompted to display an advertisement. Moreover, since a user with higher skill becomes a user with an advertisement, it is possible to attract more attention to the battle of the user with the advertisement, and the advertisement effect can be further enhanced.

  In a third aspect of the invention, the advertisement display means in the above invention attaches a texture corresponding to the advertisement information to an object arranged in the virtual space, or an object corresponding to the advertisement information in the virtual space Is a game system.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the above invention, a battle video storage unit that stores the battle videos of the plurality of users in the battle game in the storage unit, and a search condition for searching for the battle video of the user with the advertisement are received. By this, it is a game system provided with the moving image search means which searches the battle | competition video of the said user with an advertisement from among the battle | competition video of the said several users. According to this game system, it is possible to make it easier for a user who wants to enjoy watching a battle video to find a battle video in which a user with an advertisement battles. For this reason, the advertising effect can be further enhanced.

  5th invention has the display part which the said computer in the said invention displays the battle | competition performed by the said user, The battle | competition moving image preservation | save means which memorize | stores the battle | competition video of these several users in the said battle game in the said memory | storage part And receiving a battle request transmitted from the plurality of computers, determining an opponent based on a predetermined condition, and an opponent determining means for forming a battle, and the opponent determining means after receiving the battle request It is a game system provided with the standby screen display means which displays the battle | competition animation of the said user with an advertisement memorize | stored in the said memory | storage part as a standby screen on the said display part until it determines the said opponent. According to this game system, the user's boredom until the opponent is determined can be reduced, and the advertising effect can be further enhanced.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the game system includes a watching computer that communicates with the server system and watches the battle in the battle game, and the virtual space generated by the virtual space generation unit performs the battle Including a watching space in which a display object for displaying a battle video in which a battle space in which a character operated by a user operates is captured by a virtual camera is disposed, and the advertisement display means places the advertisement in the watching space. There may be provided a watching video display means for displaying on the display of the watching computer a watching video that is displayed and the watching space in which the advertisement is displayed is captured by the virtual camera.

  According to the above game system, when the opponent of the user with the advertisement wins the user with the advertisement, the advertisement information is associated with the identification information of the opponent user. For this reason, since an advertisement is displayed in the watching space for watching a battle of a user who has high skill in the battle game, that is, a high degree of attention, the advertising effect can be enhanced.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the game system which can improve an advertising effect can be provided.

It is a mimetic diagram for explaining the outline of the game system concerning a 1st embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the battle | competition screen of the battle | competition game performed with the game system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the game system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of operation | movement of the game system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a schematic diagram for demonstrating the outline | summary of the game system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the watching screen of the battle game performed with the game system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the game system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of operation | movement of the game system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment.

<First Embodiment>
Hereinafter, a game system according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[System Overview]
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram for explaining an outline of a game system 1A according to the first embodiment of the present invention. As shown on the left side of FIG. 1, the game system 1A includes a server device 2 and a plurality of opponent terminals 3 that communicate with the server device 2 via a communication network NW such as the Internet. The game system 1A realizes a battle game that enables users who access the server device 2 from the opponent terminal 3 to battle each other via the communication network NW.

  The battle game described in the present embodiment is one-to-one in a virtual space with a character operated by another user who is an opponent by operating one character selected from a plurality of characters by one user. It is a fighting game that makes you fight.

  In this battle game, the user can select either the lounge battle mode or the matching battle mode as a battle mode in which the user battles with another user via the communication network NW. The lounge battle mode and the matching battle mode have different opponent determination methods.

  The lounge battle mode is a mode that makes it possible to play against a specific opponent. In the lounge battle mode, the user can create a session in which another user called a lounge can participate. The user who created the session can, for example, invite a friend to the created session or set a password for participating in the created session. In the lounge battle mode, the user can select and participate in one session from among a plurality of sessions created by other users. In this way, a battle between users in the same session is formed by another user participating in a session created by a certain user. A plurality of other users can also participate in a session created by one user. In this case, users in the same session can negotiate and form a battle, and users who do not battle can watch the battle of the user who has been battled.

  The matching battle mode is a mode in which a plurality of users who access the server device 2 from the opponent terminal 3 are matched based on a predetermined condition to form a battle. In this battle game, each user is given a point (hereinafter referred to as “match point”) indicating an index of the approximate strength (that is, operation ability, skill) in the battle game. For example, the battle point is a value corresponding to a win rate that increases each time the user wins the battle and decreases every time the user loses. In the matching battle mode, by matching users who have close match points among the users who have accessed the server device 2, the strengths of the fighting users are made comparable.

  When the opponent is determined in the lounge battle mode or the matching battle mode, the opponent terminals 3 of the users who compete with each other communicate with each other, and the battle is started. During the battle, each user operates the character in the virtual space while watching the battle screen to fight the opponent's character, and the battle ends when the physical strength value of either character becomes zero.

  In the present embodiment, an advertisement is displayed in a virtual space (hereinafter referred to as “battle space”) where a battle is performed when a user who performs the battle satisfies a predetermined condition.

  Specifically, the server apparatus 2 stores advertisement information for identifying advertisements together with user identification information for identifying each of a plurality of users (hereinafter simply referred to as “identification information”). On the right side of FIG. 1, the relationship between the identification information 22a for identifying each of a plurality of users (users A to F in the example) and the advertisement information 22b is schematically shown. The advertisement information 22b is stored in the server device 2 in association with the identification information 22a of one of a plurality of users (in the example shown, user B), as indicated by an arrow in the right schematic diagram of FIG.

  In the following description, a user whose identification information 22a is associated with the advertisement information 22b is referred to as “user with advertisement”, and a user whose identification information 22a is not associated with the advertisement information 22b is referred to as “user without advertisement”.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a battle screen D of a battle game performed by the game system 1A. The character PA shown on the left side of FIG. 2 is a character operated by the user A who is a user without an advertisement, and the character PB shown on the right side of FIG. 2 is a character operated by the user B who is a user with an advertisement. is there. In this competitive game, an advertisement corresponding to the advertisement information 22b is displayed in the competitive space S when a user with an advertisement battles. There are various modes for displaying advertisements in the battle space S. In the example of FIG. 2, a logo L, which is an advertisement corresponding to the advertisement information 22b, is drawn on the costume of the character PB corresponding to the user with the advertisement. Yes.

  In this embodiment, when a user without an advertisement wins a user with an advertisement in a battle game, the logo L is handed over to the winning user. That is, the identification information 22a associated with the advertisement information 22b is changed from the identification information 22a of the user with the advertisement who has lost the battle to the identification information 22a of the opponent who won the battle. In the illustrated example, the user B who wins the battle becomes a user with an advertisement from the user without an advertisement, while the user A who loses the battle becomes a user with no advertisement from the user with an advertisement.

[Configuration of server device]
(Overall configuration of server device)
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the game system 1A. First, the configuration of the server device 2 in the game system 1A will be described with reference to FIG.

  The server device 2 is a server device that manages the above-described battle game. The server device 2 includes a control unit 21. The control unit 21 is, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and controls the operation of the server device 2. A storage unit 22 and a communication I / F unit 23 are electrically connected to the control unit 21 by wire or wirelessly.

  The storage unit 22 includes, for example, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) that is a large-capacity recording medium, a ROM (Read Only Memory) that is a semiconductor memory such as a mask ROM or PROM, and a RAM (Random Access Memory) that includes a DRAM or an SRAM. ). The storage unit 22 stores various programs and data necessary for the control of the control unit 21. Further, the storage unit 22 stores the identification information 22a and the advertisement information 22b described above. In addition, the storage unit 22 stores battle video data 22c of a plurality of users who have accessed the server device 2 from the player terminal 3 and played a battle. The storage unit 22 also stores data for authenticating the account transmitted from each opponent terminal 3 and the competition points of each user.

  The communication I / F unit 23 is an interface for connecting the server device 2 to a communication network NW such as the Internet or a LAN. The server device 2 transmits and receives data to and from the opponent terminal 3 via the communication I / F unit 23.

  Note that different account information is assigned to each opponent terminal 3 and each user thereof. When the opponent terminal 3 and the server apparatus 2 communicate via the communication network NW, the user transmits his / her account from the opponent terminal 3 to the server apparatus 2. When predetermined authentication is performed on the account received by the server apparatus 2, communication between the server apparatus 2 and the opponent terminal 3 (access from the opponent terminal 3 to the server apparatus 2) becomes possible.

(Functional configuration of control unit of server device)
FIG. 3 shows a functional configuration of the control unit 21 of the server device 2. The server device 2 executes various programs stored in the storage unit 22, thereby identifying information management means 41, opponent determination means 42, advertisement information transmission means 43, association means 44, battle video storage means 45, video search Functions as means 46 and standby moving picture transmission means 47.

  The identification information management means 41 manages the identification information 22a stored in the storage unit 22. For example, the identification information 22a is account information for accessing the server device 3 given to each user.

  The opponent determination means 42 receives a signal (hereinafter referred to as “match request”) for requesting a battle in the battle game sent from the opponent terminal 3, determines the opponent based on a predetermined condition, Assemble. After determining the opponent, the opponent determining means 42 establishes an intercommunication connection between the opponent's opponent terminals 3a and 3b via the server device 2, for example.

  The advertisement information transmitting means 43 transmits the advertisement information 22b to the opponent terminal 3 of the user with the advertisement. In the present embodiment, the advertisement information transmitting means 43 transmits the advertisement information 22b to the opponent terminal 3 when receiving a competition request from the opponent terminal 3 of the user with advertisement. Further, the advertisement information transmitting means 43 also transmits the advertisement information 22b to the opponent terminal 3 of the opponent of the user with the advertisement when the battle with the user with the advertisement is organized.

  The association unit 44 stores the advertisement information 22b for identifying the advertisement in the storage unit 22 in association with the identification information 22a of any of the plurality of users.

  Further, the association means 44 releases the association of the advertisement information 22b with the identification information 22a of the user with the advertisement when the user with the advertisement loses to the opponent in the battle, and the identification information 22a of the winning opponent user Associate advertisement information 22b. In other words, when the user with the advertisement in the match loses, the associating means 44 changes the identification information 22a to associate the advertisement information 22b from the identification information 22a of the user with the advertisement to the identification information 22a of the opponent.

  The battle video storage unit 45 stores a video of the battle screen (match video) on which a plurality of users battled in the battle game in the storage unit 22 as battle video data 22c.

  In the present specification and claims, expressions such as “store”, “save”, “search”, or “send” “match video” or “match video data” Is not limited to storing, saving, searching, or transmitting the image as moving image data, but information for reproducing (generating) the image of the battle screen in the moving image format (for example, an opponent for the operation unit 32 described later) Storage, storage, search, or transmission of the operation information).

  The video search means 46 receives search conditions (information) sent from the opponent terminal 3 and searches the battle video data 22c stored in the storage unit 22 for battle video data that satisfies the search conditions. As will be described later, the search condition received from the opponent terminal 3 includes a search condition for searching for a battle video (data) of a user with an advertisement.

  The standby video transmission means 47, when the matching battle mode is selected by the user and a battle request is sent from the opponent terminal 3, the battle video of the user with the advertisement is sent to the opponent terminal 3 until the opponent is determined Send.

[Competitor terminal configuration]
(Overall configuration of player terminal)
Next, the configuration of the opponent terminal 3 will be described.

  The opponent terminal 3 is a game device in which an operation input is performed by a user and the above-described battle game is executed. The opponent terminal 3 includes a control unit 31. The control unit 31 is, for example, a CPU, and controls the operation of the opponent terminal 3. An operation unit 32, a display unit 33, a storage unit 34, an acoustic output unit 35, a communication I / F unit 36, and a media I / F unit 37 are electrically connected to the control unit 31 by wire or wirelessly. Yes.

  The operation unit 32 is a device that receives an operation (such as an operation for controlling a character's action) for playing a battle game by a user and inputs operation information corresponding to the operation to the control unit 31. The operation unit 32 is a game controller provided with operators such as buttons.

  The display unit 33 is a device that displays a game image in a battle game, and is a liquid crystal display, for example. More specifically, with respect to the game image, a graphic processing unit (not shown) included in the opponent terminal 3 draws a game image including a virtual space and each character in a moving image format in accordance with an instruction from the control unit 31. The game image drawn in the moving image format is displayed on the display unit 33 as a game screen.

  The storage unit 34 includes, for example, an HDD that is a large-capacity recording medium, a ROM that is a semiconductor memory such as a mask ROM or a PROM, and a RAM that includes a DRAM or an SRAM. The storage unit 34 stores a game program 38a and game data 38b necessary for executing a game read from a game media 38 to be described later. The storage unit 34 also stores an activation program for activating the opponent terminal 3, a program for controlling an operation when the game media 38 is loaded, and the like.

  The sound output unit 35 is a device that outputs game sound in a battle game, and is, for example, a speaker or headphones. In more detail, the audio processing unit (not shown) included in the player terminal 3 plays and synthesizes the digital game sound in accordance with instructions from the control unit 31, and then decodes the game sound into an analog format. Output from the sound output unit 35 to the outside.

  The communication I / F unit 36 is an interface for connecting the opponent terminal 3 to a communication network NW such as the Internet or a LAN. The opponent terminal 3 transmits and receives data to and from the other opponent terminal 3 and the server device 2 via the communication I / F unit 36.

  The media I / F unit 37 is an interface capable of loading a game media 38 for executing a battle game. The game media 38 is a disk-type recording medium such as a DVD-ROM, for example, in which a game program 38a and game data 38b are recorded. The game data 38b includes various data necessary for executing the battle game.

(Functional configuration of control unit of opponent's terminal)
FIG. 3 shows a functional configuration of the control unit 31 of the opponent terminal 3. The opponent terminal 3 functions as the battle request unit 51, the game progress unit 52, the battle video transmission unit 53, the search condition transmission unit 54, and the standby screen display unit 55 by executing the game program 38a.

  The battle request means 51 transmits to the server device 2 a battle request in a mode selected by a user operation on the operation unit 32 among the lounge battle mode and the matching battle mode.

  When the lounge battle mode described above is selected by the user, the battle request means 51 sends a signal for creating a lounge or a signal for participating in a session created by another user as a battle request to the server device 2. Send to. When the matching battle mode described above is selected by the user, the battle request unit 51 sends a signal requesting execution of matching by the opponent determination unit 42 to the server device 2 as a battle request.

  The game advancing means 52 advances the battle game synchronously with the opponent terminal 3 after the opponent determination means 42 enables communication with the opponent terminal 3 of the opponent. The game progress means 52 includes a battle space generation means 52a, an advertisement display means 52b, a character control means 52c, and a battle result transmission means 52d.

  The battle space generating means 52a reads data such as objects and textures included in the game data 38b, and a battle in a battle game is performed in which characters and objects such as the characters PA and PB as shown in FIG. 2 are arranged. A three-dimensional or two-dimensional battle space S is generated. As shown in FIG. 2, the game progress means 52 displays the generated battle space S or a part of the battle space S on the display unit 33 as a battle screen D.

  The advertisement display means 52b displays an advertisement corresponding to the advertisement information 22b in the battle space S when a user with an advertisement battles. In other words, the advertisement display means 52b is either in the case where the user who inputs the operation to the opponent terminal 3 is a user with an advertisement or the case where the user who is an opponent is a user with an advertisement. An advertisement is displayed in the battle space S of the battle. In the present embodiment, the advertisement display means 52b pastes the advertisement texture corresponding to the advertisement information 22b to the character costume corresponding to the user with the advertisement.

  The character control means 52c controls the action of the player character arranged in the battle space S based on the operation information corresponding to the user's operation on the operation unit 32. Further, the character control means 52c controls the action of the character corresponding to the opponent based on the operation information sent from the opponent terminal 3 of the other user who is the opponent.

  Furthermore, the game progress means 52 performs actions of other characters (background characters, etc.) other than the player character and the opponent character in the battle space S according to the user's operation on the operation unit 32 and the progress of the game. It also controls the movement of objects.

  The battle result transmission means 52d transmits the battle result to the server device 2 after the battle in the battle game is completed.

  The battle video transmission means 53 stores the video of the battle in the storage unit 34 and transmits the data of the battle video to the server device 2. The battle video data sent to the server device 2 is stored in the storage unit 22 by the battle video storage means 45 described above.

  The search condition transmission means 54 searches for a specific battle video from the search conditions (information) for performing the search by the above-described video search means 46, that is, the plurality of battle video data 22c stored in the server device 2. The search condition is transmitted to the server device 2. Specifically, the search condition transmission unit 54 displays a search screen on the display unit 33 and accepts a search condition input or selected by a user operation on the operation unit 32. Then, the search condition transmission means 54 transmits the accepted search condition to the server device 2 by the user's operation on the operation unit 32.

  In the present embodiment, the search condition transmitting means 54 is a search condition for searching for a battle video of a user with an advertisement, more specifically, a battle video in which an advertisement corresponding to the advertisement information 22b is displayed in the battle space S. It is possible to transmit a search condition that there is to the server device 2.

  When the user selects the matching battle mode and a battle request is transmitted from the opponent terminal 3, the standby screen display means 55 displays the battle video of the user with advertisement as a standby screen until the opponent is determined. To display.

  More specifically, in the matching battle mode, when a battle request is transmitted from the opponent terminal 3, the battle partner determination means 42 cannot find a battle opponent (other users whose battle points are close) that meet the conditions. If so, the user will wait until an opponent is found. Until the opponent is found, the standby video transmission means 47 of the server device 2 selects the battle video of the user with the advertisement from the battle video stored in the storage unit 22 of the server device 2, for example, at random or in a predetermined manner. The selection is made based on the rule and transmitted to the opponent terminal 3. The standby screen display means 55 displays the battle video of the user with the advertisement based on the video data transmitted from the standby video transmission means 47.

[Game system processing flow]
Next, an example of the flow of each operation executed in the above-described game system 1A will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow of operation of the game system 1A when a battle between the user A who is an advertisement-free user and the user B who is an advertisement-added user is formed. In the following description, for convenience, the opponent terminal 3 that is operated and input by the user A who is an advertisement is referred to as “the opponent terminal 3a”, and the battle that is operated and input by the user B who is the user with the advertisement. The player terminal 3 is referred to as the “competitor terminal 3b”.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the opponent determination means 42 of the opponent terminal 3a transmits an opponent request from the opponent terminal 3a to the server device 2 by the operation input of the user A (step S1). Further, in response to an operation input by the user B, the opponent determination means 42 of the opponent terminal 3b transmits an opponent request from the opponent terminal 3b to the server device 2 (step S2). In the server device 2, when the advertisement information transmission means 43 receives a battle request from the player terminal 3b of the user B who is an advertisement-added user, the advertisement information 22b is transmitted to the opponent terminal 3b (step b). S3).

  Further, in the server device 2, the opponent determination means 42 forms a battle between the user A and the user B, and establishes a communication connection between the opponent terminals 3a and 3b (step S4). After the match between the user A and the user B is formed, the advertisement information transmission means 43 is the battle for the opponent 3 of the opponent, that is, the user because the set match is a match of the user B who is an advertisement user. The advertisement information 22b is transmitted to the A player's terminal 3a (step S5).

  Thus, the advertising information 22b is stored in the storage unit 34 of the mutual opponent terminals 3a, 3b, and the game progress means 52 displays the advertisement in the battle space S based on the advertising information 22b, The battle game is advanced (steps S6 and S7).

  That is, in each of the opponent terminals 3a and 3b, the battle space generating means 52a generates a battle space S in which a battle in the battle game is performed, and a character corresponding to the user A in the battle space S and the user Arrange the character corresponding to B. Then, the advertisement display means 52b pastes a logo L, which is an advertisement corresponding to the advertisement information 22b, on the character costume corresponding to the user B who is the user with the advertisement.

  Further, the character control means 52c of each of the opponent terminals 3a and 3b controls the actions of the own character and the opponent character in accordance with the operations of the users A and B. The game progression means 52 manages the increase / decrease in the physical strength value of each character, and ends the battle when the physical strength value of one character becomes zero.

  After the battle in the battle game is completed, the battle result transmission means 52d of each of the opponent terminals 3a and 3b transmits the battle result to the server device 2 (steps S8 and S9).

  When the server device 2 receives the battle result, the associating means 44 determines whether or not the user with the advertisement in the battle has lost (step S10).

  When the user B who is the user with the advertisement loses (step S10: YES), the associating means 44 cancels the association of the advertisement information 22b with the identification information of the user B and also identifies the identification information of the user A who is the opponent The advertisement information 22b is associated with 22a (step S11). That is, the user A is a user with an advertisement, and the user B is a user without an advertisement.

  The association means 44 maintains the association of the advertisement information 22b with the identification information 22a of the user B when the user with the advertisement wins (step S10: NO), and associates the advertisement information 22b with the identification information 22a of the user A Absent.

  Thus, the logo L as an advertisement displayed in the battle space S is taken over by the winner of the battle.

  Summarizing the above, the game system 1A according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of opponent terminals 3 that are operated and input by a plurality of users performing a battle in a battle game, and a storage unit 22, respectively. A server system 2 that communicates with the plurality of opponent terminals 3, and the storage unit 22 stores identification information 22a for identifying each of the plurality of users; A battle space generating unit 52a for generating a battle space S, and an association unit 44 for storing advertisement information 22b for identifying an advertisement in the storage unit 22 in association with identification information 22a of any of the plurality of users; An advertisement display means 52b for displaying an advertisement corresponding to the advertisement information 22b in the battle space S when a user with an advertisement corresponding to the identification information 22a associated with the advertisement information 22b performs the battle; Prepared, front Associating means 44, when the opponent of the ad-user in the battle is won the ad-user, the identification information 22a of the opponent user, associating the advertisement information 22b.

  According to the game system 1A according to the present embodiment, when the opponent of the user with the advertisement wins the user with the advertisement, the advertisement information 22b is associated with the identification information 22a of the opponent user. For this reason, since an advertisement is displayed in a battle of a user who has a high skill in a battle game, that is, a high degree of attention, the advertising effect can be enhanced. In addition, since the display of the advertisement in the battle space S is a proof that the user with the advertisement has won, it is possible to encourage the user who wants to satisfy the self-revelation desire to display the advertisement and to enhance the advertising effect. Can do.

  In addition, according to the game system 1A according to the present embodiment, since the advertising information is handed over to the winner of the competitive game, the rare value of being a user with an advertisement is increased, and the user can be prompted to display an advertisement. . Moreover, since a user with higher skill becomes a user with an advertisement, it is possible to attract more attention to the battle of the user with the advertisement, and the advertisement effect can be further enhanced.

  In addition, according to the game system 1A according to the present embodiment, the search condition transmission unit 54 and the video search unit 46 can make it easier for a user who wants to enjoy watching a battle video to find a battle video in which a user with an advertisement has played. it can. For this reason, the advertising effect can be further enhanced.

  In addition, according to the game system 1A according to the present embodiment, the standby screen display means 55 receives the advertisement stored in the storage unit 34 from when the battle request is transmitted from the opponent terminal 3 until the battle is formed. Since the attached user's battle video is displayed on the display unit 33 as a standby screen, the user's boredom can be reduced and the advertising effect can be further enhanced.

Second Embodiment
Next, a game system according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. In the following description of the second embodiment, differences from the first embodiment will be mainly described, and the same components will be denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted.

[System Overview]
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram for explaining the outline of the game system 1B according to the second embodiment. In the present embodiment, unlike the first embodiment, the game system 1B includes a plurality of spectator terminals that communicate with the server apparatus 2 via the communication network NW, in addition to the server apparatus 2 and the plurality of opponent terminals 3. 6 is provided. The game system 1B is a system that enables a battle in a battle game between users as in the first embodiment, and a third party that accesses the server device 2 from the spectator terminal 6 to watch the battle in real time. Realize.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a watching screen D2 for a battle game performed by the game system 1B. As shown in FIG. 6, in this embodiment, the display unit of the spectator terminal 6 is provided so that a spectator watching a battle with the spectator terminal 6 can experience an experience of watching a large number of people in a stadium or the like. 66a and 66b (see FIG. 7) display images obtained by shooting a virtual space for watching (hereinafter referred to as “watching space”) T.

  For example, the watching space T is a space that represents the venue of a tournament where a computer game is held as a competition, the so-called E Sports (Electronic Sports) tournament, and the watching space T displays a battle screen D in the fighting game. A huge screen B1, a stage B2, and a spectator seat B3 are generated as display objects to be displayed. On stage B2, a character Q that imitates an opponent who operates the character on the battle screen D is arranged, and the audience seat B3 is operated by a user of another spectator terminal 6 or controlled by the CPU. A spectator character R is placed. The watching screen D2 is displayed from the viewpoint of the character placed in the spectator seat B3.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, when watching a battle of a user with an advertisement in a battle game, an advertisement corresponding to the advertisement information 22b of the user with an advertisement is displayed in the space T for watching. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, display objects B4 and B5 different from the display object B1 that displays the battle screen D are generated on the left and right sides of the giant screen B1, and these display objects B4 and B5 are generated. The advertisement L such as a logo corresponding to the advertisement information 22b of the user with the advertisement is displayed.

[Configuration of server device]
FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the game system 1B. In the present embodiment, the configuration of the opponent terminal 3 is substantially the same as that of the first embodiment, and thus the description thereof is omitted. In the present embodiment, the server device 2 will not be described with respect to the first embodiment, and the differences from the first embodiment will be mainly described.

  In the present embodiment, the advertisement information transmitting means 43 not only transmits the advertisement information 22b to the advertisement-attached user and the opponent's opponent's terminal 3 for the opponent, but also to the spectator's terminal 6 for watching the competition of the advertisement-added user. Also sends advertisement information 22b.

  In the present embodiment, the server device 2 also functions as the battle video transmission unit 48 by executing various programs stored in the storage unit 22. The battle video transmission means 48 transmits a battle video for the spectator to watch to the spectator terminal 6.

  Specifically, operation information corresponding to an operation performed on the operation unit 32 of the opponent is sent from each opponent terminal 3 of the opponent to the server device 2. The battle video transmission means 48 draws the same game image as the game image drawn on each player terminal 3 based on the operation information sent from each player terminal 3, and each player terminal 3 Data of the same sound as the generated digital game sound is generated. In this way, the battle video transmission means 48 streams the video data and audio data of the battle game to be watched to the spectator terminal 6 via the communication network NW.

[Configuration of spectator terminal]
(Overall configuration of spectator terminal)
Next, the configuration of the spectator terminal 6 will be described with reference to FIG.

  The spectator terminal 6 is a computer device that is operated and input by the user and for watching the battle in the above-described battle game. The spectator terminal 6 includes a control unit 61. The control unit 61 is, for example, a CPU, and controls the operation of the spectator terminal 6. An operation unit 62, a storage unit 63, an acoustic output unit 64, and a communication I / F unit 65 are electrically connected to the control unit 61 by wire or wirelessly.

  The operation unit 62 is a device that receives an operation for watching a battle game by a user and inputs operation information corresponding to the operation to the control unit 61. The operation unit 62 is a controller provided with operation elements such as buttons.

  The storage unit 63 includes, for example, an HDD that is a large-capacity recording medium, a ROM that is a semiconductor memory such as a mask ROM or a PROM, and a RAM that includes a DRAM or an SRAM. The storage unit 63 stores various programs and data for generating a watching space and characters arranged there.

  The sound output unit 64 is a device that outputs a sound such as a game sound in a battle game or a cheer of a spectator in the watching space, and is, for example, a speaker or headphones. More specifically, an audio processing unit (not shown) included in the spectator terminal 6 reproduces and synthesizes digital audio in accordance with instructions from the control unit 61, then decodes the audio into an analog format, and outputs an audio output unit 64. To the outside.

  The communication I / F unit 65 is an interface for connecting the spectator terminal 6 to a communication network NW such as the Internet or a LAN. The spectator terminal 6 transmits / receives data to / from the server device 2 via the communication I / F unit 65.

  The spectator terminal 6 includes a head-mounted display (hereinafter, HMD) 66 that can be mounted on the user's head. The HMD 66 is electrically connected to the control unit 61 and includes a pair of display units 66a and 66b, an acceleration sensor 66c, and a gyro sensor 66d.

  When the HMD 66 is mounted on the user's head, a left-eye display unit 66a and a right-eye display unit 66b are arranged in front of the user's left eye and right eye, respectively. A virtual two-dimensional image for left eye and right eye having parallax taken by a graphic processing unit (not shown) included in the spectator terminal 6 captured by each of a pair of virtual cameras arranged in a virtual three-dimensional space for watching Is generated and rendered in video format. The image drawn in the moving image format is displayed on the pair of display units 66a and 66b as the watching screen D2.

  The acceleration sensor 66c and the gyro sensor 66d constitute a motion detection system that detects the motion of the user's head. The acceleration sensor 66c detects, for example, the orientation of the HMD 66 with respect to the direction of gravity, that is, the inclination of the user's head. The gyro sensor 66d detects, for example, the angular velocity of the HMD 66, that is, the speed at which the user tilts or rotates the head. In accordance with the motion information obtained from the acceleration sensor 66c and the gyro sensor 66d, the orientation of the pair of virtual cameras that capture the space for watching the game T is changed.

(Functional configuration of the control unit of the spectator terminal)
FIG. 7 shows a functional configuration of the control unit 61 of the spectator terminal 6. The spectator terminal 6 functions as the watching request means 71, the watching space generation means 72, and the advertisement display means 73 by executing various programs stored in the storage unit 63.

  The watching request means 71 sends to the server apparatus 2 a signal (hereinafter referred to as “watching request”) for requesting watching of one match among the matches set up by the opponent determination means 42 of the server apparatus 2. More specifically, a battle list that can be selected as a watching target is sent from the server device 2 to the watching terminal 6 according to a predetermined operation input by the user of the watching terminal 6, and displayed on the display units 66a and 66b. When the user of the watching terminal 6 selects one battle from the battle list, a watching request for the battle is sent to the server device 2.

  Based on the data stored in the storage unit 63, the watching space generation means 72 generates a virtual watching space T for watching a battle on the battle screen D in the battle game. The watching space generating means 72 arranges the player character operated by the spectator, the display objects B1, B4, B5, the stage B2, the spectator seat B3, the opponent character Q, the spectator character R, etc. in the watching space T. To do. The watching space generating unit 72 displays the battle video sent from the battle video transmission unit 48 of the server device 2 on the display object B1 as the battle screen D.

  The advertisement display means 73 displays an advertisement corresponding to the advertisement information 22b in the watching space T when a user with an advertisement battles. In this embodiment, the advertisement display means 73 displays an advertisement L such as a logo corresponding to the advertisement information 22b of the user with the advertisement on the display objects B4 and B5 in the watching space T.

  The watching video display means 74 displays the watching video obtained by shooting the watching space T on which the advertisement is displayed with the above-described pair of virtual cameras on the pair of display units 66a and 66b of the HMD 66 in the watching terminal 6.

[Game system processing flow]
Next, an example of the flow of each operation executed in the above-described game system 1B will be described with reference to FIG. In this embodiment, the operation of the opponent terminal 2 is substantially the same as that of the first embodiment except that the battle video transmission means 48 transmits information for generating a battle video to the server device 3. . For this reason, below, description about the operation | movement relevant to the player terminal 3 is abbreviate | omitted.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation flow of the game system 1B when watching the battle of the battle game on the spectator terminal 6.

  As shown in FIG. 8, in response to an operation input from the user of the spectator terminal 6, the watching requesting means 71 requests a watching of one battle from the battles set by the opponent determining means 42 of the server device 2. Is sent to the server device 2 (step T1). In the server device 2, the battle video transmission means 48 accepts the watching request and transmits the battle video for watching the requested battle to the spectator terminal 6 in real time (step T2).

  In addition, the control unit 21 of the server device 2 determines whether or not the user with the advertisement is included in the battle opponent requested to watch (step T3). When a user with an advertisement is included in the battle opponent requested to watch the game (step T3: YES), the advertisement information transmitting means 43 of the server device 2 has the advertisement information 22b associated with the identification information 22a of the user with the advertisement. Is transmitted to the spectator terminal 6 (step T4). In addition, when a user with an advertisement is not included in the opponent (step T3: NO), the advertisement information transmitting unit 43 of the server device 2 does not transmit the advertisement information 22b to the spectator terminal 6.

  In the spectator terminal 6, the watching space generating means 72 generates a virtual watching space T for watching the battle on the battle screen D (step T5). Further, the watching space generating means 72 displays the battle video transmitted in step T2 on the display object B1.

  Further, in the spectator terminal 6, the advertisement display means 73 determines whether or not the advertisement information 22b has been received (step T6). When the advertisement information 22b is received, that is, when watching a match of a user with an advertisement, the advertisement display means 73 displays an advertisement corresponding to the advertisement information 22b in the watching space T (step T7).

  Also in the game system 1B according to the present embodiment, as in the first embodiment, when the opponent of the user with the advertisement wins the user with the advertisement, the advertisement information 22b is associated with the identification information 22a of the opponent user. For this reason, since the advertisement is displayed in the watching space T for watching the battle of the user who has a high skill in the battle game, that is, a high degree of attention, the advertising effect can be enhanced.

<Other embodiments>
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

  For example, the game program 38a and the game data 38b for executing the battle game may be stored in the storage unit 34 without using the game media 38. For example, the game program 38a and the game data 38b may be stored in the storage unit 34 by being received via the communication network NW from the server device 2 or a different server device.

  Further, each device 2, 3, 6 constituting the game system 1A, 1B does not have to be a single device, and may be configured by a plurality of devices. For example, the operation unit 32, the display unit 33, the storage unit 34, and the sound output unit 35 are separate devices that are electrically connected by wire or wireless to the device body including the control unit 31 of the opponent terminal 3. There may be.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the server system of game system 1A, 1B was comprised by the one server apparatus 2, the server system of the game system of this invention may be a structure provided with a some server apparatus. .

  In addition, the spectator terminal 6 in the second embodiment may be the same game device as the opponent terminal 2. The battle terminal 2 may be used to watch the battle between the other battle player terminals 2, or the battle player terminal 6 may be able to play a battle game. The storage unit 63 of the spectator terminal 6 may store a game program 38a and game data 38b for executing a battle game. By executing the game program 38a, the spectator terminal 6 You may be able to watch this match.

  In the second embodiment, the HMD 66 is used as a display for displaying the watching screen D2. However, the spectator terminal 6 has one display instead of the HMD 66 as the display for displaying the watching screen D2. You may provide the display provided with a part.

  Further, the battle game described in the above embodiment may be a game that progresses in the P2P communication method, or may be a game that progresses the battle game in the server device 2 to which each opponent terminal 3 is connected. Good. In the case of a battle game progressing on the server device 2, the server device 2 may function as the battle space generation means 52a and the like.

  In the above embodiment, a one-to-one fighting game is exemplified as the battle game. However, for example, the battle game may be a game in which three or more users participate and battle each other. It may be a team battle game. In addition, the battle game is not limited to a game in which winning or losing is determined by direct battle between player characters operated by the opponent, but any game may be used as long as the opponent can determine winning or losing according to a predetermined rule. For example, the battle game may be a game in which a player character operated by each matched opponent battles with a non-player character (NPC) controlled by the CPU. In this case, it may be a game in which a player who has a short time to defeat the NPC is a winner (so-called time attack), or a game in which a player who received less damage from the NPC within a predetermined time is a winner.

  Further, the association means 44 may maintain the association of the advertisement information 22b with the identification information 22a of the user with advertisement when the user with advertisement loses to the opponent user in the battle game. In this case, each time the user with advertisement loses, the identification information 22a associated with the advertisement information 22b increases, and the number of users with advertisement can be increased.

  Further, the advertisement display mode of the advertisement display means 52b in the first embodiment is not limited to pasting a texture corresponding to the advertisement information 22b to the costume of the character corresponding to the user with the advertisement.

  For example, the advertisement display means 52b may paste a texture corresponding to the advertisement information 22b on the character's body, weapons, flying tools, and special moves, in addition to the character costume corresponding to the user with the advertisement. Alternatively, the advertisement display means 52b may arrange an object (including a character object such as a round girl or a background character showing an advertisement) corresponding to the advertisement information 22b in the virtual space S.

  For example, the character model with an advertisement in which the advertisement corresponding to the advertisement information 22b is shown in the storage unit 34 of the opponent terminal 3 as the character model data operated by the user in the battle game, in addition to the normal character model. Data may be stored. Then, the advertisement display means 52b may arrange the character operated by the user with the advertisement in the virtual space S in the character model with the advertisement when the user with the advertisement battles.

  Further, the advertisement display mode of the advertisement display means 73 in the second embodiment is to display an advertisement L such as a logo corresponding to the advertisement information 22b of the user with the advertisement on the display objects B4 and B5 in the watching space T. It is not limited to. For example, the advertisement display means 73 may arrange an object (including a character object such as an opponent character Q or an audience character R indicating an advertisement) corresponding to the advertisement information 22b in the watching space T.

  Further, the user may be able to select an advertisement display mode by the advertisement display means 52b and 73.

  Further, the standby screen display means 55 does not necessarily display the battle video of the user with the advertisement on the display unit 33 until the opponent is determined. For example, when the opponent determination means 42 cannot find an opponent, until the opponent is found, the standby screen display means 55 displays a battle video of the user with the advertisement, or the operation is controlled by the CPU. The user may be able to select whether to play a battle against the player character.

  The operations of the control units 21, 31, 61 of the server device 2, the opponent terminal 3, and the spectator terminal 6 are not limited to the examples described in the above embodiment. For example, the control unit 21 may not include the moving image search unit 46, the standby moving image transmission unit 47, and the control unit 31 may not include the search condition unit 54, the standby screen unit 55, and the like.

  Further, the storage unit 22 of the server device 2 may store a plurality of types of advertisement information 22b. Further, a plurality of types of advertisement information 22b may be associated with one user identification information 22a. For example, when a battle is performed in a tournament format such as an E-sports tournament, different types of advertisement information 22b may be associated with the identification information 22a of a plurality of opponents participating in the tournament. In this case, the advertising information 22b of the opponent is taken over by the identification information 22a of the opponent who wins in the tournament. As a result, in the tournament final virtual space S and / or watching space T, advertisements corresponding to the advertisement information 22b of all the competitors participating in the tournament are displayed.

  In the second embodiment, the arrangement of characters corresponding to the spectators in the watching space T, that is, the position of the virtual camera in the watching space T may change depending on the degree of contribution to the game. For example, a character corresponding to the spectator may be placed in a seat near the display object B1 in the watching space T as the time played in the battle game, the number of battles, the number of logins, etc. increase in the past. Alternatively, for example, as the number of times a user with an advertisement has been viewed in the past increases, a character corresponding to the spectator may be placed in a seat near the display object B1 in the observing space T.

  In the first embodiment, after the battle in the battle game is over, the battle result transmission means 52d of all the opponent terminals 3 that battled in the battle game transmitted the battle results to the server device 2. A part of the battle result transmitting means 52d of the battle terminal 3 that has played in the game may transmit the battle result to the server device 2.

  In the first embodiment, when the advertisement information transmitting unit 43 receives a battle request from the opponent terminal 3 of the user with the advertisement, the advertisement information transmission means 43 transmits the advertisement information 22b to the opponent terminal 3. The timing for transmitting the information 22b is not limited to this. For example, the advertisement information transmitting means 43 may transmit the advertisement information 22b to the opponent terminal 3 when receiving an account from the opponent terminal 3 of the user with the advertisement.

  In the second embodiment, the advertisement is displayed in both the battle space S and the watching space T. However, the advertisement may be displayed only in either the fighting space S or the watching space T. .

  In the second embodiment, the battle video transmission means 48 for sending a battle video for the spectator to watch may send the operation information sent from each of the opponent terminals 2 to the spectator terminal 6 as it is. . In this case, in the spectator terminal 6, the spectator space generation means 72, based on the operation information sent from the battle video transmission means 48, the same game image as the game image drawn in each opponent terminal 3, The battle screen D is displayed (drawn) on the display object B1.

  Even when these other embodiments are employed, the effects of the present invention are exhibited. In addition, this embodiment, other embodiments, and other embodiments can be appropriately combined.

  In the first and second embodiments described above, when the opponent user who is the opponent of the user with the advertisement in the battle wins the user with the advertisement, the associating means 44 advertises to the opponent user identification information 22a. Even without associating the information 22b, it is possible to obtain a certain advertising effect. For example, the associating means 44 may associate the advertisement information 22b in advance with the identification information 22a of a user who is known to have a particularly high skill in a competitive game such as a professional gamer. The association means 44 does not have to associate the advertisement information 22b with the opponent identification information 22a even when the highly skilled user loses to the opponent. Thus, even when the association means 44 does not change the association of the advertisement information 22b to the identification information 22a in accordance with the victory or defeat of the battle, the identification information 22a of the user who is known to have a particularly high skill such as a professional gamer Since the competition is attracted attention by associating with the advertisement information 22b, it can be expected to enhance the advertisement effect.

1A, 1B: Game system
2: Server device
3: Player terminal (computer for battle)
6: Spectator terminal (computer for watching)
22: Memory unit
22a: Identification information
22b: Advertising information
33: Display section
41: Identification information management means
42: Opponent determination method
43: Advertising information transmission means
44: Association method
45: Battle video storage means
46 ： Video search means
51: Battle request means
52: Game progression means
52a: Battle space generation means (virtual space generation means)
52b: Advertising display means
55: Standby screen display means
72: Space generation means for watching (virtual space generation means)
73: Watching video display means
74: Advertisement display means
NW: Communication network
S: Battle space (virtual space)
T: Space for watching games (virtual space)

Claims (6)

A game system comprising: a plurality of battle computers that are operated and input by a plurality of users who battle each other in a battle game; and a server system that includes a storage unit and communicates with the plurality of computers.
The storage unit stores identification information for identifying each of the plurality of users.
Virtual space generation means for generating a virtual space;
Association means for associating advertisement information for identifying an advertisement with identification information of any one of the plurality of users and storing it in the storage unit;
An advertisement display means for displaying an advertisement corresponding to the advertisement information in the virtual space when a user corresponding to the identification information associated with the advertisement information (hereinafter referred to as a user with an advertisement) performs the battle; ,
The association means associates the advertisement information with the identification information of the opponent user when the opponent of the user with the advertisement in the battle (hereinafter referred to as the opponent user) wins the user with the advertisement. system.   The association means releases the association of the advertisement information with the identification information of the user with the advertisement when the opponent user wins the user with the advertisement.   The advertisement display means pastes a texture corresponding to the advertisement information on an object arranged in the virtual space, or arranges an object corresponding to the advertisement information in the virtual space. The game system as described in. Battle video storage means for storing the battle videos of the plurality of users in the battle game in the storage unit;
Video search means for searching for a battle video of the user with the advertisement from among the battle videos of the plurality of users by receiving a search condition for searching for the battle video of the user with the advertisement. The game system of any one of 1-3. The computer has a display unit that displays a battle performed by the user,
Battle video storage means for storing the battle videos of the plurality of users in the battle game in the storage unit;
An opponent determination means for accepting a battle request transmitted from the plurality of computers, determining an opponent based on a predetermined condition, and forming a battle;
A standby screen display that displays the battle video of the user with the advertisement stored in the storage unit as a standby screen on the display unit until the opponent determination unit receives the battle request and determines the opponent. The game system according to claim 1, further comprising: means. The game system includes a watching computer that communicates with the server system and watches the battle in the battle game,
The virtual space generated by the virtual space generating means includes a watching space in which display objects for displaying a battle video obtained by shooting a battle space in which a character operated by a user who operates the battle operates with a virtual camera are arranged. ,
The advertisement display means displays the advertisement in the watching space,
6. The watching video display means for displaying a watching video obtained by photographing the watching space in which the advertisement is displayed with the virtual camera on a display of the watching computer. The game system as described in.

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