JPH0644950B2 - Electronic game device - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an electronic game device using an animation display.

[Background of the Invention]

Recently, various electronic game devices such as an invader game and a maze game have been developed. Various games can be played by mounting a game cassette storing a game program on a game execution device such as a personal computer.

However, these games are all off the shelf,
Since the game specifications are fixed, the game specifications cannot be changed according to the user's preference. In general, users of personal computers have a desire to create, so simply playing an off-the-shelf game is not enough,
There is a problem that it is extremely difficult to compose a game program by using the BASIC language, because it requires a lot of labor and time.

[Object of the Invention]

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide an electronic game device using an animation display device that allows a user to easily create and execute a game without programming. .

[Outline of Invention]

The present invention provides a basic game algorithm for a plurality of game formats, sets the game format and the characters and backgrounds that appear in the game, and further sets the scoring condition, the strength condition of the own character and the enemy character, and the like. By setting the game story of, the above-mentioned game algorithm is completed, and the user can create and execute the desired game without programming by simply inputting various conditions. Is an electronic game device using.

Example of Invention

<Structure of Embodiment> FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall structure of the present invention.
Is a key input device with a number of keys required to create and play games. The key input signal of the key input device 1 is sent to the input control device 2. The input control device 2 is a processor that receives the key input signal and controls the operation of the entire system, and has an algorithm for controlling the operation of each control device described later. Reference numeral 3 denotes a game creating device for automatically creating a game, which is a feature of the present invention. The game creating device 3 starts operation in response to an operation start command from the input control device 2 and outputs a completion signal to the input control device 2 when the operation is completed. A menu display device 4 for controlling display of a menu screen is connected to the game creating device 3, and the game creating device 3 controls the menu display device 4 to display a menu screen showing a game creating procedure, Perform the creation process. The menu display device 4 can also be controlled by the input control device 2. Further, game algorithm memories 6 to 9 are connected to the input control device 2 via a selector 5. The game algorithm memories 6 to 9 store, for example, basic game algorithms of a battle type, a maze type, a step type, and a car race type, and one of them is selected by a game type selection signal given from the input control device 2 to the selector 5. To be selected. A background setting device 10 is a device for arbitrarily setting a background image of the game. A character setting device 11 is a device for arbitrarily setting a character appearing in the game. A story setting device 12 is a device for determining the story of the game, that is, how the character moves, how to score points, the game time, and the like. 1
A sound effect setting device 3 is a device for setting a sound effect used in a game.

Then, these background setting device 10, character setting device 11, story setting device 12, and sound effect setting device 1
3 and the menu display device 14 are both driven by the game creating device 3 and are connected to the memory group 14 to register various set data in the memory group 14. On the other hand, both are connected to the display control device 15, and the setting process can be displayed on the CRT 16. The memory group 14 is also connected to the game creating device 3.

The game creating device 3 is composed of a processor, and has an algorithm for controlling the background setting device 10, the character setting device 11, the story setting device 12, the sound effect setting device 13, the menu display device 14, and the display control device 15 built therein. There is. Each of the devices 10 to 14 is a processor that shares the functions of the game creating device 3, and incorporates the algorithm of each part of the game creating executed by the processor of the game creating device 3. However, by design, one processor of the game creation device 3 is used for each device 10 to 1
The processor function of 4 may be combined.

The display control device 15 is a device for compositely displaying a background image and a moving image, the details of which are shown in Japanese Patent Application No. 59-29971. Therefore, in this specification, the display control operation will be briefly described. Then, reference numeral 17 connected to the display control device 15 is a refresh memory for displaying a background image, and stores, for example, a pattern code of 24 × 32 blocks in one screen. Then, each pattern code is composed of 8 bits and consists of codes of 1 to 255. 1
Reference numeral 8 is a pattern generator for storing the pattern corresponding to the pattern code stored in the refresh memory 17, and 19 is a color table for storing the color code corresponding to the pattern code. The pattern generator 18 and the color table 19 have an address of 1
The pattern generator 18 corresponds to the pair 1 and the block pattern corresponding to the pattern code written in the refresh memory 17 is 8 × as shown in FIG. 2 (A).
Up to 255 are stored with an 8-dot configuration. Further, the color table 19 specifies the color of the block pattern in units of one line (8 dots) as shown in FIG. 2B, and the portion of "1" in 8 bits of one line of the block pattern ( The color code of the color of the displayed pattern part) and the color code of the color of the "0" part (the part which becomes the background of the pattern) are stored. Then refresh memory 17
When the pattern code of the pattern generator 19 is rewritten in block units of 24 × 32 patterns, and the correspondence between the pattern code of the refresh memory 17 and the block pattern of the pattern generator 19 is fixed and the dots of the character pattern of the pattern generator 19 are rewritten. Can set the background in dot units of 192 × 256 dots. The refresh memory 1
Since 7 has a capacity for 3 screens, the background can be set for 3 screens in a block unit.

On the other hand, 20 is a character attribute table that stores the attributes of the character that is moved and displayed in the background image, 21 is the display coordinates of the character, the number (No.) of the character pattern,
Character definition table for storing color code, 22
Is a character pattern generator that stores character patterns of characters. FIG. 3 shows the structure of the character attribute table 20. 20b is an area for storing the name of a character, 20a is an area for storing an attribute code for identifying whether the character is himself or not, and the attribute codes are five kinds of characters 000 to 100 as shown in FIG. It is a code that identifies the attribute. Further, in FIG. 3, 20c to 20j
Is an area for storing the table number (#) of the character definition table 21 corresponding to the character name defined in 20b, and up to eight types of character patterns can be set for one character name.
The table below ... There are 8 areas on the right back. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the character pattern may be set for each moving direction of the character, or as shown in FIG. 6, the front and back deformation patterns are set and displayed alternately so that the character moves. May be made to look realistic. 20k is
This is an area for storing addresses in the memory group 14 for storing various information such as strength set for this character. Even if eight types of character patterns are set for one character name, the attributes and various information are common.

Next, FIG. 7 shows the structure of the character definition table 21. As shown in the figure, 32 characters # 1 to # 32 are defined, and the display coordinates (x, y) of the character for each of them are set in areas 21a and 21b, and the character pattern number in the character pattern generator 22 is set. (No.) is stored in the area 21c, and the color code of the color for displaying the character is stored in the area 21d. This color code specifies the color of the dot "1" portion and the color of the "0" portion of the character block (16 dots x 16 dots), as in the background image described above. Therefore, one character pattern can be drawn in only one color (two colors if the background color is counted). The numbers (No.) written in the areas 20c to 20j of the character attribute table 20 correspond to the table numbers # 1 to # 32 of the character definition table 21. If any of the above table to the back left is designated, the table number of the character definition table 21 is designated, and thereby the pattern number of the character pattern generator 22 is designated. In this embodiment, # 1 to # 32 of the character definition table 21 and No. 1 to No. 32 of the character pattern generator 22 have a one-to-one correspondence, and the area 21c of the character definition table 21 has # #. No. 1 is written in No. 1 and No. 2 in No. 2, and so on. Then, the display operation control of the character is possible by controlling the data of this character definition table. That is, area 21
If the coordinate data of a and 21b are sequentially rewritten, the character pattern of the pattern number designated in the area 21c is automatically moved and displayed. Also, area 2
If the y coordinate of 1h is specified outside the display area, the character will not be displayed.

Next, FIG. 8 shows the configuration of the character pattern generator 22. One character consists of 16 × 16 dots, and 32 character patterns from No. 1 to No. 32 can be set. Therefore, 32 character names can be set when 1 character pattern is set for 1 character name, and 4 character names can be set when 8 character patterns are set for 1 character name. Can be set.

Therefore, the display control device 15 includes the refresh memory 17, the pattern generator 18, and the color table 19.
The background image is displayed by the character attribute table 2
0, the character definition table 21, and the character pattern generator 22 are used to display the characters. When the displays overlap, the display priority is: characters # 1>#2>...>#32> background image block pattern>
When the character patterns overlap in the order of the background, the collision flag “1” is set in the display control device 15. The display control device 15 is also connected to the memory group 14 and is connected to the display control device 15.
The contents of .about.22 can be transferred to the memory group 14.

A game execution device 23 is a game algorithm memory 6 selected from the input control device 2 through the selector 5.
9 to 9 and executes the selected game algorithm based on various setting data written in the memory group 14 by the game creating device 3. Then, along with the execution, the display control device 15 is driven to display, and the sound effect generator 25 is driven to generate a sound effect from the speaker 26. The display controller 15 receives an interrupt signal output once every about 16 msec, and executes the operation. The sound effect generator 25
Is a device which is connected to the sound effect setting device 13, stores the music sound information set by the sound effect setting device 13, and generates a music sound corresponding to the music sound information designated by the game execution device 23. In addition, a plurality of pieces of sound effect information prepared in advance are also stored, and given predetermined names. Then, the sound effect setting device 13 gives a name to the musical tone information, and the game execution device 23 designates the given name or a previously given name, so that a desired musical tone can be generated.

FIG. 9 shows a main configuration of the memory group 14. The meaning of data stored in each area will be sequentially described later while explaining the operation. In FIG. 9, area A is an area for storing data related to the entire game, area B is an area for storing data related to the entire stage, and the other areas are for storing data related to each character.

Although not shown in FIG. 1, the memory group 1
The various game information registered in No. 4 is the contents of the pattern generator 18, the color table 19, the character attribute table 20, the character definition table 21, the character pattern generator 22, and the sound effect generator 25, as well as external data such as a floppy disk, a magnetic tape or the like. The data can be stored in the storage device, and conversely, the stored data can be read.

<Operation of Embodiment> Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the overall operation of this device, which is executed by the input control device 2. First, when the power is turned on to start, an initial menu screen is displayed in step S ₁ . For this menu display, the input control device 2 accesses the menu display device 4 to read the first menu screen and display it on the CRT 16 (the same applies to subsequent menu displays). This apparatus has four functions of "game creation", "game execution", "game saving", and "game loading", and the initial menu is a display waiting for an instruction to select which one. Then, when one of the above functions is selected from the key input device 1 in the next step S ₂ , it is determined in step S ₃ which function is selected, and the process jumps to each process. Step S ₄ is game creation, which will be described later in detail. Step S ₅ is the execution of the game created in step S ₄ , which will also be described later. Step S ₆ is a step of storing a game created in an external storage device such as a floppy disk, description will be omitted. Step S ₇ is a step of reading the saved game in step S _6, which is also description thereof will be omitted.

Now, the game creating operation in step ₄ will be described in detail.

<Game Creation Operation> FIG. 11 shows a general flowchart for game creation. When the input control device 2 gives an operation start signal to the game creation device 3 in step S ₄ , the game creation device 3
Will start this flow. First, in step S ₁₁ , a menu display for selecting a game format is displayed.
In other words, combat-type game (a game I), maze-type game (Game II), stepped Game (IV), in which either the menu display to select which of the car race-type game (game V), step S ₁₂ When the key input device 1 is selected with, the format selected in step S ₁₃ is stored in the memory group 1
Register in area A1 of 4. Here, it is assumed that the battle-type game is selected, and thereafter, the battle-type game is created and the discussion will be continued. Note that the battle-type game is also called an invader type game, and is a type of game in which one's own character and an enemy character move freely and shoot down the enemy while avoiding attacks from the enemy. Next, in step S ₁₄ ,
Display a menu of what to set. That is, in order to create a game, it is necessary to perform "background image setting", "character setting", "story setting", and "sound effect setting", and wait for an instruction to set which one. The key input device 1 is used for selection in step S ₁₅ , and step S ₁₆
What in it is determined whether the selected branches to S ₁₇ to S _20.
Step S ₁₇ is a step of setting a background image, and gives a setting start command to the background setting device 10.

Background Image Setting Operation The background setting device 10 accesses the menu display device 4 to sequentially display the menu screens, and the key input device 1
Ask for key input from and set the background image. Then, first, the screen mode is selected from "1 screen fixed", "3 screen switching" and "scroll", and is written in the area A2 of the memory group 14. Since the refresh memory 17 for displaying the background image has a capacity for three screens, it is possible to switch to three screens for each stage or scroll three screens. The scroll can be automatically scrolled or scrolled according to the movement of one's character. This scroll format is also registered in the area A2 of the memory group 14. Next, the background image is actually drawn, but when selecting one screen, it is drawn in dot units, when three screens and scroll selection are performed, in block units. Then, the cursor is moved to draw in an arbitrary color. Since this drawing process is a common technique in graphic displays, it will not be described in detail. When the background image is created, the background setting device 1
0 sends a completion signal to the game creating device 3. Then, the process returns again to step S _14, the next key input waiting. Next Selecting character set, the process proceeds to S ₁₈ through steps S _16, S _16.

Character Setting Operation In step S ₁₈ , the game creating device 3 sends a character setting start signal to the character setting device 11. The character setting device 11 accesses the menu display device 4 to display a menu screen for character setting. Then, according to the menu of what character to make, a character of “self”, “own weapon”, “opponent”, “weapon of opponent”, and “damaged form” is created.
You don't have to make all of them, but if you are fighting, you and your opponent's characters are the minimum required. First, when "self" is selected, a message "Please enter your name" is displayed, so for example, input "ROCKET" from the key input device 1. Then, the attribute code "000" indicating oneself is stored in the area 20a of the character attribute table 20 shown in FIG. 3, and the character name "ROCKET" is stored in the area 20b. Then, a message "Create a character" and eight rectangles are displayed. A character pattern is created in the rectangles using the cursor keys and the color keys. Of course, it doesn't matter how many you make. For example, if eight types of character patterns are created as shown in FIG. 5, table numbers # 1 to # 8 of the character definition table 21 are respectively stored in areas 20c to 20j of the character attribute table 20.
Is written. This table number is automatically assigned. Further, in the area 21c of the character definition table 21, the corresponding pattern number of the character pattern generator 22 is written. That is, the pattern numbers No. 1 to No. 8 are written in the area 21c of the character definition table 21 of the table numbers # 1 to # 8. The color code (the color of the pattern and the color of the background) when setting the character pattern is written in the area 21d. Then, the created character patterns are No. 1 to N of the character pattern generator 22 shown in FIG.
Written in o.8. On the other hand, character attribute table 2
In the area 0k of 0, the head address of the area B9 of the memory group 14 is written.

That is, as shown in FIG. 12, in the character attribute table 20, the table numbers of the character definition table 21 are written in order from # 1 in the order in which the character patterns are created.
In the area 20k, the head addresses of the character information areas (B9, B10, B13) prepared in advance in the memory group 14 are sequentially written in the order in which the character patterns are created.

Next, the operation of shifting the created character pattern within the character block will be described. Fig. 13 (A)
Suppose you have created a character pattern as shown in. However, since the balance is not good, even if you want to shift the whole down a little and add a pattern to the upper part, it is difficult to recreate the pattern from the beginning, so this example has a pattern shift function within the block. is doing. That is, as shown in FIG. 14, in the memory group 14, a character buffer area 14f and save areas 14g to 14j.
In order to perform the pattern shift processing, the target character pattern is read from the pattern generator 22 via the display controller 15 to the memory group 14
Area 14f. Figure 14 shows 4 for each area
Although it is shown by x4 cells, this is a simplification for explaining the function, and each area actually has a capacity of 16 bits x 16 bits. Then, for example, when a down shift instruction is issued, the horizontal 16-bit row is shifted downward by one bit. The portion protruding from the area 14f is stored in the area 14i. When the right shift instruction is issued, the vertical 16-bit string is shifted to the right by one bit, and the protruding portion is stored in the area 14h. Up,
The same applies to the left. When the pattern shown in FIG. 13 (A) is shifted downward by 3 dots, it becomes as shown in FIG. 13 (B). Then, create a new pattern on the top and
A well-balanced character pattern as shown in (C) is completed. After completion, the contents of the area 14f are transferred to the character pattern generator 22. Although not shown in the flow chart of the above operation, it is executed under the control of the character setting device 11.

When the character setting is completed, the character setting device 11
Sends out a completion signal to the game creating apparatus 3, the game producing apparatus 3 executes step S ₁₄ of Figure 11 again.

Sound effect operation step S ₂₀ is a step of setting a sound effect, game creation device S ₃ sends the sound effect setting start signal to the sound effect setting device 13. The sound effect setting device 13 drives the menu display device 4 to display a message "Please name the sound", and when, for example, "SOUNDI" is input from the key input device 1, the "sound is set" A message "Please, please" and a staff are displayed. Therefore, it is only necessary to set an arbitrary musical sound on the staff from the key input device 1. The set musical tone information is stored in the sound effect generator 25 together with the musical tone name.

When the sound effect setting operation is completed, the sound effect setting device 13 sends a completion signal to the game creating device 3.

Story setting operation Step S ₁₉ is a step of setting a story,
The game creating device 3 sends a story setting start signal to the story setting device 12. Story setting transmission 1
2 receives the signal and executes the flow shown in FIG.

First, to set the game start sound in step S _21.
Actually, the menu display device 4 is driven to display the message “Please decide the start sound”, and the name of the start sound is input from the key input device 1 to the sound effect generator 25.
Select from the sound effects registered in (for example SOUND
When I) entering, but the name of the effect sound is not processed to be registered in the area A3 in the memory unit 14 is made, in the FIG. 15 expressed collectively as step S _21. This also applies to the subsequent steps. Then, set the game over sound as in step S ₂₁ in step S _22, and registers the area A4 of the memory group 14. In the next step S _23, it sets the number of his character. Then, the initial value is registered in the area A5, and the current number (updated by the game execution) is registered in the area A6. Subsequently, in step S ₂₄ , it is set whether or not to increase the number of players each time the score is increased, and if it is increased, the number of points to be increased is set in step S ₂₅ and registered in the area A 7. In step S ₂₆ determine the stage (scene). In this embodiment, up to 8 stages can be set, and if one stage is selected, the process proceeds to step S ₂₇ , and if another stage is selected, the process proceeds to another process.

Then, in step S ₂₇ , what is set in stage 1 is determined. It is necessary to set "character movement", "timer", and "sound effect" for each stage, but the explanation of "timer" and "sound effect" settings is omitted, and "character movement" setting explain. The "timer" is a setting of the time condition of the game, and processes such as the time until the game is over and the remaining time is added to the score. The "sound effect" is a process of setting a stage clear sound, a sound during a game, and the like. The data set by these processes is registered in the area B of the memory group 14. Therefore, the contents of the area B of the memory group 14 will not be described in detail. Now, in step S _28, "me", "party", "My weapon", choose whether to set the movement the "party of weapons," the throat of character. Then, here, only "self" and "other" will be described as an example. In step S ₂₈ , if you select "me",
Go to step S ₂₉ . In this step S ₂₉ , the moving range of one's own character is set. At this time, ““ ”is displayed in the upper left corner of the screen and“ ”is displayed in the lower right corner. Move the brackets with the cursor keys to enclose the moving range of your character with“ “” and “” ”. The leftmost value X _L , the rightmost value X _R , _y of the x coordinate of the set range is set.
The highest value Y _U and the lowest value Y _D of the coordinates are the area C of the memory group 14.
Register at 8. Then, set the type of the movement of the character in step S _30. Here, the moving direction is set, that is, whether the character moves vertically, horizontally, or in eight directions. As shown in FIG. 16 (A), assuming that the eight directions are 1 to 8, a code in which "1" is set in the bit corresponding to the movable direction as shown in FIG.
To register. In addition, also in the future steps, the parameter setting is a process of selecting one of the prepared styles and registering the code assigned to the style in the memory group 14. Means that. Then, in the next step S ₃₁ , the speed at which the character moves is determined. Regarding how to determine this speed, the applicant first filed Japanese Patent Application No. 59
-Apply to 127107. That is, the character appears on the screen and is repeatedly moved and displayed from left to right. At this time, the time required for the character to move one step with the # key becomes shorter, and therefore the speed increases. Also, with the # key, the opposite is true and the speed decreases. Furthermore, #
The key increases the number of dots that the character moves in one step, thus increasing the speed. Also, with the # key, the opposite is true and the speed decreases. By pressing these keys as appropriate, you can set the speed you like. As for the parameter of this speed, the initial value of the time (movement timer) required to move one step is registered in the area C14 of the memory group 14, the current value is registered in the area C15, and the number of dots of one step is registered in the area C21. . Step S ₃₂
Then, in a process of what to do if the character moves outside the range set in step S _29, it is set whether to erase, appear on the opposite side of the screen, move in the opposite direction, or the like, and is registered in the area C ₁₆ . . In the next step S _33, it sets the name of the character. This must be a character name set by the character setting device 11. The set character name is registered in the area C1. Step S _34, the sound of which is done with the S ₃₅ in their character movement sound, the Pick its name from the sound effects set in the sound effect producing apparatus 25 Area C6, C
Register to 7. In step _S36 , the name of the humored character set in the character pattern generator 22 is selected and registered in the area C2. Thus, the setting of how the movement of your character is finished, return to step S _27, where again to select the movement of the character. Next, when a partner is selected in step S ₂₈ , step S
Proceed to ₃₇ .

In step S _37, it sets the strength of the character. The strength consists of “0”, “1”, and “2”, and the strength is in the order of 2 → 1 → 0, and oneself is fixed to “1”. When the two characters collide, the weaker character explodes or disappears. If they are of the same strength, both will disappear. This strength code is set in area C13. Note that the memory block diagram of FIG. 9 also serves as the one used by the above-mentioned own character, but is actually registered in the expanded portion of the movement data area B10 of the second character. Step S ₃₈ is Step S ₃₃
In the same manner as in step S ₃₉ , the appearance of the character is determined. The appearance is defined by the appearance time of how many seconds it appears, and the condition of where it appears. The initial value of the appearance time is in area C11, the current value is in area C12, and the appearance condition is area. Register at C9. Step S _40, S ₄₁ are the same as steps S _30, S _31. Step S ₄₂ is a step of setting a course character moves. In this embodiment, when the starting point and a plurality of waypoints of the course are designated on the screen by the cursor keys, the character is repeatedly displayed in zigzag on the screen from the starting point to the waypoints, and the user sets the course set by the user. You can easily set the desired course while monitoring. Then, step S ₄₂
The details of are shown in FIG.

In FIG. 17, first, in step _S421 , a "+" mark is displayed as a cursor at a predetermined point on the screen. Then move the cursor with the cursor keys in step S _422, the cursor display position is moved back from the step S ₄₂₃ to S _421. Then, when the set key is pressed, the process proceeds from step _S423 to step _S424 , and the cursor coordinates currently displayed are registered in the area C20 of the memory group 14 as the starting point. In the area C20, as shown in FIG. 18, the coordinates of the starting point are registered in the area Ca. Next, the character of the specified name in step S ₃₈ in step S ₄₂₅ is read out from the character pattern generator 22, is displayed on the starting point coordinates that set. That is, from the character name registered in the area C1 of the memory group 14 to the character attribute table 2
The area 0b of 0 is searched, the character definition table 21 is accessed according to the contents of the area 20c of the table in which the searched name is written, and the current cursor address is written in the areas 21a and 21b of the character definition table 21. is there. Therefore, the character pattern generator 22 is accessed according to the contents of the area 21c of the character definition table 21, and the character pattern of the corresponding pattern No. is displayed at the cursor address. Then, a "1" to the variable N in step S _426, when you move the cursor with the cursor keys in step S _427, new to the destination + cursor is displayed in step S ₄₂₉ it is determined at step S _428. Then, pressing the set key in step S _427, it is determined in step S ₄₂₈ proceeds to step S _42A, it is registered in the area C20b area C20 memory group 14 as N-th transit point. Here, the cursor coordinates are not registered as they are, but the relative coordinates from the starting point coordinates are registered. Then, in the next step _S42B , the character pattern is moved and displayed from the starting point to the waypoint according to the speed set in step _S41 (FIG. 15). In this operation, if the contents of the areas 21a and 21b of the character definition table 21 are sequentially rewritten, the position where the character is displayed is automatically changed and displayed. Therefore, the moving course and speed of the character can be intuitively grasped. Then, in step _S42C , N is incremented and the next key input is awaited. If you move the cursor again and decide the next waypoint,
Similarly, as shown in FIG. 18, second area C20c
The relative coordinates of the via point are registered, and in step _S42B , the moving display of the starting point → the first via point → the second via point is repeatedly displayed. Here, when the pattern key is pressed, the set course is confirmed and the process ends. In addition to this, when setting the course of the character, when the opponent automatically goes to the opponent, when the target point is decided and the target point is headed, There are cases such as moving your weapon in the direction you are in.

Now, returning to FIG. 15, in step S _43, it sets the disappearance time expires from appeared the character registers the area C4 memory group 14. Area C5 is the area of the current value. Of course, if you don't want it to disappear, you don't need to set it. Step S ₄₄ is the same as step S _32, step S ₄₅ the number of occurrences of a character an initial value to the area C14, and registers the current value in the area C18. In step S _46, the number you have of this character, or "me" to register a score when the beat this character to the area C3. Step _S47 ,
S _48, S ₄₉ are the same as steps _{S 34, S 35, S 36} .

This completes the setting of the characters "self" and "other". The same applies to the "own weapon" and the "other's weapon", and the same applies when there are a plurality of opponents.

The same applies to the stage 2 and the stage 3 as well.

<Menu Screen Display Operation> Next, the operation of the menu display device 4 will be described. In the game creation process of the present invention, a menu screen is always displayed, and game parameters are registered one after another by selecting items from the menu. Is prepared in the menu display device 4 and sends a required menu screen to the display control device 15 for display in response to a request from each setting device. Then, the menu screen is the first
As shown in FIG. 9, "initial menu M ₁ ", "game creation menu M ₂ ", "game type selection block M ₃ ", "background setting block M ₄ ", "character setting block M ₅ ", "sound effect setting" It is configured by being divided into each of a block “M ₆ ” and a “story setting block M ₇ ”, and a plurality of menu screens are connected in a branch shape in each block. Then, the menu pointer for designating the address of each menu screen and the start address of the block are stored 7
Block pointers.

In FIG. 19, in the initial menu M ₁ , as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 10, four items of “game creation”, “game execution”, “game saving”, and “game loading” are presented, and selection is waited for. However, the arrow Ma indicates that the menu screen changes to the game creation menu M ₂ when "Create game" is selected, and when other menus are selected, various other menu screens are displayed and finally the initial menu screen M is displayed. _The arrow Mb indicates returning to ₁ . Since this is a diagram for explaining the connection relationship on the menu screen, the number of arrows does not match the actual number of branches.
The same applies to other menu screens. Now,
The story setting block M ₇ is expanded for each menu screen. However, this is also a drawing for explanation, and does not match the actual number of menu screens. When the story setting is selected in the game creation menu M ₂ , the first menu of the story setting block M ₇ is displayed. For example, a message "Please decide a start sound" is displayed, and when the start sound setting operation is completed, a second menu is displayed. In the second menu, two items are selected. When one is selected, the third menu is displayed, and when the other is selected, the fourth menu is displayed. In the next fifth menu, some more menus are selected, and when each processing is completed, the process returns to the fifth menu again. In addition, when completion is selected in the fifth menu, the game creation menu M ₂ is returned to. The above is the view of FIG. here,
The progress of the menu screen depends on the update of the menu pointer controlled by each setting device, but the key input device 1 is provided with a menu back key, and the contents of the menu pointer are decremented by this key operation. Therefore, if you press the menu back key in the 4th menu,
Return to the menu and press it again to create the game creation menu M ₂
Return to. At this time, the execution flow of each device (for example, the story setting device 12) also returns to the step of displaying the menu, so that the setting operation in each menu can be performed from that point. On the other hand, the key input device 1 is also provided with a menu block back key. By operating this key, the previous block address stored in advance in the block pointer is set in the menu pointer, and the currently displayed block is displayed. One of the blocks to which the menu screen belongs
The top menu screen of the previous block can be displayed.

<Game Execution Operation> Next, the game execution operation will be described. To execute the game, when the input control device 2 is executing the initial menu display step S ₁ in the flow of FIG. 10,
Selecting "game execution" from the key input unit 1, the process proceeds to step S _5, it begins by outputting a game start signal to the game execution unit 23. Also, the key input device 1
Select the game format from. Battle-type game (Game I)
Is selected, a game I selection command is output from the input control device 2 to the selector 5, and the game algorithm memory 6 is connected to the game execution device 23 via the selector 5. Also in the game execution, a battle-type game will be described as an example. Then, the game execution device 23 executes the game algorithm stored in the game algorithm memory 6 using the various parameters set in the memory group 14.

FIG. 20 shows the overall flow of game execution. First, in step S ₅₁ , preprocessing is performed. The pre-processing is initial value setting, which includes game name display, start sound generation, initial screen display, and setting of the number of stages to be performed. Then it goes into the HALT state.
That is, the display control device 15 outputs an interrupt signal once every 16 msec, and waits until the signal is received. The process is performed once every 16 msec. As can be seen from FIG. 20, the processing of one group is performed every interrupt (steps S ₅₂ , S ₅₄ , S ₅₆ , and S ₅₈ ), and the character movement is performed every two interrupts (step S _53). , S ₅₇ ),
Further, the character collision check process (steps S ₅₅ and S ₅₉ ) is performed every two interrupts, and the scroll process (step S ₆₀ ) is performed once every four interrupts. Then, the flow of FIG. 20 is executed for each stage.

The details of the above-mentioned processing each time are shown in FIG. First, in step S ₆₁ , the collision flag generated from the display control device 15 is stored in the area A10 in the memory group 14. That is, the display control device 15 has a function of automatically generating a collision flag when the character patterns overlap each other by hardware, and the flag is read in this step. Therefore, the fact that the collision flag is "1" means that one of the characters is in collision. Next, in step _S62 , a timer count operation is performed. This decrements the timer information set for each stage (the timer setting operation is not described, but the initial value is set in the area B1 and the current value is set in the area B2 of the memory group 14) ( However, only when the timer is set), the disappearance time counter (area C5) of each character,
Movement timer (area C1 determined by movement speed)
5) Update etc. Succeedingly, in a step S ₆₃ , reception of the key is permitted. Therefore, the key operation for game play is accepted at this step. When the break key is received, execution of the game is stopped and the initial menu screen is displayed. In the next step _S64 , the counters are checked. First, it is checked whether or not the number of oneself stored in the area A6 of the memory group 14 is "0". Once the game is over. Also, check whether the total number of opponents stored in area A6 has become “0”,
If it is "0", the stage is finished and the next stage is jumped. Furthermore, it performs a score stored in the area A8, to compare the high score stored in the area A9, a process of replacing a high score and the score in step S ₆₄₄ is larger is better score. In the last step S _65, sound effect producing instruction, the process of change of parameter by the key received in the step S ₆₃ is performed.

Next, regarding the details of the character moving step,
It will be described with reference to the drawings. Although FIG. 22 shows only one system flow from the start to the end, the same processing is actually performed for all the set characters. First, in step _S71 , it is checked whether the character is being displayed. Whether or not it is being displayed can be checked by checking whether the y coordinate data stored in the area 21b of the character definition table 21 is within the display area of the display screen. If it is being displayed, the process proceeds to step S _72. If it is not being displayed, the process proceeds to step S ₈₀ . In step _S72 , it is determined whether or not it is time to move the character, in area C.
Read 15 and judge. If you have not yet made the move time, nothing but the not the end, to reset the movement timer in the area C15 in the step S ₇₃ if it is to travel time, the process proceeds to step S _74. In step _S74 , new coordinates of the moving destination are obtained. The new coordinates can be obtained from the area C20 of the memory group 14 shown in FIG. Then, the display range new coordinates determined is set in the area _{C8 x L, x R, y} U, is determined by whether the step S ₇₅ is YES in the y _D, if it is determined that range, the step S ₇₆ Then, based on the out-of-range process information set in the area C16, the out-of-range process of erasing the character or displaying it on the opposite side of the screen is performed. Further, if it is determined that the range in step S _75, the next step S _77, the selection of the character pattern by the movement direction of the character. That is, the orientation as shown in FIG. 23 is performed depending on whether the x, y coordinates of the next display position stored in the area C20 of the table shown in FIG. 18 are + or −.
For example, when heading from the starting point (2, 4) to the position designated by the area C20b, since it is (+, +), it is in the upper right direction. Then, these eight directions are associated with the character patterns oriented in the eight directions shown in FIG. 5, and if it is the upper right direction, the character pattern oriented in the upper right direction is selected. Then, it erases the characters displayed now coordinates at step S _78, and displays the updated character on the new coordinates at step S _79. However, instead of suddenly moving to the next set waypoint shown in FIG. 18, it moves to each waypoint at each step set in the area C21.

On the other hand, is the character judged as not being displayed at step S ₇₁ checks whether reached occurrence time in step S _80. This is determined by whether or not the appearance timer of area C9 has become "0". And if making it the appearance time, sets the appearance position of the character with reference to the contents of the area C9 in step S _81. Then, in step S ₈₂ , it is checked whether the coordinates are within the set display range. If the coordinates are out of the range, the coordinates are not displayed.
Display at ₈₃ . Next, in step _S84 , the initial value of the area C14 is set in the area C15 of the movement timer, and the movement timer is set.

Will now be described with reference to FIG. 24 the details of the collision check flow S _55, S _59. In FIG. 24, although it is shown as a flow of one system from the start to the end, it is actually repeated for all combinations of set characters. That is, the flow of FIG. 24 is intended for two certain characters. First, in step _S91 , it is determined whether the collision flag is set in the area A10. If the collision flag is not set in this area A10, there will be no overlapping characters, so the collision check flow shown in FIG. 24 is not executed. Thus, the collision flag is set, the process proceeds to step S _92. In this step, it is checked whether the character is being displayed. If neither one is being displayed, no processing is performed for that character combination. If both characters are being displayed, the flow advances to step _S93 to check whether or not the characters overlap each other. But does nothing if not overlap, and it can be seen that the overlap, the process proceeds to step S _94, the strength of the two characters is determined by referring to the area C13, turn off the weaker characters. For example, if your strong weapon collides with a weak opponent, the opponent will disappear. If the strength is the same, erase both. In the next step S ₉₅ , the erased character of the disappeared character is read out and displayed. This is area C2
The character attribute table 20, the character definition table 21, the character pattern generator 22
Are sequentially specified and the character pattern is read. Further, in step S ₉₇ , the name of the sound effect when the sound is played is designated by referring to the area C 7, and the sound effect generator 25
Set to. Then, in step S _98, a score of done the character that has been set in the area C3, is added to your score "SCORE". Then, the number of appearances of the character area C16 erased in step S ₉₉ is subtracted. This completes the collision process of the two characters, and then performs the collision process of another character. For example, No. 1, N
If there are four characters o.2, No.3, and No.4, No.
1 / No.2, No.1 / No.3, No.1 / No.4, No.2 / No.
No. 3, No. 2 / No. 4, and No. 3 / No. 4 will be performed 6 times.

Finally, the scroll process of step S ₆₀ in FIG. 20 checks whether the state to be scrolled, and performs a process of scrolling in the specified direction if the condition to be scrolled. The details are omitted.

When the game is over, the game execution device 23 sends a game execution completion signal to the input control device 2.

This is the end of the description of the game execution operation. Although this is not all of the game execution operation, the operation of the main part is explained to the extent that the principle of the present invention can be understood.

In the above embodiment, different processors are used for the input control device 2, the game creation device 3, the background setting device 10, the character setting device 11, the story setting device 12, the sound effect setting device 13, and the game execution device 23, respectively. However, one processor may be used in common.

〔The invention's effect〕

 The effects of the present invention are listed below.

Since any game can be created simply by inputting the game parameters in accordance with the instructions on the a menu screen, a variety of games can be created that suits one's own, and creativity is also satisfied.

Since the pattern can be shifted within the character block when the b character is created, the pattern can be easily modified.

[Brief description of drawings]

Each of the drawings shows an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram, FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a relationship between a pattern of a background image block and a color code, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the attribute code, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing character patterns by direction, FIG. 6 is a diagram showing front and back character patterns, and FIG. 7 is a character definition. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the configuration of the table 21, FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the configuration of the character pattern generator 22, FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the configuration of the memory group 14, FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the overall operation, and FIG. FIG. 12 is a flow chart showing the whole game creating operation, FIG. 12 is a view for explaining the stored contents of the character attribute table 20, and FIG. 13 is a shift pattern of the character pattern. Figure for bright, FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining the shift operation of the character pattern, the first
Figure 5 is a flow chart explaining the story setting operation.
FIG. 16 is a diagram for explaining the movement direction setting of the character, FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing the movement course setting operation of the character, and FIG. 18 is a diagram showing the storage state of a table storing the movement course information of the character, FIG. 19 is a diagram showing the structure of a menu screen, FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing the overall operation of game execution, FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing the processing operation every time in FIG. 20, and FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing the character moving operation. , FIG. 23 is a diagram for explaining the direction of character movement, and FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing a collision check processing operation. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Key input device, 2 ... Input control device, 3 ... Game creation device, 4 ... Menu display device, 6-9 ... Game algorithm memory, 10 ... Background setting device, 11 ... Character setting device, 12 ... Story setting device, 13 ... Sound effect setting device, 14 ... Memory group, 15 ... Display control device, 17 ...
Refresh memory, 18 ... Pattern generator, 1
9 ... Color table, 20 ... Character attribute table,
21 ... Character definition table, 22 ... Character pattern generator, 23 ... Game execution device, 25 ... Sound effect generation device.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Minor Sakura 3-2-1, Sakaemachi, Hamura-cho, Nishitama-gun, Tokyo Inside the Hamura Technical Center, Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (72) Ryuji Nishito, 3 Sakae-cho, Hamura-cho, Nishitama-gun, Tokyo 2-2-1 Casio Computer Co., Ltd. Hamura Technical Center

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A game format setting means for designating basic game algorithm data of a predetermined game format prepared in advance, and a background image setting means for setting background image data to be added to the designated basic game algorithm data. Character setting means for setting character data to be added to the specified basic game algorithm data, game story setting means for setting game story data to be added to the specified basic game algorithm data, and The background image data set in the above basic game algorithm data,
An electronic device using an animation display device, further comprising: game execution means for executing a game in the predetermined game format by displaying the animation data on the animation display device by adding character data and game story data. Game device. 2. The story setting means includes means for setting a way of moving a character according to the set character data on the animation display. Electronic game device. 3. The electronic game device according to claim 1, wherein the game story setting means sets game story data of a plurality of stages. 4. The character setting means includes means for setting a plurality of different character data, and the game executing means includes means for performing different processing on the plurality of different character data. The electronic game device according to claim 1, which is characterized. 5. A game format setting means for designating basic game algorithm data of a predetermined game format prepared in advance, and a background image setting means for setting background image data to be added to the designated basic game algorithm data. For setting character data to be added to the specified basic game algorithm data, first means for displaying the character data on an animation display device in a block of N dots × M dots, and in this block The character setting means including a second means for setting a desired character pattern by turning on and off the dots and a third means for shifting the set character pattern in the block. Set the game story data to be added to the basic game algorithm data The game story setting means and the predetermined game format by adding the set background image data, character data, and game story data to the specified basic game algorithm data and displaying them on the animation display. An electronic game device using an animation display device, comprising: a game executing means for executing a game according to 1.