Game program, control method for computer, and computer

• US 10,369,471 B2
• Filed: 12/27/2017
• Issued: 08/06/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GREE Inc.
• Original Assignee: GREE Inc.
• Inventors: Ye, Ruoyi, Kamobayashi, Hiroki
• Primary Examiner(s): Deodhar, Omkar A
• Application Number:
  US15/855,404
• Publication Number:
  US 20180117468A1
• Time in Patent Office: 587 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/211 using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers or gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/537 using indicators, e.g. showing the condition of a game character on screen
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/92 Video game devices specially adapted to be hand-held while playing

Abstract

There is provided a computer that can implement an operation object display output function, a target object display output function, and a form determination function. The operation object display output function can be a function of outputting operation object display information with which an operation object having a certain form is displayed so as to be visible from a certain direction in a graphical scene of a game having three-dimensional information. The target object display output function can be a function of outputting target object display information with which a target object having a form relating to the certain form is displayed. The form determination function may be a function of determining whether the operation object and the target object correspond to each other by comparing the form of the operation object with the form of the target object.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method for providing a game program, comprising executing on a processor the steps of:

outputting operation object display information from an operation object display output unit in a control unit of a computer with which an operation object having a certain form is displayed on a display unit so as to be visible from a certain direction in a graphical scene of a game having three-dimensional information, wherein the operation object has a fixed structure;

outputting target object display information from a target object display output unit in the control unit of the computer with which a target object having a form relating to the certain form is displayed, wherein the target object has a fixed structure, and wherein the operation object has a variable orientation with respect to the target object based on the certain direction;

adjusting the variable orientation; and

determining whether the operation object and the target object correspond to each other with a matching determination unit in the control unit of the computer by comparing the form of the operation object with the form of the target object following the adjustment to the variable orientation.

2. The computer implemented method for providing a game program according to claim 1, further comprising:

changing, by a viewpoint change unit in the control unit of the computer, the certain direction in accordance with information about a change operation obtained from a player via an input provided on an input unit.

3. The computer implemented method for providing a game program according to claim 2, further comprising executing on a processor the step of:

obtaining, from an acceleration obtaining unit in the control unit of the computer, information about an acceleration, measured by an acceleration measurement unit of the computer, to which a terminal operated by the player is being subjected as the information about a change operation which is obtained via the input unit, wherein

the viewpoint change unit changes the certain direction in accordance with the information about an acceleration obtained by the acceleration obtaining unit.

4. The computer implemented method for providing a game program according to claim 2, wherein

in the step of adjusting the variable orientation, the viewpoint change unit changes the certain direction so as to make one of a front face, a back face, a left face, a right face, a top face, and a bottom face of the operation object face forward and to orient one of an upper side, a lower side, a left side, and a right side of the one of the faces of the operation object up.

5. The computer implemented method for providing a game program according to claim 2, further comprising executing on a processor the step of:

placing a limitation, by a limitation unit in the control unit of the computer, on a time period during which the certain direction is changeable by at least one of the viewpoint change unit and a number of times the certain direction is changeable by the viewpoint change unit.

6. The computer implemented method for providing a game program according to claim 5, wherein

the limitation unit sets a time based on a speed at which at least one of the operation object and the target object moves and a distance from the operation object to the target object as a time limit.

7. The computer implemented method for providing a game program according to claim 1, wherein

the form determination unit determines whether the operation object and the target object correspond to each other by comparing the form of the operation object with the form of the target object and determining whether one of the operation object and the target object fits into the other.

8. The computer implemented method for providing a game program according to claim 1, further comprising executing on a processor the step of:

moving, by an object moving unit in the control unit of the computer, at least one of the operation object and the target object along at least one of three axes of three dimensions so as to make the operation object and the target object approach each other.

9. The computer implemented method for providing a game program according to claim 1, further comprising executing on a processor the step of:

offering a certain bonus, by a bonus offering unit in the control unit of the computer, to a player in a case where the form determination unit determines that the operation object and the target object correspond to each other.

10. The computer implemented method for providing a game program according to claim 1, further comprising executing on a processor the step of:

making, by a game proceeding function in the bonus offering unit, another game relating to the game proceed in a case where the form determination unit determines that the operation object and the target object correspond to each other.

11. The computer implemented method for providing a game program according to claim 1, wherein

at least one of the operation object and the target object is constituted by a plurality of object elements arranged in the fixed structure, and

each of the plurality of object elements is associated with attribute information.

12. The game program according to claim 11, wherein

the attribute information is information indicating at least one of a form, a color, a pattern, and a combination thereof of each of the plurality of object elements.

13. The computer implemented method for providing a game program according to claim 1, wherein

the operation object display output unit further outputs other operation object display information with which the operation object is displayed so as to be visible from another direction different from the certain direction.

14. The computer implemented method for providing a game program according to claim 1, further comprising executing on a processor the step of:

providing a puzzle game in which a player matches the operation object with the target object by determining the certain direction.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium for providing a game and control of a computer, that, when executed on a processor, perform the steps of:

outputting, on a display unit, operation object display information with which an operation object having a certain form is displayed by a display processing unit so as to be visible from a certain direction in a graphical scene of a game executed by a processor on a computer having three-dimensional information, wherein the operation object has a fixed structure;

outputting, to the display processing unit, target object display information determined by a target object display unit with which a target object having a form relating to the certain form is displayed on the display unit, wherein the target object has a fixed structure, and wherein the operation object has a variable orientation with respect to the target object based on the certain direction;

adjusting, with a viewpoint change unit, the variable orientation; and

determining whether the operation object and the target object correspond to each other by comparing the form of the operation object with the form of the target object by a matching determination unit following the adjustment to the variable orientation.

16. A computer system for providing a game program, comprising:

a computer having at least one processor, at least one memory, and a display, the computer further comprising;

an operation object display output unit that outputs operation object display information with which an operation object having a certain form is displayed so as to be visible from a certain direction in a graphical scene of a game having three-dimensional information, wherein the operation object has a fixed structure;

a target object display output unit that outputs target object display information with which a target object having a form relating to the certain form is displayed, wherein the target object has a fixed structure, and wherein the operation object has a variable orientation with respect to the target object based on the certain direction;

a viewpoint change unit that adjusts the variable orientation; and

a form determination unit that determines whether the operation object and the target object correspond to each other by comparing the form of the operation object with the form of the target object following the adjustment to the variable orientation.