Match game program

• US 20060258415A1
• Filed: 03/17/2006
• Published: 11/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Inventors: Nakano, Takao, Yoshihara, Kazuki
• Granted Patent: US 7,425,175 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/2145 the surface being also a display device, e.g. touch screens
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/26 having at least one additional display device, e.g. on the game controller or outside a game booth
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/426 involving on-screen location information, e.g. screen coordinates of an area at which the player is aiming with a light gun
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/80 Special adaptations for executing a specific game genre or game mode
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/843 involving concurrently two or more players on the same game device, e.g. requiring the use of a plurality of controllers or of a specific view of game data for each player
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1075 using a touch screen
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/301 using an additional display connected to the game console, e.g. on the controller
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8088 involving concurrently several players in a non-networked game, e.g. on the same game console
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8094 Unusual game types, e.g. virtual cooking

Abstract

A game apparatus includes a CPU core. The CPU core firstly displays a field defined by a first side and a second side and shows a fixed block in the field. Then, the CPU core executes a player game process using the fixed block in response to a player'"'"'s input operation, and displaces the fixed block in a direction of moving from the first side toward the second side based on result of the execution. The CPU core also executes an opponent game process and displaces the fixed block in a direction of moving from the second side toward the first side based on result of the execution. In addition, the CPU core determines whether the fixed block has reached the first section or not, and if result of the determination is affirmative, it executes a player defeat process. Moreover, the CPU core determines whether the fixed block has reached the second section or not, and if result of the determination is affirmative, it executes a player victory process.

Claims

1. A storage medium storing a match game program executed by a processor of a computer having an acceptance means for accepting an input operation, wherein

the match game program comprises:

a field display step of displaying a game field defined by a first side and a second side;

a fixed block display step of displaying in the game field a fixed block composed of one or more unit block pieces;

a player process step of, in response to an input operation accepted by the acceptance means, executing a player game process using the fixed block and displacing the fixed blocks in a first direction of moving from the first side toward the second side based on execution result of the player game process;

an opponent process step of executing an opponent game process using the fixed block and displacing the fixed block in a second direction of moving from the second side toward the first side based on execution result of the opponent game process;

a first reach determination step of determining whether or not the fixed block has reached the first side;

a defeat process step of executing a player defeat process when it is determined in the first reach determination step that the fixed block has reached the first side;

a second reach determination step of determining whether or not the fixed block has reached the second side; and

a victory process step of executing a player victory process when it is determined in the second reach determination step that the fixed block has reached the second side.

2. A storage medium storing a match game program according to claim 1, wherein

the computer further has a receive means for receiving a signal, and

in the opponent process step, the opponent game process is executed on the basis of the signal received by the receive means.

3. A storage medium storing a match game program according to claim 1, wherein

the first side and the second side are individually parallel to a predetermined axis,

the player process step includes:

a first moving block display step of displaying in the game field a first moving block composed of one or more unit block pieces and moving in the first direction;

a first control step of, in response to the input operation accepted by the acceptance means, subjecting the first moving block to motion control process including a process of movement along the axis;

a first adhesion determination step of determining whether or not the first moving block has adhered to the fixed block;

a first alignment determination step of, when it is determined in the first adhesion determination step that the first moving block has adhered to the fixed block, determining whether or not unit block pieces of a new fixed block composed of the fixed block and the first moving block are aligned along the axis with no space between them;

a first erase step of, when it is determined in the first alignment determination step that the unit block pieces are aligned with no space between them, erasing a line of the unit block pieces aligning along the axis with no space between them;

a first displacement step of displacing a fixed block derived from the erase in the first erase step, by an amount in accordance with the number of block line(s) erased in the first erase step;

the opponent process step includes;

a second moving block display step of displaying in the game field a second moving block composed of one or more unit block pieces and moving in the second direction;

a second control step of subjecting the second moving block to the motion control process;

a second adhesion determination step of determining whether or not the second moving block has adhered to the fixed block;

a second alignment determination step of, when it is determined in the first adhesion determination step that the second moving block has adhered to the fixed block, determining whether or not unit block pieces of a new fixed block composed of the fixed block and the second moving block are aligned along the axis with no space between them;

a second erase step of, when it is determined in the second alignment determination step that the unit block pieces are aligned with no space between them, erasing a line of the unit block pieces aligning along the axis with no space between them;

a second displacement step of displacing a fixed block derived from the erase in the second erase step, by an amount in accordance with the number of block line(s) erased in the second erase step.

4. A storage medium storing a match game program according to claim 3, wherein

the first moving block and the second moving block have individually an asymmetric shape, and

the motion control process further includes a rotation process.

5. A storage medium storing a match game program according to claim 3, wherein

the player process step further includes a third reach determination step of determining whether or not the first moving block has reached the second side and a third erase step of, when it is determined in the third reach determination step that the first moving block has reached the second side, erasing the first moving block, and the opponent process step further includes a fourth reach determination step of

determining whether or not the second moving block has reached the first side, and a fourth erase step of, when it is determined in the fourth reach determination step that the second moving block has reached the first side, erasing the second moving block.

6. A storage medium storing a match game program according to claim 5, wherein

the player process step further includes a first float step of moving in the first direction a floating block derived from the erase in the first erase step, and a second float step of moving in the second direction a floating block derived from the erase in the second erase step, and

in the third reach determination step, it is further determined whether or not a floating block has reached the second side,

in the third erase step, when it is determined in the third reach determination step that the floating block has reached the second side, the floating block is further erased,

in the fourth reach determination step, it is further determined whether or not a floating block has reached the first side, and

in the fourth erase step, when it is determined in the fourth reach determination step that the floating block has reached the first side, the floating block is further erased.

7. A match game apparatus, comprising:

a field display means for displaying a game field defined by a first side and a second side;

a fixed block display means for displaying in the game field a fixed block composed of one or more unit block pieces;

an acceptance means for accepting an input operation;

a player process means for, in response to the input operation accepted by the acceptance means, executing a player game process using the fixed block and displacing the fixed blocks in a first direction of moving from the first side toward the second side based on execution result of the player game process;

an opponent process means for executing an opponent game process using the fixed block and displacing the fixed block in a second direction of moving from the second side toward the first side based on execution result of the opponent game process;

a first reach determination means for determining whether or not the fixed block has reached the first side;

a defeat process means for executing a player defeat process when it is determined by the first reach determination means that the fixed block has reached the first side;

a second reach determination means for determining whether or not the fixed block has reached the second side; and

a victory process means for executing a player victory process when it is determined by the second reach determination means that the fixed block has reached the second side.