GAME PROGRAM, GAME DEVICE, AND GAME METHOD

• US 20060276241A1
• Filed: 08/17/2006
• Published: 12/07/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/19/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Company Limited (Konami Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Company Limited (Konami Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: YOKOYAMA, Yuichi, SHIMIZU, Akihiko, TOYOHARA, Koji, YOSHIDA, Masafumi
• Granted Patent: US 7,878,890 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/4
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/537 using indicators, e.g. showing the condition of a game character on screen
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/573 using trajectories of game objects, e.g. of a golf ball according to the point of impact
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/812 Ball games, e.g. soccer or baseball
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/303 for displaying additional data, e.g. simulating a Head Up Display
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/307 for displaying an additional window with a view from the top of the game field, e.g. radar screen
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/64 for computing dynamical parameters of game objects, e.g. motion determination or computation of frictional forces for a virtual car
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/646 for calculating the trajectory of an object
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8011 Ball

Abstract

A first power property setting unit will set a first power property to a moving object. A power status display unit will display the power status of the moving object, which is defined based on the first power property, in an estimated passage position in an estimated passage display area. A rotational property setting unit will set a rotational property to the moving object which is dispatched from a character. A second power property setting unit will set a second power property to the moving object. A rotational status display unit will continuously display the rotational status of the moving object, which is defined based on the rotational property, in the estimated passage position.

Claims

1. A game program stored on a computer-readable storage medium, the game program causing a computer to execute a game in which a character and a moving object are displayed on a monitor, and the moving object is dispatched from the character by operating a controller, the game program comprising:

a passage area setting function configured to set an estimated passage display area of the moving object in a predetermined position between the position from which the moving object is dispatched and the position at which the moving object arrives;

a passage position setting function configured to set an estimated passage position of the moving object in the estimated passage display area;

a rotational property setting function configured to set a rotational property of the moving object which is dispatched from the character;

a trajectory setting function configured to set the trajectory of the moving object between the position from which the moving object is dispatched and the position at which the moving object arrives based on the rotational property;

a passage position moving function configured to move the estimated passage position in the estimated passage display area in accordance with the position of the moving object in the trajectory; and

a rotational status display function configured to continuously display the rotational status of the moving object, which is defined based on the rotational property, in the estimated passage position which is moved in the estimated passage display area.

2. The game program according to claim 1, wherein the rotational property comprises at least either of the rotational direction of the moving object and the rotational velocity of the moving object.

3. The game program according to claim 1, wherein the rotational status display function displays the moving object rotating and changing by continuously piecing together a plurality of time-series image data of the moving object.

4. A game program stored on a computer-readable storage medium, the game program causing a computer to execute a game in which a character and a moving object are displayed on a monitor, and the moving object is dispatched from the character by operating a controller, the game program comprising:

a passage area setting function configured to set an estimated passage display area of the moving object in a predetermined position between the position from which the moving object is dispatched and the position at which the moving object arrives;

a passage position setting function configured to set an estimated passage position of the moving object in the estimated passage display area;

a first power property setting function configured to set a first power property to the moving object in accordance with the timing at which the moving object is dispatched from the character; and

a power status display function configured to display a power status of the moving object, which is defined based on the first power property, in the estimated passage position in the estimated passage display area.

5. The game program according to claim 4, wherein the first power property comprises the acceleration of the moving object between the position from which the moving object is dispatched and the position at which the moving object arrives.

6. The game program according to claim 4, wherein the power status display function expresses the power status of the moving object in the estimated passage position with the size of the moving object.

7. The game program according to claim 4, further comprising:

a rotational property setting function configured to set a rotational property to the moving object which is dispatched from the character;

a second power property setting function configured to set a second power property to the moving object in accordance with the timing at which the moving object is dispatched from the character;

a trajectory setting function configured to set the trajectory of the moving object between the position from which the moving object is dispatched and the position at which the moving object arrives based on the second power property and the rotational property;

a passage position moving function configured to move the estimated passage position in the estimated passage display area in accordance with the position of the moving object in the trajectory; and

a rotational status display function configured to continuously display the rotational status of the moving object, which is defined based on the rotational property, in the estimated passage position that is moved in the estimated passage display area.

8. The game program according to claim 7, wherein the rotational property comprises at least either of a rotational direction of the moving object and a rotational velocity of the moving object.

9. The game program according to claim 7, wherein the second power property comprises a trajectory change rate which indicates the extent to which the trajectory of the moving object has changed.

10. The game program according to claim 7, wherein the rotational status display function displays the moving object rotating and changing by continuously piecing together a plurality of time-series image data of the moving object.

11. A game device in which a character and a moving object are displayed on a monitor, and the moving object is dispatched from the character by operating a controller, the device comprising:

a passage area setting unit configured to set an estimated passage display area of the moving object in a predetermined position between the position from which the moving object is dispatched and the position at which the moving object arrives;

passage position setting unit configured to set an estimated passage position of the moving object in the estimated passage display area;

a rotational property setting unit configured to set a rotational property to the moving object which is dispatched from the character;

a trajectory setting unit configured to set a trajectory of the moving object between the position from which the moving object is dispatched and the position at which the moving object arrives based on the rotational property;

a passage position moving unit configured to move the estimated passage position in the estimated passage display area in accordance with the position of the moving object in the trajectory; and

a rotational status display unit configured to continuously display a rotational status of the moving object, which is defined based on the rotational property, in the estimated passage position that is moved in the estimated passage display area.

12. A game device in which a character and a moving object are displayed on a monitor, and the moving object is dispatched from the character by operating a controller, the device comprising:

a passage area setting unit configured to set an estimated passage display area of the moving object in a predetermined position between the position from which the moving object is dispatched and the position at which the moving object arrives;

a passage position setting unit configured to set an estimated passage position of the moving object in the estimated passage display area;

a first power property setting unit configured to set a first power property to the moving object in accordance with the timing at which the moving object is dispatched from the character; and

a power status display unit configured to display a power status of the moving object, which is defined based on the first power property, in the estimated passage position of the estimated passage display area.

13. The game device according to claim 12, further comprising:

a rotational property setting unit configured to set a rotational property to the moving object which is dispatched from the character;

a second power property setting unit configured to set a second power property to the moving object in accordance with the timing at which the moving object is dispatched;

a trajectory setting unit configured to set a trajectory of the moving object between the position from which the moving object is dispatched and the position at which the moving object arrives based on the second power property and the rotational property;

a passage position moving unit configured to move the estimated passage position in the estimated passage display area in accordance with the position of the moving object in the trajectory; and

a rotational status display unit configured to continuously display the rotational status of the moving object, which is defined based on the rotational property, in the estimated passage position that is moved in the estimated passage display area.

14. A game method in which a character and a moving object are displayed on a monitor, and the moving object is dispatched from the character by operating a controller, the game method comprising the steps of:

setting an estimated passage display area of the moving object in a predetermined position between the position from which the moving object is dispatched and the position at which the moving object arrives;

setting an estimated passage position of the moving object in the estimated passage display area;

setting a rotational property of the moving object which is dispatched from the character;

setting a trajectory of the moving object between the position from which the moving object is dispatched and the position at which the moving object arrives based on the rotational property;

moving the estimated passage position in the estimated passage display area in accordance with the position of the moving object in the trajectory; and

continuously displaying a rotational status of the moving object, which is defined based on the rotational property, in the estimated passage position that is moved in the estimated passage display area.

15. A game method in which a character and a moving object are displayed on a monitor, and the moving object is dispatched from the character by operating a controller, the game method comprising the steps of:

setting an estimated passage display area of the moving object in a predetermined position between the position from which the moving object is dispatched and the position at which the moving object arrives;

setting an estimated passage position of the moving object in the estimated passage display area;

setting a first power property to the moving object in accordance with the timing at which the moving object is dispatched from the character; and

displaying a power status of the moving object, which is defined based on the first power property, in the estimated passage position of the estimated passage display area.

16. The game method according to claim 15, further comprising the steps of:

setting a rotational property to the moving object that is released from the character;

setting a second power property to the moving object in accordance with the timing in which the moving object is dispatched from the character;

setting a trajectory of the moving object between the position from which the moving object is dispatched and the position at which the moving object arrives based on the second power property and the rotational property;

moving the estimated passage position in the estimated passage display area in accordance with the position of the moving object in the trajectory; and

continuously displaying a rotational status of the moving object, which is defined based on the rotational property, in the estimated passage position that is moved in the estimated passage display area.