COOKING GAME PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM WITH THE PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON, AND GAME DEVICE

• US 20090036220A1
• Filed: 04/28/2008
• Published: 02/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cooking Mama Limited
• Original Assignee: Cooking Mama Limited
• Inventors: Nagashima, Takeshi
• Application Number:
  US12/110,685
• Publication Number:
  US 20090036220A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/43
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/00 Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions gaming systems which provide a financial reward G07F17/32
• 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 13/46 Computing the game score
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/69 by enabling or updating specific game elements, e.g. unlocking hidden features, items, levels or versions
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/80 Special adaptations for executing a specific game genre or game mode
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/88 Mini-games executed independently while main games are being loaded
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/92 Video game devices specially adapted to be hand-held while playing
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/204 the platform being a handheld device
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/301 using an additional display connected to the game console, e.g. on the controller
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6036 for offering a minigame in combination with a main game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/609 for unlocking hidden game elements, e.g. features, items, levels
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/61 Score computation
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/80 specially adapted for executing a specific type of game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8094 Unusual game types, e.g. virtual cooking

Abstract

The present invention relates to a cooking game. The present invention provides, as mini-games, a plurality of preparation processes set up in accordance with a cooking menu and simulates processes for completing the cooking menu. The present invention comprises: providing mini-games to a player; judging and accumulating degrees of achievement in the mini-games; compiling the degrees of achievement accumulated in the mini-games after all mini-games are finished and judging the game result; and displaying a tasting character and then performing animation processing for changing the expression of the tasting character in accordance with the game result and/or displaying a comment in accordance with the game result.

Claims

1. A computer readable recording medium storing a cooking game program for playing a cooking game controlled by at least one human player and providing, as mini-games, a plurality of preparation processes set up in accordance with cooking menu programming and for simulating processes for completing the cooking menu which are automatically controlled based on the program, wherein the cooking game program comprises programming which instructs a computer to function by:

providing a plurality of mini-games to at least one human player;

judging and accumulating values for degrees of achievement by the at least one human player in the mini-games;

compiling degrees of achievement accumulated in the mini-games after all mini-games are finished and judging the cooking game result; and

displaying a tasting character on a display and then performing animation processing for changing the expression of the tasting character on the display in accordance with the game result and/or displaying a comment on the display in accordance with the game result.

2. The computer readable recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the cooking game program further comprises a database containing data corresponding to a plurality of tasting characters;

and which requires the at least one human player to select a tasting character before providing a first mini-game to the at least one human player.

3. The computer readable recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the cooking game program further comprises programming granting an item to the at least one human player on the display after displaying the tasting character and thereafter storing the kinds and the number of granted items for each human player.

4. The computer readable recording according to claim 2, wherein the cooking game program further comprises programming granting an item to the at least one human player on the display after displaying the tasting character and thereafter storing the kinds and the number of granted items for each human player.

5. The computer readable recording medium according to claim 3, wherein the cooking game program further comprises:

programming storing the game result played by the at least one human player and the tasting character selected by the at least one human player; and

providing a stored content view screen for displaying stored game results, tasting characters, and granted items.

6. The computer readable recording medium according to claim 4, wherein the cooking game program further comprises programming storing the game result played by the at least one human player and the tasting character selected by the at least one human player;

and providing a stored content view screen for displaying stored game results, tasting characters, and granted items.

7. The computer readable recording medium according to claim 3, wherein the cooking game program further comprises programming for displaying the granted items based on the input operation of the at least one human player without limiting the display positions, the display positions of the granted items being variable on a stored content view screen.

8. The computer readable recording medium according to claim 4, wherein the cooking game program further comprises programming for displaying the granted items based on the input operation of the at least one human player without limiting the display positions, the display positions of the granted items being variable on a stored content view screen.

9. The computer readable recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the cooking game program further comprises programming requesting the selection of a first game mode or a second game mode, wherein when the first game mode is selected, the accumulating of the values of the degrees of achievement in the mini-games accumulates modified degrees of achievement after modifying the degrees of achievement of the at least one human player, and when the second game mode is selected, the accumulating the values of the degrees of achievement in the mini-games accumulates the degrees of achievement of the at least one player without change.

10. The computer readable recording medium according to claim 2, wherein the cooking game program further comprises programming requesting the selection of a first game mode or a second game mode, wherein when the first game mode is selected, the accumulating of the values of the degrees of achievement in the mini-games accumulates modified degrees of achievement after modifying the degrees of achievement of the at least one human player, and when the second game mode is selected, the accumulating the values of the degrees of achievement in the mini-games accumulates the degrees of achievement of the at least one player without change.

11. The computer readable recording medium according to claim 3, wherein the cooking game program further comprises programming requesting the selection of a first game mode or a second game mode, wherein when the first game mode is selected, the accumulating of the values of the degrees of achievement in the mini-games accumulates modified degrees of achievement after modifying the degrees of achievement of the at least one human player, and when the second game mode is selected, the accumulating the values of the degrees of achievement in the mini-games accumulates the degrees of achievement of the at least one player without change.

12. The computer readable recording medium according to claim 4, wherein the cooking game program further comprises programming requesting the selection of a first game mode or a second game mode, wherein when the first game mode is selected, the accumulating of the values of the degrees of achievement in the mini-games accumulates modified degrees of achievement after modifying the degrees of achievement of the at least one human player, and when the second game mode is selected, the accumulating the values of the degrees of achievement in the mini-games accumulates the degrees of achievement of the at least one player without change.

13. The computer readable recording medium according to claim 5, wherein the cooking game program further comprises programming requesting the selection of a first game mode or a second game mode, wherein when the first game mode is selected, the accumulating of the values of the degrees of achievement in the mini-games accumulates modified degrees of achievement after modifying the degrees of achievement of the at least one human player, and when the second game mode is selected, the accumulating the values of the degrees of achievement in the mini-games accumulates the degrees of achievement of the at least one player without change.

14. The computer readable recording medium according to claim 6, wherein the cooking game program further comprises programming requesting the selection of a first game mode or a second game mode, wherein when the first game mode is selected, the accumulating of the values of the degrees of achievement in the mini-games accumulates modified degrees of achievement after modifying the degrees of achievement of the at least one human player, and when the second game mode is selected, the accumulating the values of the degrees of achievement in the mini-games accumulates the degrees of achievement of the at least one player without change.

15. The computer readable recording medium according to claim 7, wherein the cooking game program further comprises programming requesting the selection of a first game mode or a second game mode, wherein when the first game mode is selected, the accumulating of the values of the degrees of achievement in the mini-games accumulates modified degrees of achievement after modifying the degrees of achievement of the at least one human player, and when the second game mode is selected, the accumulating the values of the degrees of achievement in the mini-games accumulates the degrees of achievement of the at least one player without change.

16. The computer readable recording medium according to claim 8, wherein the cooking game program further comprises programming requesting the selection of a first game mode or a second game mode, wherein when the first game mode is selected, the accumulating of the values of the degrees of achievement in the mini-games accumulates modified degrees of achievement after modifying the degrees of achievement of the at least one human player, and when the second game mode is selected, the accumulating the values of the degrees of achievement in the mini-games accumulates the degrees of achievement of the at least one player without change.

17. A game device comprising the computer readable recording medium according to claim 1.

18. A game device comprising the computer readable recording medium according to claim 1, and a computer for executing the cooking game program stored in the computer readable recording medium.

19. A method of executing a cooking game program for playing a cooking game controlled by at least one human player providing, as mini-games, a plurality of preparation processes set up in accordance with cooking menu programming and for simulating processes for completing the cooking menu which are automatically controlled based on the program, the method comprising instructing a computer to function by:

providing a plurality of mini-games to at least one human player;

judging and accumulating values for degrees of achievement by the human player in the mini-games;

compiling degrees of achievement accumulated in the mini-games after the mini-games are finished and judging the cooking game result; and

displaying a tasting character on a display and then performing animation processing for changing the expression of the tasting character on the display in accordance with the game result and/or displaying a comment on the display in accordance with the game result.

20. The method according to claim 19 wherein the cooking game program further comprises a database containing data corresponding to a plurality of tasting characters;

and requiring the at least one human player to select a tasting character before providing a first mini-game to the at least one human player.