Game Apparatus, Game Control Method, and Computer-Readable Non-Transitory Information Recording Medium Recording Program

• US 20130079138A1
• Filed: 09/14/2012
• Published: 03/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Company Limited (Konami Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Company Limited (Konami Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Mizuno, Yuta
• Application Number:
  US13/616,614
• Publication Number:
  US 20130079138A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/36
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/422 automatically for the purpose of assisting the player, e.g. automatic braking in a driving game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/5372 for tagging characters, objects or locations in the game scene, e.g. displaying a circle under the character controlled by the player
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/67 adaptively or by learning from player actions, e.g. skill level adjustment or by storing successful combat sequences for re-use
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/837 Shooting of targets
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/203 Image generating hardware
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/306 for displaying a marker associated to an object or location in the game field
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6054 by generating automatically game commands to assist the player, e.g. automatic braking in a driving game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8076 Shooting

Abstract

A storing unit stores, for example, positions of various objects, such as a player character and an enemy character. A detector detects the object present within a predetermined range according to a position of the player character. A determiner determines a tactical situation of the player character with regards to the detected object. A changer changes activation/deactivation of the lock-on function based on the determined tactical situation. That is, in the case of a melee, etc., the changer changes the lock-on function into an activated status, and in the cases other than the melee, etc., the changer changes the lock-on function in a deactivated status.

Claims

1. A game apparatus that has a lock-on function of locking on, for a player character, a predetermined object as a target for attack, the game apparatus comprising:

a detector that detects the object present within a predetermined range according to a position of the player character;

a determiner that determines a tactical situation of the player character with regards to the detected object; and

a changer that changes activation/deactivation of the lock-on function based on the determined tactical situation.

2. The game apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the determiner determines whether the tactical situation is advantageous or disadvantageous for the player character, and

the changer changes the lock-on function in a deactivated status when the determiner determines that the tactical situation is advantageous for the player character, and changes the lock-on function in an activated status when the determiner determines that the tactical situation is disadvantageous for the player character.

3. The game apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the determiner determines the tactical situation based on the success/unsuccess of an attack from the player character to the object.

4. The game apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the determiner determines the tactical situation based on a movement frequency or a movement distribution of the player character.

5. The game apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the determiner determines the tactical situation based on presence/absence of a trap by the player character for the object or presence/absence of a trap by the object for the player character.

6. The game apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the determiner determines the tactical situation based on presence/absence of an attack by the player character for the object or presence/absence of an attack by the object for the player character.

7. The game apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the determiner determines a degree of proficiency of a player based on a detail of a motion of the player character, and

the changer changes the lock-on function into a deactivated status when the determiner determines that the degree of proficiency is high, and changes the lock-on function into an activated status when the determiner determines that the degree of proficiency is low.

8. The game apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the determiner determines a degree of proficiency of a player, and

the changer drives a probability for activating the lock-on function variable in accordance with the determined degree of proficiency.

9. The game apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the determiner determines a degree of proficiency of a player in a particular tactical situation, and

the changer changes activation/deactivation of the lock-on function in accordance with the determined degree of proficiency.

10. A game control method executed by a game apparatus which comprises a detector, a determiner, and a changer and which realizes a lock-on function of locking on, for a player character, a predetermined object as a target for attack, the method comprising:

a detecting process for causing the detector to detect the object present within a predetermined range according to a position of the player character;

a determining process for causing the determiner to determine a tactical situation of the player character with regards to the detected object; and

a changing process for causing the changer to change activation/deactivation of the lock-on function based on the determined tactical situation.

11. A computer-readable non-transitory recording medium having stored therein a program that causes a computer which realizes a lock-on function of locking on, for a player character, a predetermined object as a target for attack to function as:

a detector that detects the object present within a predetermined range according to a position of the player character;

a determiner that determines a tactical situation of the player character with regards to the detected object; and

a changer that changes activation/deactivation of the lock-on function based on the determined tactical situation.