GAME SYSTEM

• US 20130165233A1
• Filed: 05/30/2012
• Published: 06/27/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: WADA, Yoichi
• Granted Patent: US 9,649,568 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/42
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/35 Details of game servers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/46 Computing the game score
• 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 13/792 for payment purposes, e.g. monthly subscriptions
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/822 Strategy games; Role-playing games A63F13/825, A63F13/828 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/85 Providing additional services to players
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/5513 involving billing
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/5533 using program state or machine event data, e.g. server keeps track of the state of multiple players on in a multiple player game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/558 by assessing the players' skills or ranking
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/575 for trading virtual items
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6027 using adaptive systems learning from user actions, e.g. for skill level adjustment
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/61 Score computation

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a high-preference game system that can reduce a game development burden of a game system operator, can increase the desire of a player to iteratively play a game, and enables a player to play a game without aversion.

When a player requests a game open in a dungeon, 5 points among the points retained by the player is consumed, and 3 points are temporarily pooled in the dungeon. When the player succeeds in satisfying a clear condition of the dungeon, a total of 13 temporarily-pooled and not pooled points is added to a retention point of the player. Also, when the player fails to satisfy the clear condition of the dungeon, the temporarily pooled points are pooled in the dungeon.

Claims

1. A game system that is connectable between a client apparatus and a server apparatus by communication, comprising:

a game progress controller that controls a progress of a game according to a predetermined game program,

wherein the client apparatus includes

a game open requester that transmits a game open request to the server apparatus,

the server apparatus includes

a point storage that stores points retained by a player operating the client apparatus;

an amenity point storage that stores an amenity point that is given as an amenity to the player;

a point subtracter that subtracts the points, which are stored in the point storage and retained by the player, when receiving the game open request from the client apparatus;

a condition determiner that determines whether the game progressed by the game progress controller satisfies a predetermined condition;

an amenity point reserver that reserves an amenity point by adding a part or all of the points subtracted by the point subtracter to the amenity point stored in the amenity point storage, when the condition determiner determines that the predetermined condition is not satisfied; and

an amenity point adder that gives an amenity point by adding a part or all of the amenity points stored in the amenity point storage to the point retained by the player operating the client apparatus, when the condition determiner determines that the predetermined condition is satisfied, and

the game progress controller controls the progress of the game in the client apparatus when the server apparatus receives the game open request from the client apparatus.

2. A game system that is connectable between a client apparatus and a server apparatus by communication, comprising:

a game progress controller that controls a progress of a game according to a predetermined game program,

wherein the client apparatus includes

a game open requester that transmits a game open request to the server apparatus,

the server apparatus includes

a game information storage that stores game information affecting a difficulty level of the game; and

a game information updater that updates the game information stored in the game information storage, according to the reception of a game open request from a player and/or the result of a game progress, and

the game progress controller controls the progress of the game according to the game information and the predetermined game program stored in the game information storage, when the server apparatus receives the game open request from the client apparatus.

3. A game system that is connectable between first and second client apparatuses and a server apparatus by communication, comprising:

a game progress controller that controls a progress of a game according to a predetermined game program,

wherein the first client apparatus includes

a game management requester that transmits a game management request of a first player operating the first client apparatus,

the second client apparatus includes

a game open requester that transmits a game open request of a second player operating the second client apparatus to the server apparatus, with respect to a management recording game for which the first player is recorded as a manager,

the server apparatus includes

a game manager recorder that records the first player as the game manager when receiving the game management request from the first client apparatus;

a point storage that stores points retained by the first player and the second player, respectively; and

a point subtracter that adds the points retained by the first player and subtract the points retained by the second player, when receiving the game open request from the second client apparatus with respect to the management recording game; and

the game progress controller controls the progress of the game by the second player when the server apparatus receives the game open request from the second client apparatus.

4. A server apparatus connectable to a client apparatus by communication, comprising:

a game progress controller that controls a progress of a game according to a predetermined game program when receiving a game open request from the client apparatus,

a point storage that stores points retained by a player operating the client apparatus;

an amenity point storage that stores an amenity point that is given as an amenity to the player;

a point subtracter that subtracts the points, which are stored in the point storage and retained by the player, when receiving the game open request from the client apparatus;

a condition determiner that determines whether the game progressed by the game progress controller satisfies a predetermined condition;

an amenity point reserver that reserves an amenity point by adding a part or all of the points subtracted by the point subtracter to the amenity point stored in the amenity point storage, when the condition determiner determines that the predetermined condition is not satisfied; and

an amenity point adder that gives an amenity point by adding a part or all of the points stored in the amenity point storage to the points retained by the player operating the client apparatus, when the condition determiner determines that the predetermined condition is satisfied.

5. A server apparatus connectable to a client apparatus by communication, comprising:

a game progress controller that controls a progress of a game according to a predetermined game program;

a game information storage that stores game information affecting a difficulty level of a game; and

a game information updater that updates the game information stored in the game information storage, according to the reception of a game open request from a player and/or the result of a game progress,

wherein the game progress controller controls the progress of the game based on the game information stored in the game information storage, when receiving the game open request from the client apparatus.

6. A server apparatus connectable to a first client apparatus and a second client apparatus by communication, comprising:

a game progress controller that controls a progress of a game according to a predetermined game program,

a game manager recorder that records a first player as a manager of the game when receiving a game management request from the first client apparatus;

a point storage that stores points retained by the first player and a second player; and

a point subtracter that adds the points retained by the first player and subtract the points retained by the second player, when receiving the game open request from the second client apparatus with respect to a management recording game for which the first player is recorded as a manager;

wherein the game progress controller controls the progress of the game by the second player when receiving a game open request from the second client apparatus.