GAME DEVICE, GAME SYSTEM, GAME CONTROL METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20140038717A1
• Filed: 07/26/2013
• Published: 02/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Company Limited (Konami Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Company Limited (Konami Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: LEE, Kuka
• Granted Patent: US 9,545,566 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/36
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/2145 the surface being also a display device, e.g. touch screens
• 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 13/537 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

Abstract

A display control unit of a game device displays an image expressing a contact subject on a game screen. A determination unit determines, based on a first position designated by a user and a second position designated by the user, which of a right hand or a right foot and a left hand or a left foot the contact subject is to be touched with in a game. A contact control unit executes predetermined processing for the contact subject based on a determination result from the determination unit.

Claims

1. A game device for executing a game in which a contact subject is touched, the game device comprising:

display control means for displaying an image expressing the contact subject on a game screen;

means for acquiring a plurality of positions on the game screen, which are designated by a user;

determination means for determining, based on a first position designated by the user and a second position designated by the user, which of one of a right hand and a right foot and one of a left hand and a left foot the contact subject is to be touched with in the game; and

contact control means for executing processing for the contact subject based on a determination result from the determination means.

2. The game device according to claim 1, wherein:

the game comprises a game for causing the contact subject to move; and

the contact control means controls a trajectory of the contact subject based on the determination result from the determination means.

3. The game device according to claim 1, wherein:

the game comprises a game for causing the contact subject to move; and

the contact control means controls a trajectory of the contact subject based on the determination result from the determination means and at least one of the first position and the second position obtained in a case where determination processing is executed by the determination means.

4. The game device according to claim 1, wherein:

the contact control means comprises means for determining at least one of a contact strength, a contact direction, and a contact position used in a case where the contact subject is touched based on at least one of the first position and the second position obtained in a case where determination processing is executed by the determination means; and

the contact control means executes the processing for the contact subject based on the determined at least one of the contact strength, the contact direction, and the contact position.

5. The game device according to claim 1, wherein:

the determination means comprises determining means for determining whether or not the first position is in an area of the game screen corresponding to the image expressing the contact subject; and

the determination means determines, based on the second position obtained in a case where it is determined that the first position is in the area, which of the one of the right hand and the right foot and the one of the left hand and the left foot the contact subject is to be touched with in the game.

6. The game device according to claim 5, further comprising means for changing at least one of a position and a size of the area based on the second position,

wherein the determining means determines whether or not the first position is in the changed area.

7. The game device according to claim 1, wherein:

the determination means comprises means for determining whether or not the first position has made a given positional change; and

the determination means determines, based on the second position obtained in a case where it is determined that the first position has made the given positional change, which of the one of the right hand and the right foot and the one of the left hand and the left foot the contact subject is to be touched with in the game.

8. A game system for executing a game in which a contact subject is touched, the game system comprising:

display control means for displaying an image expressing the contact subject on a game screen;

means for acquiring a plurality of positions on the game screen, which are designated by a user;

determination means for determining, based on a first position designated by the user and a second position designated by the user, which of one of a right hand and a right foot and one of a left hand and a left foot the contact subject is to be touched with in the game; and

contact control means for executing processing for the contact subject based on a determination result from the determination means.

9. A game control method for a game in which a contact subject is touched, the game control method comprising:

displaying an image expressing the contact subject on a game screen;

acquiring a plurality of positions on the game screen, which are designated by a user;

determining, based on a first position designated by the user and a second position designated by the user, which of one of a right hand and a right foot and one of a left hand and a left foot the contact subject is to be touched with in the game; and

executing processing for the contact subject based on a determination result in the determination.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable information storage medium having recorded thereon a program for causing a computer for executing a game in which a contact subject is touched to function as:

display control means for displaying an image expressing the contact subject on a game screen;

means for acquiring a plurality of positions on the game screen, which are designated by a user;

determination means for determining, based on a first position designated by the user and a second position designated by the user, which of one of a right hand and a right foot and one of a left hand and a left foot the contact subject is to be touched with in the game; and

contact control means for executing processing for the contact subject based on a determination result from the determination means.

11. A game device for executing a game in which a contact subject is touched, the game device comprising:

a display control unit that displays an image expressing the contact subject on a game screen;

a unit that acquires a plurality of positions on the game screen, which are designated by a user;

a determination unit that determines, based on a first position designated by the user and a second position designated by the user, which of one of a right hand and a right foot and one of a left hand and a left foot the contact subject is to be touched with in the game; and

a contact control unit that executes processing for the contact subject based on a determination result from the determination unit.

12. A game device for executing a game in which a contact subject is touched, the game device comprising at least one microprocessor configured to:

display an image expressing the contact subject on a game screen;

acquire a plurality of positions on the game screen, which are designated by a user;

determine, based on a first position designated by the user and a second position designated by the user, which of one of a right hand and a right foot and one of a left hand and a left foot the contact subject is to be touched with in the game; and

execute processing for the contact subject based on a determination result in the determination.