GAME SYSTEM, COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN GAME PROGRAM, GAME PROCESSING METHOD, AND GAME APPARATUS

• US 20140295959A1
• Filed: 05/24/2013
• Published: 10/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Inventors: OSADA, Junya
• Application Number:
  US13/901,779
• Publication Number:
  US 20140295959A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/31
• 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 13/54 involving acoustic signals, e.g. for simulating revolutions per minute [RPM] dependent engine sounds in a driving game or reverberation against a virtual wall
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/803 Driving vehicles or craft, e.g. cars, airplanes, ships, robots or tanks
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/843 involving concurrently two or more players on the same game device, e.g. requiring the use of a plurality of controllers or of a specific view of game data for each player

Abstract

A display screen includes a plurality of display regions. A region occupation ratio of each of the plurality of display regions to a reference that is a single display region occupies an entirety of the display screen is calculated. An output sound volume of a sound associated with each display region is determined on the basis of the region occupation ratio. Then, the sound associated with each display region is outputted in accordance with the determined sound volume.

Claims

1. A game system in which a game is played on a display screen displayed on a display device, the display screen including a plurality of display regions, the game system comprising:

a calculator configured to calculate a region occupation ratio of each of the plurality of display regions to a reference that is a single display region that occupies an entirety of the display screen;

a sound volume determination section configured to determine an output sound volume of a sound associated with each display region, on the basis of the region occupation ratio calculated by the calculator; and

a sound output section configured to output the sound associated with each display region, in accordance with the sound volume determined by the sound volume determination section.

2. The game system according to claim 1, wherein the display screen includes a plurality of display regions having unequal sizes.

3. The game system according to claim 1, wherein

the plurality of display regions included in the display screen include a main display region and a sub display region arranged so as to be superimposed on the main display region,

the game system further comprises a size change section configured to change a size of the sub display region on the basis of an operation of a player, and

the calculator calculates the region occupation ratio on the basis of the size of the sub display region changed by the size change section.

4. A game system in which a game is played on a display screen displayed on a display section, the display screen including a plurality of display regions, the game system comprising:

a calculator configured to individually recognize sizes of the plurality of display regions and calculate a ratio representing a relative size relation between each display region, on the basis of the size of each display region;

a sound volume determination section configured to determine an output sound volume of a sound associated with each display region, on the basis of the ratio calculated by the calculator; and

a sound output section configured to output the sound associated with each display region, in accordance with the sound volume determined by the sound volume determination section.

5. The game system according to claim 4, wherein the display screen includes a plurality of display regions having unequal sizes.

6. A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having a game program stored therein, the game program being executed by a computer of a game system in which a game is played on a display screen displayed on a display device, the display screen including a plurality of display regions, the game program causing the computer to operate as:

a calculator configured to calculate a region occupation ratio of each of the plurality of display regions to a reference that is a single display region that occupies an entirety of the display screen;

a sound volume determination section configured to determine an output sound volume of a sound associated with each display region, on the basis of the region occupation ratio calculated by the calculator; and

a sound output section configured to output the sound associated with each display region, in accordance with the sound volume determined by the sound volume determination section.

7. A game processing method for controlling a game system in which a game is played on a display screen displayed on a display device, the display screen including a plurality of display regions, the game processing method comprising the steps of:

calculating a region occupation ratio of each of the plurality of display regions to a reference that is a single display region that occupies an entirety of the display screen;

determining an output sound volume of a sound associated with each display region, on the basis of the region occupation ratio calculated in the calculating step; and

outputting the sound associated with each display region, in accordance with the sound volume determined in the determining step.

8. A game apparatus in which a game is played on a display screen displayed on a display device, the display screen including a plurality of display regions, the game apparatus comprising:

a calculator configured to calculate a region occupation ratio of each of the plurality of display regions to a reference that is a single display region that occupies an entirety of the display screen;

a sound volume determination section configured to determine an output sound volume of a sound associated with each display region, on the basis of the region occupation ratio calculated by the calculator; and

a sound output section configured to output the sound associated with each display region, in accordance with the sound volume determined by the sound volume determination section.

9. A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having a game program stored therein, the game program being executed by a computer of a game system in which a game is played on a display screen displayed on a display section, the display screen including a plurality of display regions, the game program causing the computer to operate as:

a calculator configured to individually recognize sizes of the plurality of display regions and calculate a ratio representing a relative size relation between each display region, on the basis of the size of each display region;

a sound volume determination section configured to determine an output sound volume of a sound associated with each display region, on the basis of the ratio calculated by the calculator; and

a sound output section configured to output the sound associated with each display region, in accordance with the sound volume determined by the sound volume determination section.

10. A game processing method for controlling a game system in which a game is played on a display screen displayed on a display section, the display screen including a plurality of display regions, the game processing method comprising the steps of:

individually recognizing sizes of the plurality of display regions and calculating a ratio representing a relative size relation between each display region, on the basis of the size of each display region;

determining an output sound volume of a sound associated with each display region, on the basis of the ratio calculated in the calculating step; and

outputting the sound associated with each display region, in accordance with the sound volume determined in the determining step.

11. A game apparatus in which a game is played on a display screen displayed on a display section, the display screen including a plurality of display regions, the game apparatus comprising:

a calculator configured to individually recognize sizes of the plurality of display regions and calculate a ratio representing a relative size relation between each display region, on the basis of the size of each display region;

a sound volume determination section configured to determine an output sound volume of a sound associated with each display region, on the basis of the ratio calculated by the calculator; and

a sound output section configured to output the sound associated with each display region, in accordance with the sound volume determined by the sound volume determination section.