Game system and computer readable storage medium for breeding game

• US 6,537,149 B2
• Filed: 01/24/2001
• Issued: 03/25/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Company Limited (Konami Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Konami Corporation
• Inventors: Sogabe, Daisuke
• Primary Examiner(s): Martin-Wallace, Valencia
• Assistant Examiner(s): Jones, Scott E.
• Application Number:
  US09/768,491
• Publication Number:
  US 20010011034A1
• Time in Patent Office: 790 Days
• Field of Search: 463/1, 463/9, 273/246
• US Class Current: 463/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/10 Control of the course of the game, e.g. start, progess, end
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/45 Controlling the progress of the video game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/58 by computing conditions of game characters, e.g. stamina, strength, motivation or energy level
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/825 Fostering virtual characters
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/65 for computing the condition of a game character
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8058 Virtual breeding, e.g. tamagotchi
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 9/143 electric
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 9/24 Electric games; Games using electronic circuits not otherwise provided for video games A63F13/00; computerized gaming systems G07F17/32

Abstract

A game system includes: a display device for displaying images; an input device for receiving manipulation by a user and for outputting a signal corresponding to the manipulation; and a control device for controlling progress of a horse breeding game with monitoring the signal outputted from the input device and displaying images corresponding to the progress of the game on a screen of the display device. The control device includes: an evaluation value storage unit for storing evaluation values for a plurality of sires; a control unit for controlling the progress of the game based on the evaluation values; and an evaluation value updating unit for updating the evaluation values for the sires in every predetermined period during the progress of the game.

Claims

1. A game system comprising:

a display device for displaying images;

an input device for receiving manipulation by a user and for outputting a signal corresponding to the manipulation; and

a control device for controlling progress of a horse breeding game with monitoring the signal outputted from the input device and displaying images corresponding to the progress of the game on a screen of the display device, the control device comprising;

an evaluation value storage means for storing evaluation values for a plurality of sires;

a control means for controlling the progress of the game based on the evaluation values;

an evaluation value updating means for updating the evaluation values for the sires in every predetermined period during the progress of the game;

a sire designation for receiving a designation of the sire by the user;

a child horse ability determining means for determining a basic ability value of the child horse based on pedigree data of the sire designated by the sire designating means; and

a child horse ability correcting means for correcting the basic ability value of the child horse for the designated sire based on variation amount of the updated evaluation value, wherein the child horse ability correcting means corrects the ability by increasing the ability of the child horse if the variation amount of the evaluation value is positive and decreasing the ability of the child horse if the variation amount of the evaluation value is negative.

2. A game system according to claim 1, wherein the control device further comprises:

a mating fee determining means for determining a mating fee for each sire based on the updated evaluation value; and

a sire list producing means for producing a sire list including indication of the mating fees for all sires determined by the mating fee determining means and for displaying the sire list on the display device.

3. A game system according to claim 2, wherein the control device further comprises a variation tendency determining means for determining variation tendency of the evaluation value for each sire based on the variation amount of the evaluation value caused by the updating, and wherein the sire list producing means produces the sire list which represents sire names, the mating fees and the variation tendency of the evaluation value in an order sorted in terms of the mating fee.

4. A game system according to claim 1, wherein the evaluation value updating means updates the evaluation value by adding a predetermined reference value for the sire to a correction value generated using a random number.

5. A game system according to claim 4, wherein the correction value is determined by arithmetically operating a variation range value and a variation probability value predetermined for the sire and the random number.

6. A game system according to claim 1, wherein the control device further comprises a race result data storage means for storing race result data of the child horse for each sire, and wherein the evaluation value updating means updates the evaluation value of the sire based on the race result data of the child horse.

7. A game system according to claim 1, wherein the control device further comprises a stability storage means for storing a predetermined stability for each sire, and wherein the child horse ability correcting means varies a ratio, with which the ability of the child horse depends on the variation amount of the evaluation value, in accordance with the stability of a selected site.

8. A computer readable storage medium for carrying a program for controlling progress of a horse breeding game with monitoring a signal outputted from an input device of a game system and displaying images corresponding to the progress of the game on a screen of the display device, the program controls the game system to function as:

an evaluation value storage means for storing evaluation values for a plurality of sires;

a control means for controlling the progress of the game based on the evaluation values;

an evaluation value updating means for updating the evaluation values for the sires in every predetermined period during the progress of the game;

a sire designating means for receiving a designation of the sire by the user;

a child horse ability determining means for determining a basic ability value of a child horse based on pedigree data of the sire designated by the sire designating means; and

a child horse ability correcting means for correcting the basic ability value of the child horse for the designated sire based on variation amount of the updated evaluation value, wherein the child horse ability correcting means corrects the ability by increasing the ability of the child horse if the variation amount of the evaluation value is positive and decreasing the ability of the child horse if the variation amount of the evaluation value is negative.

9. A game system comprising:

a display device for displaying images;

an input device for receiving manipulation by a user and for outputting a signal corresponding to the manipulation; and

a control device for controlling progress of a horse breeding game with monitoring the signal outputted from the input device and displaying images corresponding to the progress of the game on a screen of the display device, the control device including;

an evaluation value storage means for storing evaluation values for a plurality of sires;

a control means for controlling the progress if the game based on the evaluation values; and

an evaluation value updating means for updating the evaluation values for the sires in every predetermined period during the progress of the game;

a sire designation means for receiving a designation of the sire by the user;

a child horse ability determining means for determining a basic ability value of a child horse based on pedigree of the sire designated by the sire designating means; and

a child horse ability correcting means for correcting the basic ability value of the child horse for the designated sire based on variation amount of the updated evaluation value, wherein the child horse ability correcting means corrects the ability by increasing the ability of the child horse if the variation amount of the evaluation value is positive and decreasing the ability of the child horse if the variation amount of the evaluation value is negative, and the control device includes a race result data storage means for storing race result data of the child horse for each sire, and wherein the evaluation value updating means updates the evaluation value of the sire based on the race result data of the child horse.

10. A game system according to claim 9, wherein the control device further comprises:

a mating fee determining means for determining a mating fee for each sire based on the updated evaluation value; and

a sire list producing means for producing a sire list including indication of the mating fees for all sires determined by the mating fee determining means and for displaying the sire list on the display device.

11. A game system according to claim 10, wherein the control device further comprises a variation tendency determining means for determining variation tendency of the evaluation value for each sire based on the variation amount of the evaluation value caused by the updating, and wherein the sire list producing means produces the sire list which represents sire names, the mating fees and the variation tendency of the evaluation value in an order sorted in terms of the mating fee.

12. A game system according to claim 9, wherein the evaluation value updating means updates the evaluation value by adding a predetermined reference value for the sire to a correction value generated using a random number.

13. A game system according to claim 12, wherein the correction value is determined by arithmetically operating a variation range value and a variation probability value predetermined for the sire and the random number.

14. A game system according to claim 9, wherein the control device further comprises a stability storage means for storing a predetermined stability for each sire, and wherein the child horse ability correcting means varies a ratio, with which the ability of the child horse depends on the variation amount of the evaluation value, in accordance with the stability of a selected sire.