Method, video game device, and program for controlling game

• US 6,544,119 B2
• Filed: 07/02/2001
• Issued: 04/08/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 07/04/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Konami Corporation
• Original Assignee: Konami Corporation
• Inventors: Kubo, Morikuni, Takabayashi, Masanori, Suzuki, Atsushi
• Primary Examiner(s): Esquivel, Denise L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Jones, Melvin
• Application Number:
  US09/895,167
• Publication Number:
  US 20020006819A1
• Time in Patent Office: 645 Days
• Field of Search: 463/4, 463/9, 463/11, 463/36, 463/44, 463/45
• US Class Current: 463/11
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/55 Controlling game characters or game objects based on the game progress
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/80 Special adaptations for executing a specific game genre or game mode
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/638 according to the timing of operation or a time limit

Abstract

A game control method of the invention provides an effective card in a card game, according to a speed of player'"'"'s card drawing operation. Firstly, the operation is detected and a speed of the operation is calculated. Then, the speed is compared with a predetermined speed such as a previous average speed to determine the difference. On the other hand, an appearance card table defines types of cards to be provided for each game situation and the difference. The method determines a card to be supplied to the player in response to the operation, by referring to the table according to the game situation and the difference.

Claims

1. A method of controlling a game, in a computer, by using a plurality of sorts of elements, comprising the steps of:

detecting a player'"'"'s inputting operation;

determining the sort of element in response to the player'"'"'s operation; and

displaying the determined sort of element on a monitor;

wherein when a situation of the game becomes a predetermined situation, the determining step determines the sort of element based on the difference between a speed of the player'"'"'s operation and a predetermined speed.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the sort of element determined by the determining step is different from an element to be originally selected when the situation of the game becomes the predetermined situation.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the greater the difference between the speeds become, the greater effect on a situation of the game the determined sort of element has.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein candidate elements used to determine the sort of element in the determining step vary according to the situation of the game.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined speed is an average speed of the player'"'"'s operations performed before the most recent player'"'"'s input operation.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined speed is a speed which is established in advance.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the game is one of a card game, a dice game, a roulette game, and a game using a slot machine.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the game is the card game and the plurality of sorts of elements corresponds to cards, and the displaying step displays the cards on the monitor as being drawn from a deck in the card game.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the determining step determines the different card according to the difference between the speeds.

10. A video game device performing a game using a plurality of sorts of elements, comprising:

a detecting unit which detects a player'"'"'s inputting operation;

a storage device which stores a predetermined speed;

a determining unit which detects the sort of element in response to the player'"'"'s operation; and

a displaying unit which displays the determined sort of element on a monitor, wherein when a situation of the game becomes a predetermined situation, the determining unit determines the sort of element based on the difference between a speed of the player'"'"'s operation and the predetermined speed.

11. The video game device of claim 10 further comprising an appearance card table defining, for each situation, sorts of elements each of which is related to a range of the difference, wherein the determining step determines the sort of element by referring to the contents of the appearance card table.

12. A program product comprising, computer readable instructions and a recording medium bearing the computer readable instructions;

the instructions being adaptable to enable a computer to perform a method of controlling a game, in a computer, using a plurality of sorts of elements, the method comprising the steps of;

detecting a player'"'"'s inputting operation;

determining the sort of element in response to the player'"'"'s operation; and

displaying the determined sort of element on a monitor, wherein when a situation of the game becomes a predetermined situation, the determining step determines the sort of element on the difference between a speed of the player'"'"'s operation and a predetermined speed.