Program for controlling execution of a game, and a game machine for executing the program

• US 7,223,169 B2
• Filed: 10/18/2002
• Issued: 05/29/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SEGA Corporation (SEGA Sammy Holdings Inc.)
• Original Assignee: SEGA Corporation (SEGA Sammy Holdings Inc.)
• Inventors: Imaeda, Kenichi, Sugawara, Makoto
• Primary Examiner(s): SAGER, MARK ALAN
• Application Number:
  US10/273,089
• Publication Number:
  US 20030040349A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,684 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 463/3
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/422 automatically for the purpose of assisting the player, e.g. automatic braking in a driving game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/44 involving timing of operations, e.g. performing an action within a time slot
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/5255 according to dedicated instructions from a player, e.g. using a secondary joystick to rotate the camera around a player's character
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/5372 for tagging characters, objects or locations in the game scene, e.g. displaying a circle under the character controlled by the player
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/5375 for graphically or textually suggesting an action, e.g. by displaying an arrow indicating a turn in a driving game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/5378 for displaying an additional top view, e.g. radar screens or maps using two or more virtual cameras concurrently A63F13/5252
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/303 for displaying additional data, e.g. simulating a Head Up Display
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/305 for providing a graphical or textual hint to the player
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/306 for displaying a marker associated to an object or location in the game field
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/307 for displaying an additional window with a view from the top of the game field, e.g. radar screen
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6045 for mapping control signals received from the input arrangement into game commands
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6054 by generating automatically game commands to assist the player, e.g. automatic braking in a driving game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/638 according to the timing of operation or a time limit
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/64 for computing dynamical parameters of game objects, e.g. motion determination or computation of frictional forces for a virtual car
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/646 for calculating the trajectory of an object
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6676 by dedicated player input
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8011 Ball

Abstract

Provided are a program and an information processing apparatus for controlling execution of a ball sports simulation game that can provide for a player sensations similar to those experienced when actually playing the sports. The program executed in the information processing apparatus includes the steps of detecting a ball striking strength and a ball operating angle for hitting a golf ball, which are set by a player using an input device; detecting a ball striking operation value and a ball striking angle for said golf ball at the time of hitting said golf ball, which are set by said player using the input device; performing a correction of a specific distance in accordance with said ball striking operation value at the time of hitting said ball to a traveling distance of said ball corresponding to said detected ball striking strength; and determining a flight mode of said ball based on said ball operating angle and said ball striking angle at the time of hitting said ball, which are set by said player using the input device.

Claims

1. A recording medium storing a game program, which is executable by a controller for performing a golf simulation game, the game program causing said controller to perform acts comprising:

detecting a target traveling distance setting value of a golf ball by an operation value in −

Y direction, and an operating angle in first +/−

X directions by an operation value in +/−

X directions, on inputting an operation value in −

Y direction, which are set by an operation of a player using an input device inputting the operation value in +/−

Y directions and +/−

X directions;

detecting a swing value by the operation value in +Y direction, and an operating angle in second +/−

X directions by the operation value in +/−

X directions on inputting the operation value in +Y direction, which are set by said player using the input device;

determining a traveling distance by adjusting a distance by said detected swing value corresponding to said detected target traveling distance setting value; and

determining a flight mode of said golf ball by synthesizing the operation value in said first +/−

X directions on inputting the operation value in −

Y direction and said second +/−

X directions on inputting the operation value in +Y direction, which are set by said player using the input device.

2. The recording medium according to claim 1, wherein said game program further causes said controller to perform acts comprising:

detecting an additional operation value in +Y or −

Y direction inputted by said input device within a predetermined period of time from the inputted time of the operating value in said +Y direction;

setting a move direction and a distance from a position where said golf ball has landed corresponding to the detected additional operation value in said +Y or −

Y direction.

3. The recording medium according to claim 1,

wherein said flight mode includes either a slice, during which said golf ball curves to the right in flight, or a hook, during which said golf ball curves to the left in flight.

4. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a storage device storing a program for controlling execution of a ball sports simulation game;

an input device inputting a operating value in +/−

X and +/−

Y directions by an operation of a player; and

a controller being controlled by said program,

wherein said program causes said controller to perform acts comprising;

detecting a target traveling distance setting value of a golf ball by an operation value in −

Y direction, and an operating angle in first +/−

X directions by an operation value in +/−

X directions, on inputting the operation value in −

Y direction, which are set by an operation of a player using an input device inputting the operation value in +/−

Y directions and +/−

X directions;

detecting a swing value by the operation value in +Y direction, and an operating angle in second +/−

X directions by the operation value in +/−

X directions, or inputting the operation value in +Y direction, which are set by said player using said input device;

determining a traveling distance by adjusting a distance by said detected swing value corresponding to said detected target traveling distance setting value; and

determining a flight mode of the golf ball by synthesizing the operation value in said first +/−

X directions on inputting the operation value in −

Y direction and said second +/−

X directions on inputting the operation value in +Y direction, which are set by said player using the input device.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4,

said input device further comprising a track ball, wherein the operation value in said +/−

Y directions and +/−

X directions is inputted in said input device by said track ball.