Game control program, game device and game control method, management server, and data managing method
First Claim
1. A game control program embedded in a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the program comprising:
- a design module operative to generate design data on a virtual space, in which players play a game, according to an instruction from a designer;
a distribution module operative to distribute through a network the generated design data to an external unit;
an acquisition module operative to acquire through the network, from the external unit, game data recording game actions taken in the virtual space at player terminals that have acquired the design data;
a display control module operative to display, on a screen of the designer, a reproduction of the game actions taken in the virtual space at the player terminals, based on the acquired game data; and
a display data extraction module operative to extract display data,wherein the design module generates design data on the virtual space in which a virtual object selected by the designer is placed, acting as an obstruction to a movement of a player'"'"'s character in the virtual space;
wherein the display data extraction module identifies a placement region of the virtual object in the virtual space based on the design data and extracts data recording game actions taken in the placement region, as data for displaying a reproduction, from the game data, andwherein the display control module causes the screen of the designer to display the reproduction of the game actions taken in the placement region of the virtual object based on the data for display.
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Abstract
A designer terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention is a game device operated by a designer. The designer terminal includes a stage setting unit that generates design data on a virtual space, in which players play games, according to instructions from the designer, a stage distributing unit that distributes the generated design data to an external unit, a game action data acquiring unit that acquires game data recording game actions taken in the virtual space at player terminals that have acquired the design data, and a game action reproducing unit that displays, on the screen of the designer, the game actions taken in the virtual space at the player terminals, based on the acquired game data.
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16 Claims
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1. A game control program embedded in a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the program comprising:
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a design module operative to generate design data on a virtual space, in which players play a game, according to an instruction from a designer; a distribution module operative to distribute through a network the generated design data to an external unit; an acquisition module operative to acquire through the network, from the external unit, game data recording game actions taken in the virtual space at player terminals that have acquired the design data; a display control module operative to display, on a screen of the designer, a reproduction of the game actions taken in the virtual space at the player terminals, based on the acquired game data; and a display data extraction module operative to extract display data, wherein the design module generates design data on the virtual space in which a virtual object selected by the designer is placed, acting as an obstruction to a movement of a player'"'"'s character in the virtual space; wherein the display data extraction module identifies a placement region of the virtual object in the virtual space based on the design data and extracts data recording game actions taken in the placement region, as data for displaying a reproduction, from the game data, and wherein the display control module causes the screen of the designer to display the reproduction of the game actions taken in the placement region of the virtual object based on the data for display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A game control program embedded in a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the program comprising:
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a design module operative to generate design data on a virtual space, in which players play a game, according to an instruction from a designer; a distribution module operative to distribute through a network the generated design data to an external unit; an acquisition module operative to acquire through a network, from an external unit, game data recording game actions taken in the virtual space at player terminals that have acquired the design data; a display control module operative to display, on a screen of the designer, a reproduction of the game actions taken in the virtual space at the player terminals, based on the acquired game data; and a display data extraction module operative to extract display data, wherein the design module generates design data on a virtual space in which a virtual object selected by the designer is placed; wherein the display data extraction module identifies a placement region of the virtual object in the virtual space based on the design data and extracts data recording game actions taken in the placement region, as data for displaying a reproduction, from the game data, wherein the display control module causes the screen of the designer to display the reproduction of the game actions taken in the placement region of the virtual object based on the data for display, wherein the virtual object is an object that obstructs a movement of a player'"'"'s character in the virtual space, wherein, out of the data recording game actions taken in the placement region of the virtual object, the display data extraction module identifies data recording that the movement of a player'"'"'s character has been obstructed in the placement region, as the data for display, and wherein the display control module causes the screen of the designer to display a state where the movement of a player'"'"'s character has been obstructed in the placement region of the object, based on the data for display.
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8. A method for controlling a game, comprising:
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generating design data on a virtual space, in which players play the game, according to an instruction from a designer, including generating and placing a virtual object selected by the designer as an obstruction to the movement of a player'"'"'s character in the virtual space; distributing through a network the generated design data to external units; acquiring through the network, from the external units, game data recording game actions taken in the virtual space at player terminals that have acquired the design data; displaying, on a screen of the designer, a reproduction of the game actions taken in the virtual space at the player terminals, based on the acquired game data; and extracting display data, including identifying a placement region of the virtual object in the virtual space based on the design data and extracting data recording game actions taken in the placement region, as data for the displaying of the reproduction, from the game data, wherein said displaying causes the screen of the designer to display the reproduction of the game actions taken in the placement region of the virtual object based on the data for displaying.
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9. A management server comprising:
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a design data acquiring unit, which acquires design data on a virtual space, in which players play a game, from a designer terminal; a design data distributing unit, which distributes through a network the acquired design data to player terminals; a game data acquiring unit, which acquires through the network game data recording game actions taken in the virtual space, from the player terminals; a game data distributing unit, which distributes the acquired game data to the designer terminal to display a reproduction of the game actions taken in the virtual space at the player terminals on a screen of the designer; and a display data extraction unit for extracting display data, wherein the design data contains data on a virtual object placed in the virtual space by the designer, including a virtual object selected by the designer placed as an obstruction to the movement of a player'"'"'s character in the virtual space, wherein the display data extraction unit identifies a placement region of the virtual object in the virtual space based on the design data and extracts data recording game actions taken in the placement region, as data for displaying a reproduction, from the game data, and wherein the game data distributing unit distributes the display data to the designer terminal to display the reproduction of the game actions taken in the placement region of the virtual object on the screen of the designer. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A game device comprising:
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a design data generating unit, which generates design data on a virtual space, in which players play a game, according to an instruction from a designer; a distribution unit, which distributes through a network the generated design data to external units; an acquisition unit, which acquires through the network, from the external units, game data recording game actions taken in the virtual space at player terminals that have acquired the design data; a display control unit, which displays, on a screen of the designer, a reproduction of the game actions taken in the virtual space at the player terminals, based on the acquired game data; and a display data extraction unit, which extracts display data, wherein the design data generating unit generates design data on the virtual space in which a virtual object selected by the designer is placed, acting as an obstruction to the movement of a player'"'"'s character in the virtual space, wherein the display data extraction unit identifies a placement region of the virtual object in the virtual space based on the design data and extracts data recording game actions taken in the placement region, as data for displaying a reproduction, from the game data, and wherein the display control unit causes the screen of the designer to display the reproduction of the game actions taken in the placement region of the virtual object based on the data for display.
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14. A management server comprising:
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a design data acquiring unit, which acquires design data on a virtual space, in which players play a game, from a designer terminal; a design data distributing unit, which distributes through a network the acquired design data to player terminals; a game data acquiring unit, which acquires through a network game data recording game actions taken in the virtual space, from the player terminals; a game data distributing unit, which distributes the acquired game data to the designer terminal to display a reproduction of the game actions taken in the virtual space at the player terminals on a screen of the designer; and a display data extraction unit for extracting display data, wherein the design data contains data on a virtual object placed in the virtual space by the designer, wherein the display data extraction unit identifies a placement region of the virtual object in the virtual space based on the design data and extracts data recording game actions taken in the placement region, as data for displaying a reproduction, from the game data, wherein the game data distributing unit distributes the display data to the designer terminal to display the reproduction of the game actions taken in the placement region of the virtual object on the screen of the designer, wherein the design data contains data on an object, as the virtual object, which obstructs a movement of a player'"'"'s character in the virtual space, wherein, out of the data recording game actions taken in the placement region of the virtual object, the display data extraction unit identifies data recording that the movement of a player'"'"'s character has been obstructed in the placement region, as the data for display, and wherein the game data distributing unit distributes the display data to the designer terminal to display a state where the movement of a player'"'"'s character has been obstructed in the placement region of the object, on the screen of the designer.
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15. A method for managing data, comprising:
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acquiring design data on a virtual space, in which players play a game, from a designer terminal, including acquiring a placement of a virtual object as an obstruction to the movement of a player'"'"'s character in the virtual space; distributing the acquired design data to player terminals through a network; acquiring game data through the network, from the player terminals, recording game actions taken in the virtual space; distributing the acquired game data to the designer terminal to display a reproduction of the game actions taken in the virtual space at the player terminals on a screen of the designer; and extracting display data, including identifying a placement region of the virtual object in the virtual space based on the design data and extracting data recording game actions taken in the placement region, as data for displaying the reproduction, from the game actions, wherein said extracting allows for the display of the reproduction of the game actions taken in the placement region of the virtual object based on the data for displaying.
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16. A data management program embedded in a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the program comprising:
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a design data acquiring module operative to acquire design data on a virtual space, in which players play a game, from a designer terminal, and operative to acquire a placement of a virtual object as an obstruction to the movement of a player'"'"'s character in the virtual space; a design data distributing module operative to distribute through a network the acquired design data to player terminals; a game data acquiring module operative to acquire through the network, from the player terminals, game data recording game actions taken in the virtual space; a game data distributing module operative to distribute the acquired game data to the designer terminal to display a reproduction of the game actions taken in the virtual space at the player terminals on a screen of the designer; and an extraction module operative to extract display data, and further operative to identify a placement region of the virtual object in the virtual space based on the design data and extracting data recording game actions taken in the placement region, as data for displaying the reproduction, from the game actions, wherein said extraction module allows for the display of the reproduction of the game actions taken in the placement region of the virtual object based on the data for displaying.
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