Game device, game system, game control method, and information storage medium

• US 9,545,566 B2
• Filed: 07/26/2013
• Issued: 01/17/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Company Limited (Konami Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Company Limited (Konami Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Lee, Kuka
• Primary Examiner(s): Skaarup, Jason
• Assistant Examiner(s): RADA, ALEX P
• Application Number:
  US13/951,676
• Publication Number:
  US 20140038717A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,271 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/2145 the surface being also a display device, e.g. touch screens
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/426 involving on-screen location information, e.g. screen coordinates of an area at which the player is aiming with a light gun
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/537 using indicators, e.g. showing the condition of a game character on screen
• 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

Abstract

A display control unit of a game device displays an image expressing a contact subject on a game screen. A determination unit determines, based on a first position designated by a user and a second position designated by the user, which of a right hand or a right foot and a left hand or a left foot the contact subject is to be touched with in a game. A contact control unit executes predetermined processing for the contact subject based on a determination result from the determination unit.

Claims

1. A game device for executing a game in which a contact subject is touched, the game device comprising:

a touch screen; and

at least one microprocessor configured to;

display an image expressing the contact subject on a game screen using the touch screen;

acquire a plurality of positions on the game screen, which are designated by a user using the touch screen;

based on a positional relationship of a first position and a second position among the acquired positions, determine with which limb of a right limb and a left limb the contact subject is to be touched within the game; and

execute processing for contacting the contact subject within the game using the determined limb based on the determination result,

wherein;

the at least one microprocessor determines whether or not the first position is in an area of the game screen corresponding to the image expressing the contact subject; and

the at least one microprocessor determines, based on the second position obtained in a case where it is determined that the first position is in the area, with which limb of the right limb and the left limb the contact subject is to be touched within the game.

2. The game device according to claim 1, wherein:

the game comprises a game for causing the contact subject to move; and

the at least one microprocessor controls a trajectory of the contact subject based on the determination result.

3. The game device according to claim 1, wherein:

the game comprises a game for causing the contact subject to move; and

the at least one microprocessor controls a trajectory of the contact subject based on the determination result and at least one of the first position and the second position obtained in a case where determination processing is executed.

4. The game device according to claim 1, wherein:

the at least one microprocessor determines at least one of a contact strength, a contact direction, and a contact position used in a case where the contact subject is touched, based on at least one of the first position and the second position obtained in a case where determination processing is executed; and

the at least one microprocessor executes the processing for contacting the contact subject within the game using the determined limb based on the determined at least one of the contact strength, the contact direction, and the contact position.

5. The game device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one microprocessor changes at least one of a position and a size of the area based on the second position,

wherein the at least one microprocessor determines whether or not the first position is in the changed area.

6. The game device according to claim 1, wherein:

the at least one microprocessor determines whether or not the first position has made a given positional change; and

the at least one microprocessor determines, based on the second position obtained in a case where it is determined that the first position has made the given positional change, with which limb of the right limb and the left limb the contact subject is to be touched within the game.

7. The game device according to claim 1, wherein the right limb comprises a right hand or a right foot, and the left limb comprises a left hand or a left foot.

8. The game device according to claim 1, wherein when the first position is designated in an area to the left of the contact subject on the game screen, and then the second position is designated on the contact subject, the right limb is determined as the limb with which the contact subject is to be touched, and when the first position is designated in an area to the right of the contact subject on the game screen, and then the second position is designated on the contact subject, the left limb is determined as the limb with which the contact subject is to be touched.

9. A game system for executing a game in which a contact subject is touched, the game system comprising a game device and a game server connected via a communication network,

wherein the game device comprises a touch panel, and

wherein the game server comprises at least one microprocessor configured to:

transmit an image expressing the contact subject on a game screen to the game device for display on the game device;

acquire from the game device a plurality of positions, which are designated by a user using the touch panel;

based on a positional relationship of a first position and a second position among the acquired positions, determine with which limb of a right limb and a left limb the contact subject is to be touched within the game; and

transmit to the game device processing for contacting the contact subject within the game using the determined limb based on the determination result,

wherein;

the at least one microprocessor of the game server determines whether or not the first position is in an area of the game screen corresponding to the image expressing the contact subject; and

the at least one microprocessor of the game server determines, based on the second position obtained in a case where it is determined that the first position is in the area, with which limb of the right limb and the left limb the contact subject is to be touched within the game.

10. A game control method for a game in which a contact subject is touched, the game control method comprising:

displaying an image expressing the contact subject on a game screen;

acquiring a plurality of positions on the game screen, which are designated by a user;

based on a positional relationship of a first position and a second position from among the acquired positions, determining with which limb of a right limb and a left limb the contact subject is to be touched within the game; and

executing processing for contacting the contact subject within the game using the determined limb based on the determination result,

wherein;

the determining comprises;

determining whether or not the first position is in an area of the game screen corresponding to the image expressing the contact subject; and

determining, based on the second position obtained in a case where it is determined that the first position is in the area, with which limb of the right limb and the left limb the contact subject is to be touched within the game.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable information storage medium having recorded thereon a program for causing a computer for executing a game in which a contact subject is touched, to when executed:

display an image expressing the contact subject on a game screen;

acquire a plurality of positions on the game screen, which are designated by a user;

based on a positional relationship of a first position and a second position among the acquired positions, determine with which limb of a right limb and a left limb the contact subject is to be touched within the game; and

execute processing for contacting the contact subject within the game using the determined limb based on the determination result,

wherein;

the computer determines with which limb the contact subject is to be touched by;

determining whether or not the first position is in an area of the game screen corresponding to the image expressing the contact subject; and

determining, based on the second position obtained in a case where it is determined that the first position is in the area, with which limb of the right limb and the left limb the contact subject is to be touched within the game.

12. A game device for executing a game in which a contact subject is touched, the game device comprising:

a display control unit that displays an image expressing the contact subject on a game screen;

a unit that acquires a plurality of positions on the game screen, which are designated by a user;

a determination unit that based on a positional relationship of a first position and a second position among the acquired plurality of positions, determines with which limb of a right limb and a left limb the contact subject is to be touched within the game; and

a contact control unit that executes processing for contacting the contact subject within the game using the determined limb based on the determination result,

wherein;

the determination unit determines whether or not the first position is in an area of the game screen corresponding to the image expressing the contact subject; and

the determination unit determines, based on the second position obtained in a case where it is determined that the first position is in the area, with which limb of the right limb and the left limb the contact subject is to be touched within the game.

13. A game device for executing a game in which a contact subject is touched, the game device comprising at least one microprocessor configured to:

display an image expressing the contact subject on a game screen;

acquire a plurality of positions on the game screen, which are designated by a user;

based on a positional relationship of a first position and a second position among the acquired positions, determine with which limb of a right limb and a left limb the contact subject is to be touched within the game; and

execute processing for contacting the contact subject within the game using the determined limb based on the determination result,

wherein;

the at least one microprocessor determines whether or not the first position is in an area of the game screen corresponding to the image expressing the contact subject; and

the at least one microprocessor determines, based on the second position obtained in a case where it is determined that the first position is in the area, with which limb of the right limb and the left limb the contact subject is to be touched within the game.