Method and apparatus for testing game data

• US 9,630,108 B2
• Filed: 02/21/2014
• Issued: 04/25/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Zhang, Xin
• Primary Examiner(s): Hu, Kang
• Assistant Examiner(s): Blaise, Malina D
• Application Number:
  US14/186,044
• Publication Number:
  US 20140295926A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,159 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/33 using wide area network [WAN] connections
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/58 by computing conditions of game characters, e.g. stamina, strength, motivation or energy level
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/67 adaptively or by learning from player actions, e.g. skill level adjustment or by storing successful combat sequences for re-use
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/833 Hand-to-hand fighting, e.g. martial arts competition A63F13/837 takes precedence

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for testing game data are provided. In a network game to be tested, skill effect data of a character to be tested can be obtained, and a combat strategy can be formulated accordingly. The network game along with a fight test of the character can be implemented, according to the combat strategy, to obtain and output testing data. Whether the combat strategy needs to be adjusted can then be determined. When the combat strategy is determined that needs to be adjusted, the methods and apparatus can be used to adjust the combat strategy, implement the fight test of the character according to the adjusted combat strategy, and obtain the testing data. When the combat strategy is determined that does not need to be adjusted, the methods and apparatus can be used to analyze a degree of balance of the character in the network game.

Claims

1. A method for testing game data implemented by a game client device including at least a processor, comprising:

obtaining, by the processor, skill effect data of a character to be tested;

formulating, by the processor, a combat strategy according to the skill effect data of the character to be tested;

according to the combat strategy, compiling, by the processor, a testing script using a script editing tool;

implementing, by the processor, a network game to be tested via implementing the testing script;

simulating, by the processor, a fight test of the character to be tested in the network game, according to the combat strategy in the testing script and providing testing data;

obtaining and outputting, by the processor, the testing data;

according to the testing data, determining, by the processor, whether the combat strategy needs to be adjusted; and

when the combat strategy is determined that needs to be adjusted, adjusting, by the processor, the combat strategy, re-compiling, by the processor, the testing script according to the adjusted combat strategy, implementing, by the processor, the fight test of the character to be tested according to the adjusted combat strategy via implementing the re-complied testing script, and obtaining, by the processor, the testing data;

or

when the combat strategy is determined that does not need to be adjusted, analyzing, by the processor, a degree of balance of the character to be tested in the network game to be tested according to the testing data, the testing data including fight winning probability of the character to be tested without operation mistakes of players;

wherein;

the fight test is simulated between a first character to be tested and a second character to be tested; and

the method further comprises;

analyzing, by the processor, a status of the first character to be tested, including analyzing whether the first character to be tested is on a controlled status by the second character to be tested;

when the first character to be tested is on the controlled status by the second character to be tested, adjusting, by the processor, the combat strategy of the first character to be tested by increasing a priority of a skill for relieving such controlled status;

analyzing, by the processor, a status of the second character to be tested, including analyzing whether the second character to be tested is on an enhanced, weakened, or other abnormal status;

adjusting, by the processor, the combat strategy of the first character to be tested according to the analyzed status of the second character to be tested, including;

modifying a priority of a kill related to the status of the second character to be tested, and adjusting an equipment data of the first character to be tested;

calculating, by the processor, a conjuring distance of a corresponding skill according to the analyzed results of the first character to be tested and the analyzed results of the second character to be tested; and

adjusting, by the processor, the combat strategy of the first character to be tested according to the calculated conjuring distance, including adjusting a moving direction of the first character to be tested before and after casting the corresponding skill.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein obtaining, by the processor, the skill effect data of the character to be tested includes:

calculating a skill hurt value of the character to be tested according to a skill hurt parameter, the skill hurt parameter at least including an occupation type, a minimum hurt value, a maximum hurt value, a hit rate, and a crit rate of an attacked party;

implementing the network game to be tested;

verifying additional effect data of a preset skill;

obtaining verifying results; and

counting the skill effect data of the character to be tested, according to the calculating of the skill hurt value of the character to be tested and the verifying results of a plurality of skills possessed by the character to be tested, the skill effect data of the character to be tested including;

a skill hurt grading obtained according to the skill hurt value and the additional effect data of the preset skill of the character to be tested.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein determining, by the processor, whether the combat strategy needs to be adjusted according to the testing data includes:

determining whether at least a data portion of the testing data reaches a preset value;

when the data portion does not reach the preset value, determining whether the combat strategy exceeds a preset adjustment range; and

when the combat strategy does not exceed the preset adjustment range, implementing steps of adjusting the combat strategy, implementing the fight test of the character to be tested according to the adjusted combat strategy, and obtaining the testing data;

or

when the combat strategy exceeds the preset adjustment range, analyzing the degree of balance of the character to be tested in the network game to be tested according to the testing data.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein obtaining and outputting, by the processor, the testing data includes:

counting and outputting the testing data according to a testing request inputted by a user, the testing data including a fight winning rate, skill hurt data, controlled time data, status data, and effective actions per minute of the character to be tested.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the skill effect data of the character to be tested includes:

skill hurt grading data, additional effect data of a skill, equipment parameter data, optimum conjuring distance data of a skill, or status data of a key skill, of the character to be tested.

6. An apparatus for testing game data, comprising at least a processor configured:

to obtain skill effect data of a character to be tested, to formulate a combat strategy according to the skill effect data of the character to be tested, and to compile a testing script using a script editing tool according to the combat strategy;

to implement a network game to be tested via implementing the testing script, to implement a fight test of the character to be tested in the network game according to the combat strategy in the testing script and provide testing data, and to obtain and output the testing data;

to determine whether the combat strategy needs to be adjusted according to the testing data;

when the combat strategy is determined that needs to be adjusted, to adjust the combat strategy, to re-compile the testing script according to the adjusted combat strategy, to implement the fight test of the character to be tested according to the adjusted combat strategy via implementing the re-complied testing script, and to obtain the testing data; and

when the combat strategy is determined that does not need to be adjusted, to analyze a degree of balance of the character to be tested in the network game to be tested according to the testing data, the testing data including fight winning probability of the character to be tested without operation mistakes of players;

wherein;

the fight test is simulated between a first character to be tested and a second character to be tested; and

the processor is further configured to;

analyze a status of the first character to be tested, including analyzing whether the first character to be tested is on a controlled status by the second character to be tested;

when the first character to be tested is on the controlled status by the second character to be tested, adjust the combat strategy of the first character to be tested by increasing a priority of a skill for relieving such controlled status;

analyze a status of the second character to be tested, including analyzing whether the second character to be tested is on an enhanced, weakened, or other abnormal status;

adjust the combat strategy of the first character to be tested according to the analyzed status of the second character to be tested, including;

modifying a priority of a kill related to the status of the second character to be tested, and adjusting an equipment data of the first character to be tested;

calculate a conjuring distance of a corresponding skill according to the analyzed results of the first character to be tested and the analyzed results of the second character to be tested; and

adjust the combat strategy of the first character to be tested according to the calculated conjuring distance, including adjusting a moving direction of the first character to be tested before and after casting the corresponding skill.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the processor is further configured:

to calculate a skill hurt value of the character to be tested according to a skill hurt parameter, the skill hurt parameter at least including an occupation type, a minimum hurt value, a maximum hurt value, a hit rate, and a crit rate of an attacked party;

to implement the network game to be tested, to verify additional effect data of a preset skill of the character to be tested, and to obtain verifying results; and

to count the skill effect data of the character to be tested, according to the skill hurt value of the character to be tested of a plurality of skills possessed by the character to be tested and the verifying results of the plurality of skills possessed by the character to be tested, wherein the skill effect data of the character to be tested includes;

a skill hurt grading obtained according to the skill hurt value and the additional effect data of the preset skill of the character to be tested.

8. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the processor is further configured:

to determine whether at least a data portion of the testing data has not reached a preset value;

when the data portion does not reach the preset value, to determine whether the combat strategy exceeds a preset adjustment range,

wherein the processor is further configured, when the data portion reaches the preset value, to implement steps of adjusting the combat strategy, to implement the fight test of the character to be tested according to the adjusted combat strategy, and to obtain the testing data; and

when the data portion reaches the preset value, or when the data portion does not reach the preset value and the combat strategy exceeds the preset adjustment range, to analyze the degree of balance of the character to be tested in the network game to be tested according to the testing data.

9. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the processor is further configured to adjust the combat strategy by modifying equipment parameter data, skill selecting priority data, or skill optimum conjuring distance data of the character to be tested.

10. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the processor is further configured to count and output the testing data according to a testing request inputted by a user, the testing data including a fight winning rate, skill hurt data, controlled time data, status data, and effective actions per minute of the character to be tested.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the skill effect data of the character to be tested includes:

skill hurt grading data, additional effect data of a skill, equipment parameter data, optimum conjuring distance data of a skill, or status data of a key skill, of the character to be tested.

18. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein:

the skill hurt value of the character to be tested is calculated according to the following formula;

skill hurt value=[(minimum hurt value maximum hurt value)/2*skill hit rate crit rate* critical strike hurt value]/(conjuring time public cooldown time),

the public cooldown time being a period of time that other skills cannot be cast after starting casting a specific skill.

19. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein:

the fight test is simulated between a first character to be tested and a second character to be tested; and

the processor is further configured to;

determine that an occupation used by the first character to be tested restrains an occupation used by the second character to be tested, when an arbitrary strategy selected from multiple combat strategies for the occupation used by the first character to be tested restrains all of combat strategies of the occupation used by the second character to be tested;

determine that the occupation used by the first character to be tested has a stronger positioning in the network game to be tested, when occupations used by the second characters are all screened out for not restraining the occupation used by the first character to be tested;

determine that the occupation used by the first character to be tested has a weaker positioning in the network game to be tested, when the occupation used by the first character to be tested does not have any combat strategies that can achieve a relatively higher winning rate in fight tests with multiple occupations;

or

determine that an operative difficulty index of the occupation used by the first character to be tested is relatively higher, when there are mutual chances for victory and defeat between the occupation used by the first character to be tested and the occupation used by the second character to be tested, and the first character to be tested requires a higher effective actions per minute than the second character to be tested.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer program for, when being executed by a processor, performing a method for testing game data, the method comprising:

obtaining, by the processor, skill effect data of a character to be tested;

formulating, by the processor, a combat strategy according to the skill effect data of the character to be tested;

according to the combat strategy, compiling, by the processor, a testing script using a script editing tool;

implementing, by the processor, a network game to be tested via implementing the testing script;

implementing, by the processor, a fight test of the character to be tested in the network game, according to the combat strategy in the testing script and providing testing data;

obtaining and outputting, by the processor, the testing data;

according to the testing data, determining, by the processor, whether the combat strategy needs to be adjusted; and

when the combat strategy is determined that needs to be adjusted, adjusting the combat strategy, re-compiling, by the processor, the testing script according to the adjusted combat strategy, implementing, by the processor, the fight test of the character to be tested according to the adjusted combat strategy via implementing the re-complied testing script, and obtaining, by the processor, the testing data;

or

when the combat strategy is determined that does not need to be adjusted, analyzing, by the processor, a degree of balance of the character to be tested in the network game to be tested according to the testing data, the testing data including fight winning probability of the character to be tested without operation mistakes of players;

wherein;

the fight test is simulated between a first character to be tested and a second character to be tested; and

the method further comprises;

analyzing, by the processor, a status of the first character to be tested, including analyzing whether the first character to be tested is on a controlled status by the second character to be tested;

when the first character to be tested is on the controlled status by the second character to be tested, adjusting, by the processor, the combat strategy of the first character to be tested by increasing a priority of a skill for relieving such controlled status;

analyzing, by the processor, a status of the second character to be tested, including analyzing whether the second character to be tested is on an enhanced, weakened, or other abnormal status;

adjusting, by the processor, the combat strategy of the first character to be tested according to the analyzed status of the second character to be tested, including;

modifying a priority of a kill related to the status of the second character to be tested, and adjusting an equipment data of the first character to be tested;

calculating, by the processor, a conjuring distance of a corresponding skill according to the analyzed results of the first character to be tested and the analyzed results of the second character to be tested; and

adjusting, by the processor, the combat strategy of the first character to be tested according to the calculated conjuring distance, including adjusting a moving direction of the first character to be tested before and after casting the corresponding skill.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 12, wherein obtaining, by the processor, the skill effect data of the character to be tested includes:

calculating a skill hurt value of the character to be tested according to a skill hurt parameter, the skill hurt parameter at least including an occupation type, a minimum hurt value, a maximum hurt value, a hit rate, and a crit rate of an attacked party;

implementing the network game to be tested;

verifying additional effect data of a preset skill;

obtaining verifying results; and

counting the skill effect data of the character to be tested, according to the calculating of the skill hurt value of the character to be tested and the verifying results of a plurality of skills possessed by the character to be tested, the skill effect data of the character to be tested including;

a skill hurt grading obtained according to the skill hurt value and the additional effect data of the preset skill of the character to be tested.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 12, wherein determining, by the processor, whether the combat strategy needs to be adjusted according to the testing data includes:

determining whether at least a data portion of the testing data reaches a preset value;

when the data portion does not reach the preset value, determining whether the combat strategy exceeds a preset adjustment range; and

when the combat strategy does not exceed the preset adjustment range, implementing steps of adjusting the combat strategy, implementing the fight test of the character to be tested according to the adjusted combat strategy, and obtaining the testing data;

or

when the combat strategy exceeds the preset adjustment range, analyzing the degree of balance of the character to be tested in the network game to be tested according to the testing data.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 12, the method further including:

adjusting the combat strategy by modifying equipment parameter data, skill selecting priority data, or skill optimum conjuring distance data of the character to be tested.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 12, wherein obtaining and outputting, by the processor, the testing data includes:

counting and outputting the testing data according to a testing request inputted by a user, the testing data including a fight winning rate, skill hurt data, controlled time data, status data, and effective actions per minute of the character to be tested.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 16, wherein the skill effect data of the character to be tested includes:

skill hurt grading data, additional effect data of a skill, equipment parameter data, optimum conjuring distance data of a skill, or status data of a key skill, of the character to be tested.