Storage medium storing game program, game processing method, and information processing apparatus

• US 9,770,659 B2
• Filed: 12/27/2016
• Issued: 09/26/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GREE Inc.
• Original Assignee: GREE Inc.
• Inventors: Atobe, Hirohiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Elisca, Pierre E
• Application Number:
  US15/391,123
• Publication Number:
  US 20170106284A1
• Time in Patent Office: 273 Days
• Field of Search: 463 30, 463 31, 463 34
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/21 characterised by their sensors, purposes or types
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/25 Output arrangements for video game devices
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/35 Details of game servers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/52 involving aspects of the displayed game scene
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/537 using indicators, e.g. showing the condition of a game character on screen
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/822 Strategy games; Role-playing games A63F13/825, A63F13/828 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/95 Storage media specially adapted for storing game information, e.g. video game cartridges
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/308 Details of the user interface
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/65 for computing the condition of a game character

Abstract

A game in which a first user and a second user do battle includes storing a first panel database that includes a plurality of panels that the first user possesses, and a second panel database that includes a plurality of panels that the second user possesses; selecting one or more panels to be disposed in one or more divisions of a game display screen including a display region formed by the divisions, from the first panel database and the second panel database; disposing the panels selected by the panel section function in the divisions; and displaying the game display screen on a screen display unit, wherein the data storage function further stores points set for the first user, which are decreased by disposing a panel, and the panel selection function selects a panel from the first panel database according to the points set for the first user.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing game program code instructions for a game in which a first user and a second user do battle, and when the game program code instructions are executed by a computer, the game program code instructions cause the computer to perform:

a panel selection function of receiving a selection by the first user, the selection being for one or more panels indicating characters to be disposed in one or more divisions of a game display screen including a display region formed by the divisions;

a panel layout function of disposing the panels in the divisions on the basis of the selection received by the panel selection function; and

a screen display control function of controlling the game display screen on a screen display unit on the basis of information regarding the layout by the panel layout function and layout of the panel in the divisions by the second user, wherein

the panel layout function disposes the panel received by the panel selection function in a target division or receives an instruction that the panel is disposed in the target division, when the panel is allowed to be disposed in the target division, and

the panel indicating the character is displayed as an animation when being disposed in the target division.

2. The recording medium according to claim 1, causing a computer to further perform a division execution function of executing the divisions in which the panels are disposed by the panel layout function in predetermined order.

3. The recording medium according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined order is determined based on arrangement, shapes, and/or sizes of the panels.

4. The recording medium storing the game program according to claim 2, causing a computer to further perform:

an emphasized display function of emphasizing and displaying the panels disposed in the divisions executed by the division execution function.

5. The recording medium according to claim 1, causing a computer to further perform a division execution function of executing the divisions in which the panels are disposed by the panel layout function, based on panel information indicating characteristics of the panels disposed in the divisions.

6. The recording medium according to claim 5,

wherein the panel information includes information regarding a size of each panel.

7. The recording medium according to claim 5,

wherein the panel information includes information regarding a capability of each panel, and

strength of the capability corresponds to the size of each panel.

8. The recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of panels are given according to progress of the game.

9. The recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the display region is divided by a plurality of turns.

10. The recording medium according to claim 1,

wherein each of the divisions further possesses a text display portion for displaying texts, and

the text display portion is displayed to overlap the panel disposed in the division.

11. The recording medium according to claim 1,

wherein each of the divisions has a frame portion, and

a frame portion of a division in which a panel selected from a first panel database is disposed, and a frame portion of a division in which a panel selected from a second panel database is disposed, are constructed in different colors.

12. The recording medium according to claim 1, wherein a configuration of the divisions is changed according to progress of the game.

13. The recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the panels indicate characters that the first user and the second user use for attack or defense in the game.

14. A game processing method for a game in which a first user and a second user do battle, and when executed by a computer, the game processing method causes the computer to perform:

a panel selection step of receiving a selection by the first user, the selection being for one or more panels indicating characters, which are to be disposed in one or more divisions of a game display screen including a display region formed by the divisions;

a panel layout step of disposing the panels in the divisions on the basis of the selection received by the panel selection step; and

a screen display control step of controlling the game display screen on a screen display unit on the basis of information regarding the layout by the panel layout step and layout of the panel in the divisions by the second user, wherein

in the panel layout step, the panel received by the panel selection step is disposed in a target division or an instruction that the panel is disposed in the target division is received, when the panel is allowed to be disposed in the target division, and

the panel indicating the character is displayed as an animation when being disposed in the target division.

15. An information processing apparatus that controls a game in which a first user and a second user do battle, comprising:

a control unit,

wherein the control unit includes;

a screen display control section that displays a game display screen that includes a display region formed by one or more divisions, on a screen display unit;

a panel selection section that receives a selection by the first user, the selection being for panels indicating characters to be disposed in the divisions of the display region; and

a panel layout section that disposes the panels in the divisions on the basis of the selection received by the panel selection section, wherein

the screen display control unit controls the game display screen on the screen display unit on the basis of information regarding the layout by the panel layout unit and layout of the panel in the divisions by the second user,

the panel layout section disposes the panel received by the panel selection section in a target division or receives an instruction that the panel is disposed in the target division, when the panel is allowed to be disposed in the target division, and

the panel indicating the character is displayed as an animation when being disposed in the target division.