Patent Grant
11179642
This application claims priority from U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/019,633, filed on Jun. 27, 2018, entitled “PROGRAM, CONTROL METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS,” which in turn claims priority to Japanese Patent Application No. 2017-128868, filed on Jun. 30, 2017, and Japanese Patent Application No. 2017-232595, filed on Dec. 4, 2017, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
The present invention relates to a program, a control method, and an information processing apparatus.
In recent years, so-called social games in which a plurality of players (users) can mutually communicate have become known in the art, in the form of games provided to a mobile terminal via a communication network. In a social game, for example, a quest may be executed using a deck (team) including a character selected by a user, or a battle may be performed with another user or a non-player character (NPC).
Which character is to be selected to make a deck may be an important part of a user's game strategy. For example, Patent Literature 1 discloses that a different attack selected from the attacks of individual characters is performed as a “cooperation skill” when a predetermined combination of characters is included in the deck.
[Patent Literature 1] cited above, is JP-A-2016-202418.
One condition under which the cooperation skill described in Patent Literature 1 is triggered is that a predetermined character combination is included in the deck. That is, the trigger timing of the cooperation skill described in Patent Literature 1 is unrelated to a scenario (story) or a game situation in the game. For this reason, in order to further enhance excitement of the game, there is room for further improvement with regard to the cooperation skill.
An object of the disclosure in view of such circumstances is to provide a program, a control method, and an information processing apparatus capable of improving excitement of a game.
A program according to an exemplary embodiment may cause an information processing apparatus executing a process of a game, including game content for performing a battle, using a plurality of game media, to execute a step of storing the plurality of game media selected by a user of the game in association with the user, a step of displaying some game media among the plurality of game media in a field area and proceeding with the game content, and a step of performing a process of a cooperation effect including changing of a parameter of a first game medium included in some game media when the first game medium satisfies a predetermined condition and a second game medium in a predetermined relationship with the first game medium and not included in some game media is included in the plurality of game media.
A control method according to an exemplary embodiment may be a method of controlling an information processing apparatus executing a process of a game including game content for performing a battle using a plurality of game media, including a step of storing the plurality of game media selected by a user of the game in association with the user, a step of displaying some game media among the plurality of game media in a field area and proceeding with the game content, and a step of performing a process of a cooperation effect including changing of a parameter of a first game medium included in some game media when the first game medium satisfies a predetermined condition and a second game medium in a predetermined relationship with the first game medium and not included in some game media is included in the plurality of game media.
An information processing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment may be an information processing apparatus executing a process of a game including game content for performing a battle using a plurality of game media, including a storage unit that stores the plurality of game media selected by a user of the game in association with the user, and a control unit, in which the control unit displays some game media among the plurality of game media in a field area and proceeds with the game content, and performs a process of a cooperation effect including changing of a parameter of a first game medium included in some game media when the first game medium satisfies a predetermined condition and a second game medium in a predetermined relationship with the first game medium and not included in some game media is included in the plurality of game media.
According to the disclosure, a a program, a control method, and an information processing apparatus capable of improving excitement of a game may be provided.
An exemplary embodiment of a game system may first be outlined. As illustrated in
For example, the server device 11 may be an information processing apparatus managed by a game operator. For example, each of the terminal devices 12 may be an information processing apparatus used by a user such as a mobile phone, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a personal computer (PC), a game device, etc. For example, the server device 11 and the terminal device 12 may be connected via a network 16 such as the Internet so that communication is allowed. For example, the server device 11 and the terminal device 12 may collaborate to execute various processes related to a game.
Discussing next the outline of an exemplary embodiment of a game, a game executed in the game system 10 may include various game contents. At least some of the various game contents may be executed using a game medium.
The game medium may be electronic data used for a game, and may include, for example, an arbitrary medium such as a card, an item, a virtual currency, a ticket, a character, an avatar, etc. In addition, the game medium may be electronic data that can be retrieved, owned, used, managed, exchanged, combined, strengthened, sold, discarded, donated, etc. in the game by the user. A mode of use of the game medium may not be limited to that specified in this specification.
Hereinafter, unless otherwise stated, “a game medium owned by a user” indicates a game medium associated with a user ID that can uniquely identify the user as an owned game medium. Moreover, “giving a game medium to a user” indicates that a game medium may be associated with a user ID as an owned game medium. In addition, “to sell game content owned by a user” means to cancel association between a user ID and an owned game medium and associate another game medium (for example, a virtual currency, an item, etc.) as an owned game medium with the user ID.
The game content may be content that can be played by the user in the game and may include, for example, a quest, a mission, a mini game, training, strengthening and combining of game media, a game medium acquisition event, a virtual space search event, a match event with an opponent (for example, another user, an enemy character, an enemy building, etc.), etc. For example, when it is determined that at least one predetermined condition (game task) set for each game content has been successfully achieved, for example, a game medium, etc. may be given as a reward to the user. For example, an arbitrary task according to content of the game content such as a task of winning a match against the enemy character, a task of reaching a goal point in a virtual space, etc. may be adopted as the game task. In addition, achieving a specific task (completed task) among one or more game tasks set in the game content may be also referred to as completing of the game content. When the user who plays the game content succeeds in achieving the completed task, it may be determined that the game content has been completed, and the game content may be ended.
Various game contents may include a game content for a single player and a game content for multiple players. The game content for the single player may be game content (for example, game content for one person) executed based on a user operation on one terminal device 12 used by one user. The one terminal device 12 alone executes or the one terminal device 12 and the server device 11 cooperate to execute game content for the single player. Meanwhile, the game content for the multiple players may be game content (for example, game content for a plurality of people) common to two or more users executed based on a user operation on two or more terminal devices 12 used by two or more users, respectively. For example, the game content common to two or more users may include game content in which at least a part of a progress process, a processing result, etc. of the game content may be commonly applied to the two or more users. Two or more terminal devices 12 cooperate, or two or more terminal devices 12 and the server device 11 cooperate to execute the game content for the multiple players.
In the present embodiment, the game may include game content in which the user operates the game medium to play a match. Hereinafter, the game content will be also referred to as match content. For example, even though the game medium used for the match content may include a character owned by the user in the game, the invention is not limited thereto. Further, for example, even though the opponent may include an enemy character such as an NPC, the invention is not limited thereto. For example, in the game content for the multiple players, a game medium operated by another user may be determined for an opponent.
For example, one match content of the game according to the present embodiment selects a predetermined number of characters from among characters owned by the user. Here, it may be possible for the user to improve matching ability of the deck by selecting a helper character (also referred to as a “helper”, simply “assistant”) and adding the selected helper character to the deck. The helper character may be a character associated with a game medium (for example, a card) owned by another user, or a character prepared by a game program. Further, the user may play a match against an enemy character using some or all of characters of the deck. Here, forming a deck means to make a party (team or group) to play a match with a character selected from the character owned by the user and the helper character.
Looking next at the configuration of the server device, the server device 11 may include a server communication unit 13, a server storage unit 14, and a server control unit 15.
The server communication unit 13 may include an interface that communicates with an external device wirelessly or by wire and transmits and receives information. For example, the server communication unit 13 may include a wireless local area network (LAN) communication module, a wired LAN communication module, etc. The server communication unit 13 can transmit and receive information to and from the terminal device 12 via the network 16.
For example, the server storage unit 14 may include a primary storage device and a secondary storage device. For example, the server storage unit 14 may include a semiconductor memory, a magnetic memory, an optical memory, etc. The server storage unit 14 may store various information and programs necessary for providing and controlling the game. At least a part of the information and the programs stored in the server storage unit 14 may be shared and synchronized with the terminal device 12. For example, the server storage unit 14 may store information on one or more users.
Further, the server storage unit 14 may store information on the enemy character. The enemy character may be used as an opponent of the character used by the user in the match. The information on the enemy character may include arbitrary information unique to the enemy character. For example, the information on the enemy character may include an ID (identifier) uniquely identifying the enemy character, a level, attribute, HP (hit point), MP (magic point), AT (attack power), and DF (defense force), etc.
The server control unit 15 may include at least one of one or more general-purpose processors that realize a specific function by reading a specific program and one or more dedicated processors specialized for specific processing. The server control unit 15 may control an operation of the entire server device 11.
The server control unit 15 may store various information and programs necessary for game processing in the server storage unit 14. The information necessary for game processing may include information on the user, information on the enemy character, information necessary for executing the match, etc.
The server control unit 15 exchanges information via the server communication unit 13. For example, the server control unit 15 may transmit at least a part of the information stored in the server storage unit 14 to the terminal device 12. In this way, the information stored in the server storage unit 14 and the information stored in the terminal device 12 may be shared and synchronized. For example, a timing at which the information is shared and synchronized may include a timing at which new information is stored in the server storage unit 14 and a timing at which the information stored in the server storage unit 14 is updated. However, the timing may be arbitrarily determined.
The server control unit 15 executes game processing in cooperation with the terminal device 12. For example, game processing may include a process of acquiring the game medium by the user proceeding with a game scenario. The game medium may correspond to a card or a character associated with the card. In addition, game processing may include a process of exchanging, selling, combining, etc. of an acquired card. In addition, game processing may include a process of matching against the enemy character by making a deck using a character associated with the card.
Looking next at an exemplary embodiment of the configuration of a terminal device, as illustrated in
The terminal communication unit 17 may include an interface that communicates with an external device wirelessly or by wire and transmits and receives information. For example, the terminal communication unit 17 may include a wireless communication module, a wireless LAN communication module, a wired LAN communication module, etc. corresponding to a mobile communication standard such as LTE (Long Term Evolution) (registered trademark). The terminal communication unit 17 can transmit and receive information to and from the server device 11 via the network 16.
For example, the terminal storage unit 18 may include a primary storage device and a secondary storage device. For example, the terminal storage unit 18 may include a semiconductor memory, a magnetic memory, an optical memory, etc. The terminal storage unit 18 may store various information and programs necessary for game processing. For example, the terminal storage unit 18 may store a part or all of the information on the user described above. For example, the part or all of the information may be exchanged with the server device 11 by the terminal control unit 21.
For example, the display unit 19 may include a display device such as a liquid crystal display, an organic EL display, etc. The display unit 19 can display various screens.
For example, the input unit 20 may include an input interface such as a touch panel provided integrally with the display unit 19. The input unit 20 can accept user input to the terminal device 12. In addition, the input unit 20 may include a physical key, or may further include an arbitrary input interface including a pointing device such as a mouse, etc.
The terminal control unit 21 may include at least one of one or more general-purpose processors that realize a specific function by reading a specific program and one or more dedicated processors specialized for specific processing. The terminal control unit 21 may control an operation of the entire terminal device 12.
The terminal control unit 21 may exchange information via the terminal communication unit 17. For example, the terminal control unit 21 may transmit and may receive information necessary for game processing to and from the server device 11. For example, the terminal control unit 21 may store information received from the server device 11 in the terminal storage unit 18.
The terminal control unit 21 may activate an application of the game according to an operation of the user. The terminal control unit 21 may cooperate with the server device 11 to execute game processing. For example, the terminal control unit 21 may display various screens on the display unit 19. For example, a graphical user interface (GUI) may be displayed on a screen. The terminal control unit 21 can detect a user operation on the screen.
Looking next at the information that may, in some exemplary embodiments, be stored in the storage unit,
The user ID may be information capable of uniquely identifying the user as described above.
The information on the cards possessed by a user 111 may include various types of information unique to the card possessed by the user in the game. When the card is acquired by the user, the acquired card may be associated with the user. In the present embodiment, the card may be a character card. Therefore, the information on the cards possessed by the user 111 may include information on a type and a characteristic of a character associated with the card. Here, the card may not be limited to the character card.
The card ID may be an ID for uniquely identifying the card possessed by the user. In an example of
The character ID may be an ID for uniquely identifying the character of the game. In the present embodiment, since the card may be a character card, one card ID may be associated with one character ID. In the example of
The level may be information indicating a growth degree of the character. For example, as a value of the level increases, the growth degree of the character increases. For example, the value of the level influences a value of a parameter. In the example of
The rarity may be information indicating a degree of rarity of the card. For example, as a value of the rarity increases, the degree of rarity of the card increases. The rarity may be fixed. In addition, an initial value of the rarity may be determined according to the card, and the rarity may be changed according to the play of the game by the user. For example, the rarity may affect a maximum value of a parameter. In the example of
The attribute may be a characteristic related to a match, etc. possessed by the character and may be information indicating a superiority/inferiority relationship between characters. In the example of
The parameter may be information indicating strength of a character referenced in a match, etc. in the game. In the present embodiment, each character has parameters of HP, MP, AT and DF. Here, the parameters are not limited to HP, MP, AT and DF. For example, the parameters may further include a parameter related to a behavior of the game such as quickness. In addition, the parameters may not include some of HP, MP, AT and DF.
HP may be information indicating a hit point value of the character. In
MP may be information indicating the magic point value of the character. In
AT may be information indicating attack power of the character. For example, AT may affect a damage amount given to the opponent by an attack of the character. As a value of AT increases, the damage amount given to the opponent may increase. Therefore, when AT of the character increases, it may be advantageous for completing the game content.
DF may be information indicating a defense force of the character. For example, DF may affect the amount of damage received by the character due to attack from the opponent. As a value of DF may increase, the amount of damage received from the opponent may decrease. Therefore, when DF of the character increases, it may be advantageous for completing the game content.
Here, the values of HP, MP, AT and DF of each character in
The unit skill ID may be an ID for uniquely identifying the unit skill possessed by the character of the card. The unit skill may be set for each card. Here, the unit skill may not be set for all cards. In other words, a card not having a unit skill may be present. In the present embodiment, a character displayed in a field area 191 (see
As illustrated in
The cooperation skill ID may be an ID for uniquely identifying the cooperation skill. In an example of
The cooperation skill name may be a name of the cooperation skill. For example, the cooperation skill name may be displayed on the display unit 19 when the cooperation skill is triggered. In the present embodiment, cooperation skill names may not overlap each other. Therefore, each of the cooperation skill names may correspond to a unique cooperation skill ID. Here, as another example, a plurality of cooperation skill IDs may correspond to one cooperation skill name.
The target character indicates a plurality of characters capable of triggering a cooperation skill. In the example of
The trigger timing indicates a timing at which the cooperation skill may be triggered. In the example of
The trigger probability indicates a probability that the cooperation skill is triggered. Each of the cooperation skills may be triggered according to a trigger probability set for each of the cooperation skills. For example, cooperation skill CS1 may be triggered at a probability of 50% when another trigger condition is satisfied. In addition, for example, cooperation skill CS20 may be triggered at a probability of 70% when another trigger condition is satisfied. For example, the terminal control unit 21 may store a rate at which the cooperation skill has been triggered in the past in the terminal storage unit 18. Then, for example, when another trigger condition is satisfied, the terminal control unit 21 may read a rate of triggering in the past and determine whether to trigger the cooperation skill. At the time of determination, the terminal control unit 21 may perform calculation using random numbers. Further, the rate, at which the cooperation skill has been triggered in the past, stored in the terminal storage unit 18 may be shared with the server device 11.
The upper limit of the number of times of triggering indicates an upper limit of the number of times that the game allows triggering of the cooperation skill. In the present embodiment, triggering of the cooperation skill exceeding the upper limit of the number of times may not be allowed. In this example of
The effect of the cooperation skill may be some kind of an effect on the game when the cooperation skill is triggered. For example, the effect of the skill may be that a parameter of a character to be operated by the user is changed. One specific example of such an effect may include recovery of HP of the character. A recovery amount of HP may be a fixed value or a value determined by a predetermined ratio with respect to a maximum value. In addition, the effect may not be limited to one item. For example, the effect may mean that HP of the character to be operated by the user may be recovered and another character fights against the enemy character. In addition, as another specific example of the effect, the value of AT or DF of the character to be operated by the user may be increased. Here, the value of AT or DF may be increased by a fixed time (for example, 10 seconds). In addition, a target of the effect may correspond to an enemy character. For example, the effect may mean that a parameter such as HP of the enemy character is decreased. In addition, the target of the effect may correspond to a game field. For example, the effect may mean that an obstacle preventing the attack of the enemy character is generated. In addition, for example, the effect may mean that a terrain is changed so that it is easy to take the back of the enemy.
Here, among items shown in
Hereinafter, a game situation in which the game situation ID may be C1 will be denoted by game situation Cl. Game situation C1 may correspond to a situation in which the character to be operated by the user is in a state of inability to battle (HP is zero). Game situation C2 may correspond to a situation in which the character to be operated by the user has achieved six combos (6 consecutive attacks). Game situation C3 may correspond to a situation in which that the character to be operated by the user has triggered the unit skill. Game situation C4 may correspond to a situation in which that the character to be operated by the user has executed the counter attack on the enemy character. Game situation C5 may correspond to a situation in which that a team attack button 32 (see
For example, cooperation skill CS1 (see
Looking next at an example screen display for the game,
As illustrated in
In addition, the area 192 other than the field may be an area for displaying an image related to a user operation. For example, a team attack gauge 31, the team attack button 32 and a card character icon 41 included in the deck may be displayed in the area 192 other than the field. The icon 41 may be an example of an image associated with a plurality of game media (characters included in the deck). Here, the deck may include cards other than those owned by the user. Here, an icon 41a among icons 41 may be an image associated with the helper character. In an example of
In the example of
Here, in this game content, the number of operable characters displayed in the field area 191 may be limited (one in the present embodiment). For example, in a screen having a limited area such as a mobile terminal, when a large number of characters are present on the field, the characters may be shaded by a finger or a stylus, and it may be difficult for the user to identify the character to be operated. In addition, the user may find it to be hard to perform the game operation. Therefore, except for special cases such as the cooperation skill, the team attack, etc., display of characters that are not to be operated on the field area 191 may be restricted. In addition, operable characters can be switched by the user. In this way, visibility and operability may be improved by limiting the number of operable characters displayed in the field area 191 while allowing operable characters to be switched. In addition, as described below, when the cooperation skill is executed, the user can automatically and indirectly operate characters that have been designated as non-operable characters. In other words, the user can avoid decreasing their chances of operating some characters included in the deck. In addition, when the cooperation skill is triggered, the user can operate various characters without damaging operability of the user even in a user interface in which a complicated input operation is difficult to perform such as a touch panel.
In addition, in the example of
Further, for example, the team attack gauge 31 may be increased when the user acquires or uses a predetermined item in the game.
An exemplary embodiment of an execution screen in which a cooperation skill is shown may next be provided. Here, in the present embodiment, when the condition related to the target character, the trigger timing, and the upper limit of the number of times of triggering is satisfied, the cooperation skill may be stochastically triggered. For example, character A may be in a state of inability to battle during execution of the game content (see
The terminal device 12 may detect that character A is in a state of inability to battle. Here, the terminal device 12 may share and synchronize the information on a cooperation skill 112 and the game situation information 113 with the server device 11. For example, the terminal device 12 may extract a candidate that can be triggered as the cooperation skill based on the information on a cooperation skill 112 and the game situation information 113.
The terminal device 12 may determine whether to trigger the cooperation skill according to the order of priority. The terminal device 12 may perform calculation using information of the trigger probability of 50%, a past trigger situation of cooperation skill CS1, etc. In the example of
In the example of
The terminal device 12 may change HP of character A (recovering from zero), and further may perform a rendering process in which character B and character C fight against the enemy character 30 together with character A. In an example of
A flowchart illustrating an exemplary embodiment of a control method may next be illustrated.
First, the terminal device 12 may store a plurality of game media selected by the user of the game in association with the user (step S1). As a specific example, the plurality of game media may correspond to characters selected by the user and included in the deck. For example, the terminal device 12 may read the information 110 on the user and the information on the cards possessed by the user 111 from the terminal storage unit 18. The terminal device 12 may extract the card ID or the character ID of the character included in the deck from the card information 111. The terminal device 12 may associate the extracted card ID or character ID with the user ID obtained from the information 110 on the users, and store the card ID or character ID in the terminal storage unit 18 as deck information. In addition, the deck information may be shared and synchronized with the server device 11.
The terminal device 12 may cause some game media among the plurality of game media to be displayed in the field and may proceed the game (step S2). Here, for example, some game media correspond to a character to be operated by the user. Some game media may not be limited to one character, and may be, for example, a plurality of characters.
The terminal device 12 may determine whether a first game medium included in some game media satisfies a predetermined condition (step S3). In the example of
When the first game medium satisfies the predetermined condition, the terminal device 12 may proceed to the process of step S4 (Yes in step S3). Further, when the first game medium does not satisfy the predetermined condition, the terminal device 12 may return to the process of step S2 (No in step S3).
The terminal device 12 may determine whether a second game medium may be included in a plurality of game media (for example, characters included in the deck) (step S4). Unlike the first game medium, the second game medium may not be included in some game media (for example, a character to be operated by the user). In addition, the second game medium may have a predetermined relationship with the first game medium. Specifically, both the second game medium and the first game medium may correspond to target characters of the cooperation skill. Here, one second game medium may be used. However, a plurality of second game media may be used. In the example of
When the second game medium is included in the plurality of game media, the terminal device 12 may proceed to the process of step S5 (Yes in step S4). Further, when the second game medium is not included in the plurality of game media, the terminal device 12 may return to the process of step S2 (No in step S4).
The terminal device 12 may extract a candidate that can be triggered as the cooperation skill (for example, see
Here, the cooperation effect may include at least a change of a parameter of the first game medium in response to triggering of the cooperation skill, and further may include various changes and rendering based on triggering of the cooperation skill. For example, it may be presumed that the effect associated with cooperation skill CS3 may fully recover MP of the first game medium and may halve HP of the enemy character 30. The cooperation effect may include not only fully recovering MP of the first game medium but also halving HP of the enemy character 30 when cooperation skill CS3 is triggered. In addition, for example, as illustrated in
As described above, the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment may include a storage unit (for example, the terminal storage unit 18) that may store a plurality of game media (for example, characters) selected by the user of the game in association with the user. Further, the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment may include a control unit (for example, the terminal control unit 21). The control unit may display some game media among a plurality of game media in the field area 191 and may proceed with the game content. Then, the control unit may determine whether the first game medium (for example, character A) included in some game media (for example, a character to be operated by the user) satisfies a predetermined condition. The control unit further may determine whether the plurality of game media includes the second game medium (for example, characters B and C) which may be in a predetermined relationship with the first game medium and may not be included in some game media. When a condition related to the first game medium and the second game medium is satisfied, the control unit may perform the cooperation effect process including changing a parameter of the first game medium. The information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment can improve excitement of the game by the cooperation skill executed according to the scenario (story) or the game situation in the game.
Even though the present disclosure has been described based on the drawings and embodiments, it should be noted that those skilled in the art can easily make various variations and modifications based on the present disclosure. Therefore, it should be noted that these variations and modifications may be included within the scope of the present disclosure. For example, functions, etc. included in each means, each step, etc. can be relocated so as not to be logically contradictory, and a plurality of means or steps etc. can be combined into one or divided.
Some exemplary embodiments of variations and modifications which may be contemplated may be provided as follows. In the above embodiment, the cooperation skill may be treated as the ability previously possessed by the target character. However, the cooperation skill may also be treated as the ability acquired with a growth of the target character. For example, when a specific quest is completed using a deck including all target characters that would be required to perform the cooperation skill, the ability of the target character to trigger the cooperation skill may be acquired for the first time. In addition, the cooperation skill may grow. Here, the growth of the cooperation skill refers to change of the effect or generation of an additional effect (for example, acquisition of ability). For example, the damage to the enemy character 30 due to the cooperation skill may be increased according to the growth of the target character. Further, a parameter (hereinafter referred to as an “association parameter”) for associating target characters with each other may be set. For example, the association parameter may include a degree of intimacy between the target characters. In addition, the association parameter may include a level (cooperation skill level) indicating a growth degree of the cooperation skill. For example, the cooperation skill level may be increased by the number of times that the cooperation skill has been triggered. In addition, the cooperation skill level may rise according to the growth of the target character. Further, for example, the damage to the enemy character 30 due to the cooperation skill may be increased using a special item.
In a process of extracting the candidate that can be triggered as the cooperation skill of the above embodiment, the order of priority may be set as the order of cooperation skill IDs. Here, for example, the order of priority may correspond to a sort order of cooperation skill names, a descending order of the trigger probability, an order of strength of the effect (for example, a descending order of damage to the enemy character 30, etc.), a descending order of the remaining number of times up to the upper limit of the number of times of triggering, etc. In addition, adjustment may be performed such that the order of priority of the cooperation skill may increase as the degree of intimacy between the target characters of the cooperation skill increases. In addition, the order of priority may be determined based on a parameter of the target character (for example, a total value of levels, a total value of ATs, etc.).
In addition, in the above embodiment, one cooperation skill may have been triggered. For this reason, in the case of determining that one cooperation skill should be triggered, the terminal device 12 may not have determined a cooperation skill having a lower order of priority than that of the cooperation skill. However, even when the terminal device 12 determines that one cooperation skill should be triggered, the terminal device 12 may continue to determine the cooperation skill having a lower order of priority than that of the cooperation skill that had just been triggered. In this instance, all candidate cooperation skills may be stochastically triggered. In addition, an upper limit of the number of continuous triggers of the triggered cooperation skill (for example, three) may be set, and the terminal device 12 may continue to determine the cooperation skill having the lower order of priority when the upper limit of the number of continuous triggers may not be exceeded. In this instance, the candidate cooperation skill may be stochastically triggered up to a maximum of the upper limit of the number of continuous triggers. Alternatively, all candidate cooperation skills may be triggered. That is, a probability of triggering all the cooperation skills may be 100%. In addition, when triggering is not stochastically performed, one or a plurality of cooperation skills having a high order of priority among candidate cooperation skills may be triggered.
In addition, in the above embodiment, the cooperation skills may include a lot of types. As another cooperation skill, in the case of game situation C2 (the character to be operated by the user achieves six combos), a process in which all target characters battle with the enemy character 30 may be executed. In addition, as another cooperation skill, in the case of game situation C3 (the character to be operated by the user may trigger the unit skill), a process in which remaining target characters trigger the unit skill may be executed. In addition, as another cooperation skill, in the case of game situation C5 (execution of team attack), a process in which all characters including the helper character battle with the enemy character 30 may be executed. Here, the number of target characters may not be limited to two or three as illustrated in
In addition, the character to be operated may be changeable while the cooperation skill may be executed. For example, it may be presumed that character A, to be operated by the user, may be displayed in the field area 191. When cooperation skill CS1 using character A as one target character is triggered, character B may be displayed in the field area 191. Here, when the user switches the operation target to character B, character A may become an NPC and may be displayed in the field area 191, and cooperation skill CS1 may be continued. Further, when cooperation skill CS1 ends, character B may remain on the field area 191 and may be operated by the user, and character A may not be displayed in the field area 191. That is, when an execution time of the cooperation skill elapses and the cooperation skill ends, only the character to be operated may be displayed in the field area 191 at the end of the cooperation skill, and the other target characters may not be displayed in the field area 191.
Further, in the above embodiment, a parameter (for example, MP) has may not have been consumed (for example, a parameter value may have not been decreased) to trigger the cooperation skill. However, a parameter (for example, MP) may be consumed when the cooperation skill may be triggered. In addition, a unique parameter (for example, MP for the cooperation skill, hereinafter referred to as “cooperation MP”) consumed to trigger the cooperation skill may be provided to each character. In this instance, when the cooperation skill is triggered, the cooperation MP of the target character may be consumed by a value corresponding to the cooperation skill. For example, when at least one cooperation MP of the target character may be smaller than a value consumed by each character (hereinafter referred to as “consumed cooperation MP”), the cooperation skill may not be triggered. In addition, for example, even in a case in which at least one cooperation MP of the target character is smaller than the consumed cooperation MP, when a total value of cooperation MPs of all target characters is larger than a total consumed cooperation MP, the cooperation skill may be triggered. For example, it may be presumed that when cooperation skill CS1 is triggered, the consumed cooperation MP of each of character A and character B may be 5 (summed consumed cooperation MP may be 10). When cooperation MP of character A is 3, the cooperation skill may not be triggered on the assumption that consumed cooperation MP may be not satisfied. As another example, when cooperation MP of character B may be 7 or more (larger than the total consumed cooperation MP), the cooperation skill may be triggered by character B sharing consumed cooperation MP corresponding to a deficiency of character A. In this instance, with regard to triggering of the cooperation skill, a value of cooperation MP of each character need not to be specifically checked simultaneously with an increase in strategic characteristic of the user, and thus it may be possible to reduce the burden of this process on the operation of the game. In particular, in a compact liquid crystal such as a mobile terminal, visibility of a parameter of each character may be low, and thus the cooperation skill may be easily triggered without specifically detecting each parameter.
In addition, the consumed cooperation MP may be determined for all target characters rather than for each character. That is, only the total consumed cooperation MP may be determined. For example, when the total consumed cooperation MP is 12, the consumed cooperation MP of each character in triggering of cooperation skill CS1 (two target characters may be present) may be 6. In addition, for example, the consumed cooperation MP of each character in triggering of cooperation skill CS2 (three target characters may be present) may be 4.
In addition, in the above embodiment, a part of a game screen may be web-displayed so as to be displayed on the display unit 19 of the terminal device 12 based on data generated by the server device, and a part of the game screen may be native-displayed so as to be displayed by a native application installed in the terminal device 12. In this way, the game in the above-described embodiment may be a hybrid game in which each of the terminal device 12 and the server device 11 takes charge of a part of processing. Further, the server device 11 and the terminal device 12 may not share and synchronize all data such as the information on a cooperation skill 112. As an example, the data shared and synchronized by the server device 11 and the terminal device 12 may only correspond to the information on a cooperation skill 112 and information about an object acquired by the user (for example, information about a target character owned by the user). In this instance, the other information may be stored in the storage unit (the server storage unit 14 or the terminal storage unit 18) of the information processing apparatus (the server device 11 or the terminal device 12) which may execute game processing based on the information. For example, when all game processing based on the other information may be executed by the terminal device 12, the other information may be stored only in the terminal storage unit 18.
In addition, for example, a computer, a mobile phone, etc. may be suitably used to function as the terminal device 12 or the server device 11. The terminal device 12 or the server device 11 can be realized by storing a program describing processing content for realizing each of the above-described functions in an accessible storage unit, and reading and executing the program by the CPU.
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