JP6018265B2 - GAME CONTROL PROGRAM, GAME CONTROL METHOD, AND GAME CONTROL DEVICE - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a game control program, a game control method, and a game control apparatus that control execution of a game.

Conventionally, in a game control device, a technique for controlling the movement of a character using a touch panel instead of a physical controller for receiving an input from a player has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
In addition, a technique for changing a parameter setting value by a drag operation on the touch panel has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

JP 2006-181286 A JP 2014-215888 A

However, since the movement instruction for the character and the parameter setting are normally accepted by independent control, for example, the type of character movement method or the setting of the parameters related to the screen display is performed before the movement instruction. It was.
For this reason, the player cannot simultaneously perform the setting operation during the movement instruction.

  It is an object of the present invention to provide a game control program, a game control method, and a game control device that can improve the operability of a movement instruction for a game character.

  A game control program according to the present invention includes a first determination step of determining, as a first touch operation, an operation in which a computer that controls the execution of a game continues to make contact with the touch panel while the contact position continuously moves. A trajectory generating step for generating a planned trajectory of the game character in accordance with the direction and amount of movement of the first touch operation, and a new contact with the touch panel while the contact in the first touch operation is ongoing. A control process including a second determination step for determining a second touch operation and a locus changing step for changing the planned movement locus according to the type, contact position, or movement amount of the second touch operation is executed.

  The control process may change the display mode of the game according to the type, the contact position, or the movement amount of the second touch operation.

  The second touch operation may be an operation including a contact with a predetermined area on the touch panel.

  The second touch operation may be an operation including a contact with a region relative to a position and a moving direction of the contact in the first touch operation.

  The second touch operation may be an operation including at least one movement among a plurality of contact positions.

  The game control method according to the present invention is a game control method in which a computer controls the execution of a game, and an operation in which the contact position continuously moves while the contact with the touch panel continues is determined as the first touch operation. Performing a first determination step, a trajectory generation step of generating a planned movement trajectory of the character of the game in accordance with the direction and amount of movement of the first touch operation, and the contact in the first touch operation being continued, A second determination step of determining a new touch on the touch panel as a second touch operation; and a trajectory changing step of changing the planned movement trajectory according to the type, the contact position, or the movement amount of the second touch operation. Execute control processing.

  The game control device according to the present invention is a game control device that controls the execution of a game, and a first touch operation is an operation in which the position of the touch continuously moves while the touch on the touch panel continues. A first generation unit that determines that, a trajectory generation unit that generates a planned movement trajectory of the game character according to the direction and amount of movement of the first touch operation, and the contact in the first touch operation is ongoing. A second determination unit that determines a new touch on the touch panel as a second touch operation, a trajectory changing unit that changes the planned movement trajectory according to the type, contact position, or movement amount of the second touch operation, Is provided.

  According to the present invention, the player can visually determine the planned movement path during the first touch operation, which is a movement instruction for the game character, and can determine the movement instruction while predicting the movement processing result of the character. The planned movement trajectory can be changed by the second touch operation. Therefore, the player can examine a more appropriate movement method without interrupting the movement instruction, so that the operability of the game is improved.

It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of the game control apparatus which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the play screen of the game in 1st touch operation which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the 1st example of the play screen of the game in the middle of 1st touch operation which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the 3rd example of the play screen of the game during 1st touch operation which concerns on embodiment. It is a 1st flowchart which shows the control processing which concerns on embodiment. It is a 2nd flowchart which shows the control processing which concerns on embodiment.

Hereinafter, an example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described.
The game control device 1 according to the present invention is a device that controls the execution of a game that accepts an operation input through a touch panel. For example, in addition to a portable device such as a smartphone, a tablet terminal, or a portable game machine, a PC, a game-dedicated device, or the like The stationary apparatus may be used.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the game control apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment.
The game control device 1 includes a touch panel 10, a storage unit 20, and a control unit 30.

The touch panel 10 is an input / output device in a game, and detects an operation input from a player and displays a game execution screen. The touch panel 10 includes a touch sensor 11 that detects that a player's finger or the like has touched or approached, and a display 12 that is disposed so as to overlap the area of the touch sensor.
Hereinafter, when simply referred to as “contact” or “touch”, this indicates a user operation that can be detected by the touch sensor 11 including contact or proximity.

  The touch sensor 11 is a touch sensor that can simultaneously detect multiple touches, and the touch panel 10 is, for example, a projected capacitive touch panel.

  The storage unit 20 is a storage area for various programs and various data for causing the hardware group to function as the game control device 1. Specifically, the storage unit 20 stores a program (game control program) to be executed by the control unit 30 in order to realize various functions of the present embodiment.

  The control unit 30 is a part that controls the entire game control device 1, and appropriately reads and executes various programs stored in the storage unit 20, thereby cooperating with the hardware described above and various types in the present embodiment. The function is realized. The control unit 30 may be a CPU (Central Processing Unit).

  The control unit 30 determines the type of touch operation based on the touch on the touch panel 10, the contact position, the contact time, or the number of times of contact. Touch operation types include touch, long touch, release, swipe, tap, double tap, long tap, drag, flick, pinch in, pinch out, and the like.

The touch is an operation for touching the touch panel 10.
The long touch is an operation of touching the touch panel 10 for a certain period of time.
Release is an operation to leave the touch panel.
Swipe is an operation of moving the touch position while touching the touch panel 10.

A tap is an operation of releasing a touch without moving the touch position following the touch.
The double tap is an operation in which the tap operation is continued twice.
The long tap is an operation for releasing without moving the touch position following the long touch.

The drag is an operation of performing a swipe with movement or deformation of an object displayed on the display 12 by a touch operation.
The flick is an operation of releasing the touch position while moving in one direction at high speed following the touch.

Pinch-in is an operation of swiping one or both in a direction in which these touch positions approach each other after touching two places.
Pinch out is an operation of swiping one or both in a direction in which these touch positions move away from each other after touching two places.

  The control unit 30 includes a detection unit 31, a first determination unit 32, a locus generation unit 33, a region setting unit 34, a second determination unit 35, a locus change unit 36, a movement processing unit 37, and an image display. Part 38.

  When the touch sensor 11 detects contact, the detection unit 31 detects the contact position. In the present embodiment, since the touch sensor 11 and the display 12 are superposed, the contact position with the touch sensor 11 and the contact position with the display 12 coincide on a plane.

  The first determination unit 32 determines that an operation (swipe, drag, flick, etc.) in which the contact position continuously moves while the contact with the touch sensor 11 detected by the detection unit 31 continues is the first touch operation. And accepted as a movement instruction to the game character. The touch position that is the starting point of the first touch operation is not limited, and may be an arbitrary position on the touch panel 10.

  The trajectory generation unit 33 generates a planned movement trajectory of the game character in accordance with the direction and movement amount of the first touch operation determined by the first determination unit 32. Specifically, the trajectory generation unit 33 generates a planned movement trajectory having a distance corresponding to the amount of movement in the opposite direction to the direction of the first touch operation, for example.

The area setting unit 34 sets an area for accepting a contact detected by the touch sensor 11 as a predetermined operation input. For example, in addition to the first touch operation, the region setting unit 34 sets a region for receiving various setting changes in response to an operation such as a tap or an instruction related to game progress such as an operation instruction for a character.
In particular, in the present embodiment, the region setting unit 34 has a region for receiving a second touch operation by the second determination unit 35 when the first determination unit 32 receives the first touch operation. Set.

The second determination unit 35 determines and accepts a new touch on the touch panel 10 as the second touch operation while the contact in the first touch operation is continuing.
The second touch operation may be an operation such as a tap that does not limit the touch position. In this case, for example, each time this tap operation is accepted, the trajectory changing unit 36 functions, and a trajectory changing process described later according to the number of tap operations is performed.

The second touch operation may be an operation including a contact with a predetermined area set on the touch panel 10 by the area setting unit 34, for example. Further, the second touch operation may be, for example, an operation including a contact with an area set by the area setting unit 34 at a position relative to the contact position and the moving direction in the first touch operation.
In these cases, every time a tap operation to the set predetermined area is accepted, as a process corresponding to each area, a locus changing process described later by the locus changing unit 36 or a display mode changing process by the image display unit 38 is performed. (For example, enlargement or reduction of the screen) is performed.

The second touch operation may be, for example, an operation (for example, pinch-in or pinch-out) including at least one movement among the plurality of contact positions.
In this case, a display mode change process (for example, enlargement or reduction of the display magnification of the screen) is performed by the image display unit 38 according to the operation amount of pinch-in or pinch-out.

  As described above, the second determination unit 35 performs the first touch (for example, tap) or the second and third touches (for example, pinch in or pinch out) during the first touch operation. This is accepted as a second touch operation different from the touch operation. Thereby, the player can perform various setting inputs while performing the first touch operation.

  The trajectory changing unit 36 changes the planned trajectory according to the type of the second touch operation, the contact position, or the movement amount. Specifically, for example, when a straight movement planned trajectory is generated as an initial state, the type of movement route such as jump or curve is switched each time a second touch operation is received.

  In response to the end of the first touch operation received by the first determination unit, the movement processing unit 37 sets the character movement method corresponding to the type of the planned movement locus, and the direction and distance of the first touch operation. When the moving direction and distance of the character corresponding to is determined, the character is moved in cooperation with the image display unit 38, and the internal state of the game and the play screen are updated.

The image display unit 38 displays various images on the display 12. Specifically, the image display unit 38 responds to the touch operation received by the first determination unit 32 or the second determination unit 35, a play screen including a game character, a planned movement trajectory of the character, and the character or display. An image or the like showing a touch area for each instruction content for setting or the like is displayed.
Further, when the second determination unit 35 receives a second touch operation for changing the display mode, the image display unit 38 displays a game according to the type, the contact position, or the movement amount of the second touch operation. Change the aspect.
Furthermore, the image display unit 38 updates the game screen accompanied by the movement of the character in accordance with the instruction content determined according to the end of the first touch operation.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a game play screen during the first touch operation according to the present embodiment.
In this example, an arbitrary starting point A is used as a first touch operation on the screen of the display 12 on which a character 40 as a three-dimensional object arranged in a game space expressed in a pseudo three-dimensional space is displayed. A state in which the player performs a drag operation with the finger 41a from point B to point B is shown. FIG. 2 does not show an object other than the character 40 and other images in the game space (for example, a background image or an image of the ground plane of the character 40) for the sake of simplicity. The character object arranged in is not limited to the character 40, and various images can be displayed. The game space and the character 40 are displayed on the display 12 by the image display unit 38. However, a method for arranging a character object in the game space and displaying it on the screen can be realized by a number of known techniques. Therefore, the detailed explanation is omitted.

In FIG. 2, it is assumed that the player's finger 41 a is not released while being in contact with the touch panel 10. The current touch position of the finger 41a is the point B, and an arrow 42 is displayed as an image indicating the direction and length according to the drag operation up to the point B with the start point A of the touch operation as a reference. As the touch position (point B) of the finger 41a further moves, the direction and length of the arrow 42 change.
In the present embodiment, the amount of movement of the character 40 in the game space is determined according to the distance on the plane from the starting point A to the point B when the finger 41a is released, and the position of the starting point A and the point B The moving direction of the character 40 is determined by the relative positional relationship with the position of. For example, the distance between both points calculated from the horizontal coordinate XA and vertical coordinate YA of the starting point A on the plane and the horizontal coordinate XB and vertical coordinate YB of the point B, and the direction of the point B with respect to the starting point A By using it, it is possible to calculate a movement amount and a movement direction related to the movement of the character 40, and the control unit 30 determines them by releasing the finger 41a. However, the final movement amount and direction of the character 40 can be appropriately corrected and determined according to the content of the game.
The movement process of the character 40 is performed by the control unit 30 (movement processing unit 37) after the movement amount and the movement direction are determined.

Further, while this drag operation is continued, the planned movement locus 43a is displayed in synchronization with the display of the arrow 42. The planned movement locus 43a is displayed according to the relative relationship between the position of the starting point A and the position of the point B, and the display changes as the point B moves by a drag operation. That is, when the movement instruction indicated by the arrow 42 is performed, the movement direction and the distance are indicated as a guide for the arrival point of the character 40. The scheduled movement trajectory 43a is for the player to predict the movement of the character 40, and the display content is linked to the movement of the point B until the finger 41a is released with relevance to the movement amount and movement direction of the character 40. Be changed. In addition, the planned movement trajectory 43a is changed by a second touch operation described later.
By displaying the planned movement trajectory 43a during the continuation of the first touch operation, the player can imagine the movement result after determining the movement instruction to the character 40.
Note that the character 40 does not necessarily have to move along the planned movement path 43a, and has a function as a guideline in the present embodiment, but even if the character 40 moves along the planned movement path 43a. Implementation of the present invention is possible.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a first example of a game play screen during the continuation of the first touch operation according to the present embodiment.
This example shows a state in which the player performs a tap operation as the second touch operation with the finger 41b in the state during the first touch operation (FIG. 2). The position at which the second touch operation can be received is not limited, but the trajectory changing unit 36 determines that the character 40 has reached the arrival point according to the number of tap operations that are the second touch operation received during the continuation of the first touch operation. A predetermined type of planned movement trajectory (for example, 43a, 43b, 43c, and 43d) is sequentially switched.
The player can switch the scheduled movement path related to the movement process of the character 40 according to the game scene while displaying the planned movement path on the display 12 by the first touch operation. The movement instruction content can be determined while selecting.

In addition, as a second example of the game play screen during the first touch operation according to the present embodiment, the player performs the second touch operation with two fingers in the state during the first touch operation (FIG. 2). A case where pinch-in or pinch-out is performed will be described.
When a pinch-in is received as the second touch operation during the first touch operation, the image display unit 38 reduces the display magnification of the game space including the display of the character 40 according to the amount of pinch-in operation. In this case, since the display ratio of various images with respect to the display area of the display 12 is also relatively small, the display changes so that the screen is zoomed out, and the range of the game space displayed on the display 12 is wide. Become.
When a pinch out is accepted as the second touch operation during the first touch operation, the image display unit 38 increases the display magnification of the game space including the display of the character 40 according to the operation amount of the pinch out. In this case, since the display ratio of various images with respect to the display area of the display 12 also becomes relatively large, the display changes so that the screen zooms in, and the range of the game space displayed on the display 12 becomes narrow along with it. .
The player can zoom in or zoom out the display of the game space including the character 40 according to the scene of the game while inputting an instruction to move to the character 40 by the first touch operation. The game space can be viewed at a suitable display magnification.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a third example of the game play screen during the continuation of the first touch operation according to the present embodiment.
In this example, the area setting unit 34 reduces the tap areas 44a to 44d for switching to each of the scheduled movement trajectories 43a to 43d, the tap area 45a for increasing the display magnification of the play screen, and the display magnification. Tap areas 45b are set, and images corresponding to the respective tap areas are displayed.
In this example, the tap areas 44a to 44d, 45a and 45b are set during the first touch operation (FIG. 2). Since the tap area is set after receiving the first touch operation, the position where the first touch operation can be received is not limited by the tap area.
However, the area setting unit 34 may set and display a tap area in advance before receiving the first touch operation.

These tapping areas are dynamically moved by the area setting unit 34 with respect to the change in the relative positional relationship between the starting point A and the point B or the display position and orientation of the arrow 42. By setting, the visibility of the play screen is improved.
When these areas are tapped during the first touch operation, switching of the corresponding scheduled movement trajectories 43a to 43d or a display mode changing process is executed.

Next, a process when the finger 41a is released and the first touch operation is finished will be described.
When the finger 41a is released, the movement amount and movement direction of the character 40 are determined as described above, and the planned movement trajectory (any one of 43a, 43b, 43c, and 43d) displayed until immediately before the release is released. Depending on the type, the movement type of the character 40 is determined, and the movement process of the character 40 is executed. The determination of the movement type and the movement process are performed by the cooperation of the movement processing unit 37 and the image display unit 38 (FIG. 1) of the control unit 30.

The movement processing unit 37 determines the type of movement of the character 40 according to the type of the planned movement locus and sets the movement content according to the movement amount, the movement direction, and the type of movement, and based on the movement content, the character 40 movement processes are executed. The image display unit 38 changes the display position of the character 40 based on the movement content set by the movement processing unit 37. However, the movement contents set by the movement processing unit 37 immediately after the release are not changed until the movement process is completed, and are allowed to change immediately after the execution of the movement process. For example, after executing the movement process of the character 40, the character 40 collides with another object (not shown) arranged in the same game space as the character 40, or is shown by an image representing a wall or a floor. In the event of a collision with the surface, the movement processing unit 37 changes the movement content as appropriate and executes the movement process. This change in the movement content can include a change in the movement type, movement amount, and movement direction of the character 40. Which of these changes is determined as appropriate according to the content of the game. It is.
The execution of the movement process is continued according to the movement amount. For example, when the movement amount is reduced during the movement of the character 40 and the remaining movement amount becomes zero, the movement process is completed. Waiting for the movement instruction input is started.
Further, during the execution of the movement process, the control unit 30 invalidates the movement instruction input from the player. More specifically, even if the touch sensor 11 detects a touch, the control unit 30 does not accept an input.

Next, the type of movement will be described.
The type of movement is set in advance corresponding to each of the planned movement tracks 43a, 43b, 43c, and 43d in FIG.
The type of movement corresponding to the planned movement locus 43a is “straight ahead”, and the movement processing unit 37 moves the character 40 linearly.
The type of movement corresponding to the planned movement trajectories 43b and 43c is “curve”, and the movement processing unit 37 moves the character 40 in a curved manner while being grounded on the surface on which the character 40 is grounded in the game space.
The type of movement corresponding to the planned movement path 43d is “jump”, and the movement processing unit 37 moves the character 40 so as to be temporarily separated from the surface on which the character 40 is grounded in the game space.
In the present invention, the types of movement can be set as appropriate according to the content of the game other than the four illustrated examples.

5 and 6 are flowcharts showing the control processing according to the present embodiment.
This process is started every time a touch operation is detected by the detection unit 31.

  In step S <b> 1, the first determination unit 32 determines whether or not the detection unit 31 has detected the first touch related to the character movement instruction. If this determination is YES, the process proceeds to step S2, and if the determination is NO, the process proceeds to step S5.

  In step S2, the first determination unit 32 determines whether or not the drag operation has continued from the first touch determined in step S1. If this determination is YES, the process proceeds to step S3, and if the determination is NO, the process proceeds to step S4.

  In step S3, the trajectory generation unit 33 generates a planned movement trajectory for the character in accordance with the drag operation determined in step S2. Further, the process returns to step S2, and the planned movement trajectory is changed according to the drag direction and distance while the drag operation (first touch operation) continues.

  In step S4, the control unit 30 receives an instruction to move the character according to the direction and distance of the drag and the type of the planned movement path based on the second touch operation in response to the end of the first touch operation. The internal state of the game and the display 12 are updated (including the movement of the character 40). And the control part 30 complete | finishes the control processing started according to 1st touch operation.

  In step S5, the second determination unit 35 receives the second or third touch operation while the first touch (first touch operation) is continuing, and this operation is a predetermined type (for example, a tap operation). It is determined whether or not there is. If this determination is YES, the process proceeds to step S6, and if the determination is NO, the process proceeds to step S7.

  In step S6, the trajectory generation unit 33 sequentially switches and sets the planned movement trajectory of the character from a plurality of types according to the tap operation received in step S5. And the control part 30 complete | finishes the control processing started according to 2nd touch operation.

  In step S <b> 7, the second determination unit 35 determines whether or not a predetermined type of second touch operation (for example, pinch-in or pinch-out) received after the second is continued. If this determination is YES, the process proceeds to step S8, and if the determination is NO, the process ends.

  In step S8, the control unit 30 receives a display mode change instruction in accordance with the second touch operation, and updates the internal state of the game and the display on the display 12. And the control part 30 complete | finishes the control processing started according to 2nd touch operation.

  This control process is an example for carrying out the present invention, and does not limit the processing method. The control process based on the first touch and the control process based on the second and subsequent touches may be performed in parallel as described above, and the second touch operation is performed in the control process based on the first touch. It may be accepted.

  According to the present embodiment, the game control device 1 can accept the second touch operation during the first touch operation and change the planned movement locus based on the first touch operation. Therefore, the operability of the movement instruction for the game character is improved.

  In addition, the game control device 1 can accept the second touch operation during the first touch operation, and can change and set the display mode such as enlargement or reduction of the display magnification of the game space including the character 40. Therefore, the player can adjust the visibility of the game in parallel with the movement instruction to the game character, so that the operability in proceeding with the game is improved.

  As the second touch operation for changing the planned movement trajectory or the display mode, the game control device 1, for example, touches an arbitrary position, touches a predetermined area provided by the area setting unit 34, Various touch operations such as swipe or pinch by multi-touch) can be accepted. By assigning various setting processes to each of these types of touch operations, the player can make various setting changes during the first touch operation, which improves operability.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not restricted to embodiment mentioned above. Further, the effects described in the present embodiment are merely a list of the most preferable effects resulting from the present invention, and the effects of the present invention are not limited to those described in the present embodiment.

  In the present embodiment, a game using a game space expressed in a pseudo three-dimensional space has been described as an example, but the present invention is not only implemented in a game space expressing a three-dimensional space, The present invention can also be implemented in a game in which only a planar image is displayed on a display (touch panel).

  The game control method by the game control device 1 is realized by software. When realized by software, a program constituting the software is installed in the information processing apparatus (game control apparatus 1). These programs may be recorded on a removable medium such as a CD-ROM and distributed to the user, or may be distributed by being downloaded to the user's computer via a network.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game control apparatus 10 Touch panel 11 Touch sensor 12 Display 20 Storage part 30 Control part 31 Detection part 32 1st determination part 33 Trajectory generation part 34 Area | region setting part 35 2nd determination part 36 Trajectory change part 37 Movement processing part 38 Image display part

Claims (3)

On the computer that controls the execution of the game,
A first determination step of determining, as a first touch operation, an operation in which the contact position continuously moves while the contact with the touch panel is continued;
A trajectory generating step of generating a planned trajectory of the character before moving the character of the game according to the direction and distance from the starting point of the first touch operation;
A second determination step of determining a new touch on the touch panel as a second touch operation while the contact in the first touch operation is continuing;
When the second touch operation is pinch-in or pinch-out, a display change step for changing the display magnification of the game;
A movement process step of moving the character based on the planned movement path in response to the end of the first touch operation,
A game control program for causing the computer to invalidate a touch operation while the character is moving in the movement processing step. A game control method in which a computer controls execution of a game,
A first determination step of determining, as a first touch operation, an operation in which the contact position continuously moves while the contact with the touch panel is continued;
A trajectory generating step of generating a planned trajectory of the character before moving the character of the game according to the direction and distance from the starting point of the first touch operation;
A second determination step of determining a new touch on the touch panel as a second touch operation while the contact in the first touch operation is continuing;
When the second touch operation is pinch-in or pinch-out, a display change step for changing the display magnification of the game;
Executing a control process including a movement process step of moving the character based on the planned movement locus in response to the end of the first touch operation,
A game control method for invalidating a touch operation while the character is moving in the movement processing step. A game control device for controlling execution of a game,
A touch panel;
A first determination unit that determines, as a first touch operation, an operation in which the position of the contact continuously moves while contact with the touch panel continues;
A trajectory generator that generates a planned trajectory of the character before moving the character of the game according to a direction and a distance from the start point of the first touch operation;
A second determination unit that determines a new touch on the touch panel as a second touch operation while the contact in the first touch operation is continuing;
When the second touch operation is pinch-in or pinch-out, a display change unit that changes the display magnification of the game;
A movement processing unit that moves the character based on the planned movement trajectory in response to the end of the first touch operation,
A game control device that invalidates a touch operation while the character is moving by the movement processing unit.

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