JPH07155463A - Waging war type fight game device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an image screen display means by which a character action can be absily inputted and the content of a fight can be properly expressed and which is rich in the virtual sense for the real by outputting alternately an image screen to display a competitor character in a visual point of a user and an image screen to display a user character manipulated by a user in a switching system according to practice of an input action. CONSTITUTION:A game device has an animation screen 3 to display a character manipulated by a competitor or a user on an image screen, a damage meter 1 to show physical strength, a fatigue degree window 2 to display a fatigue degree, an action barometer 4 to show activeness and a sub-window such as an attack sign 5 to show a kind of attack. Outputs of an animation image depicted in a visual point of the user and an animation image depicted in a visual point of the competitor are switched to/from each other, and the positional relationship and an interval between characters operated by both are expressed. Thereby, the game device which is rich in the virtual sense for the real and by which the content of a fight is easily seized and whose operation is easy, is formed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to screen display switching means for a competitive computer game device. For more information,
The present invention relates to a moving image screen display means in a fighting game device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, small-sized computer game devices, especially for home use, are generally composed of a combination of game software and a device utilizing the game software. The game software can be divided into a role-playing game, a puzzle, a thought-type game represented by a game in which various games are played on the screen, and an action-type game such as a shooting game and a fighting game.

A computer game device has a relatively small amount of data and is started from a puzzle game or the like that is not easily restricted by the performance of the device, and then develops into a role-playing game that requires a high-performance device or a fighting game that gives a sense of presence. Has achieved.

In the execution mode of the fighting game software such as a fighting game on the screen, the opponent and the user are displayed from the viewpoint of a third party in order to realize a realistic feeling as a simulation game. , The opponent is displayed only from the user's point of view, but it is roughly divided into two types.

The battle-type game software displaying on the screen from the third person's point of view captures the characters manipulated by one user and the opponent from the side from the third party's point of view and displays them on the same screen. Positional relations, state, video, colors, characters,
It is expressed by numbers, graphs, and voice. For a moving image, a background screen that is a still image of the background and a plurality of sprite screens that form a character to express each action are overlapped and displayed in accordance with a set display priority order. .

There are various forms of attacks, defenses, movements, etc. in the motion of the character, and each character has a motion or several attribute values that change in response to the motion.

The attribute value indicates physical strength, activity, etc. which change due to an attack. The attribute value is the time and position of another attribute value, the movement of the user character specified by one user's input, and the movement of the opponent character automatically specified by the computer or specified by another user. The relationship changes and interferes with each other.

[0008] The attribute value indicates a decrease in physical strength when an attack by an action is hit, a re-establishment of the posture for the next action, and an activity indicating the frequency of possible actions, and the positional relationship and state of the two are determined by various methods. expressing. The fighting game progresses as the attribute value increases or decreases. The character motion by the computer is automatically designated by a motion input routine set to several difficulty levels.

In the battle-type game software that has appeared as a recent tendency and is displayed on the screen only from the viewpoint of the user, the character operated by the opponent is displayed almost on the screen in a state of facing the user. The animation display mainly consists of changes in the opponent's attacking action performed by the user and the attacking action of the opponent. Similar to so-called animation, it consists of one screen and is output in screen units. It is often done.

The user character, which should develop a fight with the opponent character, is held as data in a memory or the like in the device, but is almost always displayed as a character on the screen except when the game starts and ends. Absent.

Similar to the one described above, the content of the fighting game develops by increasing or decreasing the attribute value attached to the character operated by the user or the opponent. Some of the attribute values are supplementarily displayed with characters, numerical values, etc.

Taking advantage of the fact that the opponent character is large in size, it is possible to use a large-sized and high-performance computer game device in order to express the complicated action and fighting content of the opponent character and give the user a sense of presence. Many. Further, when it is possible for another user to control the opponent character, two display means and the like are prepared.

One user inputs an action using an input means such as a console or a stick controller, and the action of the opponent is input by a computer or another user. The user inputs a motion in response to the image of the opponent character displayed on the screen. When the opponent is a computer, it may be automatically specified by a motion input routine set to several difficulty levels as before, but the user's input motion is judged and the appropriate motion is responded. By outputting it, it is possible to develop various game developments.

Both the display of the opponent and the user from the viewpoint of the third party and the display of the opponent from the viewpoint of the user both affect the initial value of the attribute value and the variation of the attribute value as appropriate. Several types of characters with different coefficients and different personalities are prepared. Users and opponents often select a character and play a fighting game of several stages.

[0015]

As described above, there are two types of conventional battle-type game software, one for displaying on the screen from the viewpoint of a third party and one for displaying on the screen from the viewpoint of the user. What is displayed on the screen from a third person's point of view is easy to operate and the user is familiar with the game because the posture of the character operated by the opponent and the user and the content of the fight can be easily grasped. Since it is possible to form a high-speed and complicated game while suppressing the data size, there are advantages such as being suitable for application to a small general-purpose computer game device.

However, if the opponent is a computer,
In particular, when the action of the opponent character is automatically designated by a routine provided depending on the difficulty level, the game development becomes poor. The sense of presence in the game is largely due to the fact that the characters on the screen capture the user's senses and the emotional empathy and self-projection. When the screen is displayed from the viewpoint of a third party, the characters on the screen are small and it is difficult for empathy to occur. It lacks realism and has few simulation-like elements.

On the other hand, what is displayed on the screen from the user's point of view is as if the user performs an input operation by facing an opponent character approaching a life size by combining with a large display means. It is possible to obtain a virtual reality feeling as if one were fighting against the character.

However, it is difficult to judge the validity and accuracy of the input action performed by the user, because the action such as the attack of the user character fighting with the opponent character cannot be seen. Some attribute values such as physical strength are only displayed as numerical values, etc. as auxiliary values,
It is not easy to understand the content of the fight. Since it is difficult for the user to input motions, it is difficult to get familiar with the game.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a screen display means for a fighting type fighting game device, in which character movement input is easy, the fighting content is appropriately expressed, and the virtual reality is rich.

[0020]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the battle-type fighting game device of the present invention displays a screen displaying the opponent character from the user's point of view and a user character operated by the user. The screen to be displayed is switched and output alternately according to the execution of the input operation.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of output switching of the fighting type fighting game device of the present invention. As shown in the figure, for example, as the starter, within the time when the content input by the opponent is being reproduced, as the starter, for the operation input performed by the user, the attribute value and the like from the type of input operation, the input time, etc. Change and determine the output priority. Output continuation / switching is determined based on the determination result, and the result is output. With respect to the motion input performed by the opponent while the result is being output, the process of determining the output priority and outputting the result is repeated, and the game proceeds.

In order to determine the output priority order, if the input operation on the later side is in a range that does not affect the attribute value on the first side,
Alternatively, if there is no operation input from the latecomer side, the output continues. When the input operation on the later side affects the attribute value on the first side, the output is switched. If the output continues for a long time, the output is switched to the damage screen. When a defense with a high attribute value is input, the output is immediately switched to the defense screen.

FIG. 2 shows an example of output switching of the fighting type fighting game device of the present invention. The two left-hand pictorial diagrams in FIG. 2 are screens displaying the opponent character, and constitute the beginning and end of the screen output of the attack technique. Further, the three pictures on the right are screens for displaying the user character, and respectively show defense, return technique, and damage from the top.

If the user inputs a defense action within the time when the attacking technique of the opponent character starting from the upper left is output as the starter, the output of the attacking technique is immediately stopped and, as a result, the attacking action of the upper right is performed. Output is switched to animation. When the user inputs the action of the return move,
The output of the attack technique is immediately stopped, and the animation of the return technique in the right is output.

While the attack technique is completed by the screen on the lower left,
If the input action performed by the user is within a range that does not affect the attack technique or attribute value of the opponent, or if the user does not input the action, the damage in the lower right corner is output following the output of the attack technique of the opponent. It will be the output of the screen.

A summary of the above example of switching the screen output is as shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of an example of output processing in the fighting type fighting game device of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the user can see from the action sign that displays the type of attacking technique that the opponent, that is, the opponent has set up, and the animation screen that displays the action of the opponent character as a video. Against the attack technique of the opponent,
The user can refer to the action barometer on his side to determine the type of action that can be input and input the action.

Furthermore, in the fighting type fighting game device of the present invention, the screen is divided into several sub-window screens, and an animation screen for displaying a large character as a so-called animation screen, and attributes such as physical strength, fatigue level, and activeness of both characters are displayed. The value and the type of attack executed are sub-windows that display characters, images, meters, etc.

A battle-type fighting game device according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings by way of example. FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing an example of the competitive fighting game device of the present invention. In the example shown here, the screen display is an animation screen 3 that displays a character operated by an opponent or a user, a damage meter 1 that indicates physical strength, a fatigue level window 2 that indicates fatigue level, an action barometer 4 that indicates activeness, and an attack. It is composed of sub-windows such as attack sign 5 indicating the type.

5 to 8 are explanatory views of each sub-window in an example of the fighting type fighting game device of the present invention.
Shows a damage meter, FIG. 6 shows a fatigue window, FIG. 7 shows an action barometer, and FIG. 8 shows an attack sign.

The damage meter is an attribute value obtained by damage = physical strength-attack strength, and is displayed in the form of an indicator. Fatigue window is initial value = 90
Represents the degree of fatigue indicated by an attribute value having a value of 1 to 90. The fatigue level decreases when damage occurs.
Fatigue interferes with the recovery rate of the action barometer,
If the attribute value decreases, the recovery speed also decreases. Fatigue is
As shown in FIG. 5, it is divided into 90 to 61, 60 to 31, and 30 to 1 into three stages of fatigue level A, fatigue level B, and fatigue level C, and each stage is represented by an image. In this example, the face of the character is used as a motif in the image.

The action barometer shows an attribute value indicating activity or posture in the form of an indicator. The attribute value indicating the activity or the like decreases when the action such as an attack occurs or is damaged by the attack and the posture greatly changes, and is recovered over time. The attribute value is set to a minimum limit of several steps corresponding to various operations, and the operation output condition is that the attribute value exceeds the set value. In this example, the action barometer can be operated at 2 or more,
Jump, defense, normal attack, and deadly attack are set.

The attack sign indicates which attack the opponent has made by dividing it into several levels from the attribute value indicating the attack power. In this embodiment, it is represented by a blinking symbol. In this example, as a normal attack, the lower attack showing the attack location,
One symbol for each of the middle attack, upper attack, and jump attack is displayed by blinking. In addition, there is a bullet attack in which the three symbols in the lower row to the upper row are displayed by blinking, and a deadly attack in which four symbols are displayed by blinking.

As described above, in the fighting type fighting game device of the present invention, by the screen output switching and the sub-window display,
It is possible to accurately grasp the states, attribute values, etc. of the characters operated by the opponent and the user while developing a realistic and dynamic image from the viewpoint of the user. The example described here is a one-on-one battle type, but the number is not necessarily limited to one-on-one.

Since the battle-type game device of the present invention requires immediate switching of moving image display, it is desirable that all display screens such as an animation screen be held in on-memory. By holding the display screen in the on-memory, it is possible to freely display the screen and develop various game contents.

[0035]

As described above, according to the fighting type fighting game device of the present invention, by switching between the output of the animation video imaged from the user's viewpoint and the output of the animation video drawn from the competitor's viewpoint, both It is possible to express the positional relationship and the space between the operated characters. Considering the case where the information obtained from the animation video lacks accuracy, the screen is divided into sub-windows, and by displaying the attribute values such as input actions such as offensive techniques, physical strength, and fatigue, it is possible to create virtual reality. The game device is rich, easy to grasp the content of the fight, and easy to operate. By providing only one screen display means for displaying a screen from the user's point of view, there are effects such that two or more users can compete, and a competitive fighting game device can be obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of output switching of a competitive fighting game device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of an example of output switching of the competitive fighting game device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of an example of output processing in the fighting type fighting game device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a competitive fighting game device according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of each sub-window in an example of the fighting fighting game device of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of each sub-window in an example of the fighting fighting game device of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of each sub-window in an example of the competitive fighting game device of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of each sub-window in an example of the fighting fighting game device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Damage meter 2 Fatigue window 3 Anime screen 4 Action barometer 5 Attack sign

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a fighting type fighting game device in which a plurality of characters displayed on a screen are operated to compete and fight, a moving image is displayed from the viewpoint of the user and an opponent character screen displayed as a moving image from the viewpoint of the user. A plurality of screens such as user character screens are held in the memory, and means for switching the screen output depending on the output judgment based on the character attribute value and input data is provided, and is involved in the end of the game as an attribute value associated with the character. A fighting type fighting game device characterized by comprising sub-window screen display means for displaying physical strength, availability of motion input and activeness related to inputtable motion, type of input motion, fatigue level related to recovery speed of activeness, etc. .