IP Library Granted Patent US 9,132,353
Granted Patent B2
US 9,132,353 · App. 14/019,913 · Granted Sep 15, 2015

Game system with game screen and guidance operation area

Inventor: Takahiro Otomo (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: DeNA Co., Ltd.
A63F13/422A63F13/69A63F13/798
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,132,353
App. No.
14/019,913
Granted
Sep 15, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

To reduce labor of a player to search for game content sought by the player. A game program according to the present invention causes a computer to execute: when an operation to designate game content is performed by a player, play event selection processing to select a play event in which the designated game content is obtainable from among a plurality of play events set in advance; game screen generation processing to generate a game screen including a guidance operation area that guides the player to the selected play event; and game progress processing to make a game progress with the guided play event and to make the player play the game when the guidance operation area is operated by the player while the game screen is displayed.

Claims (17)

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for causing a computer to execute:

while there is displayed a game screen including a game content selection operation area in which each of items of game content is displayed in any one of a first display form indicating that the item of the game content is possessed by a player, a second display form indicating that the item of the game content has not been possessed by the player, and a third display form indicating that the item of the game content is not possessed by the player but has been possessed by the player, play event selection processing not to select a play event in which the item of the game content of the second display form is obtainable when an operation to designate an item of the game content displayed in the second display form has been performed by the player and to select a play event in which the designated item of the game content of the third display form is obtainable from among a plurality of play events set in advance when an operation to designate an item of the game content displayed in the third display form has been performed by the player;

game screen generation processing to generate a game screen including a guidance operation area that guides the player to the selected play event; and

game progress processing to make a game progress with the guided play event and to make the player obtain the item of the game content of the third display form when the guidance operation area is operated by the player while the game screen is displayed.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein

while there is displayed the game screen including the game content selection operation area in which each of all items of material game content associated with base game content is displayed in any one of the first display form, the second display form, and the third display form, the play event selection processing does not select a play event in which the item of the material game content of the second display form is obtainable when an operation to designate an item of the material game content displayed in the second display form has been performed by the player and selects a play event in which the designated item of the material game content of the third display form is obtainable from among the plurality of play events set in advance when an operation to designate an item of the material game content displayed in the third display has been performed by the player, and

when the designated item of the material game content of the third display form has been obtained by the player when making the game for causing the player to obtain the item of the material game content of the third display form progress with the guided play event, the game progress processing permits fusion of the obtained item of the material game content of the third display form and the base game content.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 2 , for causing the computer to execute:

when all items of the material game content associated with the base game content have been obtained by the player, game content fusion processing to vary a parameter set to the base game content by performing fusion of the base game content and the all items of the material game content.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein

the play event selection processing selects a play event in which a probability of obtaining the designated item of the game content is set higher in preference to a play event to which the probability of obtaining the designated item of the game content is set lower, from among a plurality of play events set in advance.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein

the play event selection processing selects a play event in which the designated item of the game content is obtainable from among the plurality of play events based on player information related to the player.

6. An information processing device comprising:

a play event selection unit configured, while there is displayed a game screen including a game content selection operation area in which each of items of game content is displayed in any one of a first display form indicating that the item of the game content is possessed by a player, a second display form indicating that the item of the game content has not been possessed by the player, and a third display form indicating that the item of the game content is not possessed by the player but has been possessed by the player is displayed, not to select a play event in which the item of the game content of the second display form is obtainable when an operation to designate an item of the game content displayed in the second display form has been performed by the player and to select a play event in which the designated item of the game content of the third display form is obtainable from among a plurality of play events set in advance when an operation to designate an item of the game content displayed in the third display form has been performed by the player;

a game screen generation unit configured to generate a game screen including a guidance operation area that guides the player to the selected play event; and

a game progress processing unit configured, when the guidance operation area has been operated by the player while the game screen is displayed, to make a game for causing the item of the material game content of the third display form progress with the guided play event and to make the player play the game.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 10, 2022
From: DENA CO., LTD.
To: DENA CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059805/0970 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2013
From: OTOMO, TAKAHIRO
To: DENA CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 031151/0056 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-178582 · Aug 29, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150065255A1 · Mar 5, 2015