IP Library Granted Patent US 9,914,058
Granted Patent B2
US 9,914,058 · App. 14/868,145 · Granted Mar 13, 2018

Game-providing device and software program for game-providing device

Inventors: Minehiro Nagata (Tokyo, JP); Yoshiki Watabe (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: DeNA Co., Ltd.
A63F13/67A63F13/2145A63F13/822
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,914,058
App. No.
14/868,145
Granted
Mar 13, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

If a carryover condition has been satisfied such that the attacks against an enemy character, which are carried out by the player character in a first battle scene against the enemy character that appears in said first battle scene, can be extended to other enemy characters, the carryover processing module sequentially executes a process that uses a first attack value generated as a result of the player character's attacks against the enemy character in the first battle scene to offset defeat parameter values required to defeat enemy characters configured in each of the enemy characters appearing in each battle scene provided subsequent to said first battle scene, skips the appearance of the enemy characters whose defeat parameter values have been reduced to zero and, additionally, causes the subsequently appearing enemy character to appear in a state in which the defeat parameter value of said enemy character has been offset.

Claims (20)

1. A game-providing device comprising:

a processor, configured to:

sequentially provide a player with a game that includes a plurality of sequential battle scenes, each of the plurality of sequential battle scenes respectively featuring an enemy character that appears therein as an opponent of a player character such that when the player clears one of the plurality of sequential battle scenes, a subsequent sequential battle scene of the plurality of sequential battle scenes is provided to the player;

determine whether or not a carryover condition has been satisfied such that attacks by the player character against the enemy character, which are carried out by the player character in a first battle scene of the plurality of sequential battle scenes against the enemy character, is extended to subsequent enemy characters that are configured to appear in subsequent ones of the plurality of sequential battle scenes; and

once the carryover condition has been satisfied,

sequentially execute a process that, before generation of the subsequent battle scene with a subsequent enemy character, uses a first attack value generated as a result of the attacks by the player character against the enemy character in the first battle scene to offset defeat parameter values required to defeat the subsequent enemy characters that are configured to appear in each of the subsequent ones of the plurality of sequential battle scenes, skip the appearance of the subsequent enemy characters having defeat parameter values reduced to zero, and causes another enemy character from the subsequent enemy characters that is subsequent to the skipped ones of the subsequent enemy characters to appear in a state in which a defeat parameter value of said another enemy character from the subsequent enemy characters has been offset.

2. The game-providing device according to claim 1 , wherein the carryover condition implies that after a first break value generated as a result of the player character's attacks against the enemy character in the first battle scene reaches a break parameter value required to place said enemy character into a predetermined break state configured in said enemy character, the player character's attacks against said enemy character during a predetermined break period when said enemy character is in the predetermined break state satisfy a predetermined overbreak condition.

3. The game-providing device according to claim 2 , wherein the predetermined overbreak condition implies that a second break value generated as a result of the player character's attacks against said enemy character during the predetermined break period when the enemy character is in the predetermined break state reaches the break parameter value configured in said enemy character.

4. The game-providing device according to claim 2 , wherein, once the carryover condition has been satisfied, the processor is configured to simultaneously extend second attack values generated as a result of the player character's attacks against said enemy characters during the predetermined break period when the enemy characters are in the predetermined break state to each of the enemy characters appealing in each of the battle scenes provided subsequent to said first battle scene.

5. The game-providing device according to claim 1 , wherein once the carryover condition has been satisfied, the processor is configured to sequentially execute a process that uses an excess value, by which the first attack value exceeds the defeat parameter value configured in said enemy character appearing in said first battle scene, to offset the defeat parameter values configured in each of the enemy characters appearing in each of the subsequent ones of the plurality of subsequent battle scenes until said excess value is reduced to zero, skips the appearance of the enemy characters whose defeat parameter values have been reduced to zero and, additionally, causes the subsequently appearing enemy character to appear in a state in which the defeat parameter value of said enemy character has been offset by said excess value.

6. The game-providing device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to cause the another enemy character from the subsequently appearing enemy characters to appear and be provided to the player in the battle scene in which said enemy character is originally configured to appear.

7. The game-providing device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to cause the another enemy character to appear and be provided to the player in said first battle scene.

8. The game-providing device according to claim 1 , wherein the game-providing device is a terminal device of the player and the processor is configured to provide the battle scenes to a display of said terminal device.

9. The game-providing device according to claim 1 , wherein the game-providing device is a game management server device connected to a terminal device of the player over a network and the game management control module provides the battle scenes to the terminal device of the player.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions

stored in a storage

and executable on a hardware device, the instructions comprising:

sequentially providing a player with a game that includes a plurality of sequential battle scenes, each of the plurality of sequential battle scenes respectively featuring an enemy character that appears therein as an opponent of a player character such that when the player clears one of the plurality of sequential battle scenes, a subsequent sequential battle scene of the plurality of sequential battle scenes is provided to the player;

determining whether or not a carryover condition has been satisfied such that attacks by the player character against the enemy character, which are carried out by the player character in a first battle scene of the plurality of sequential battle scenes against the enemy character, is extended to subsequent enemy characters that are configured to appear in subsequent ones of the plurality of sequential battle scenes; and

once the carryover condition has been satisfied, sequentially executing a process that, before generation of the subsequent battle scene with a subsequent enemy character, uses a first attack value generated as a result of the attacks by the player character against the enemy character to offset defeat parameter values required to defeat the subsequent enemy characters that are configured to appear in each of the subsequent ones of the plurality of sequential battle scenes, skip the appearance of the subsequent enemy characters having defeat parameter values reduced to zero, and causes another enemy character from the subsequent enemy characters that is subsequent to the skipped ones of the subsequent enemy characters to appear in a state in which a defeat parameter value of said another enemy character from the subsequent enemy characters has been offset.

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 Oct 23, 2015
From: NAGATA, MINEHIRO; WATABE, YOSHIKI
To: DENA CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 036871/0273 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-198297 · Sep 29, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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