IP Library Granted Patent US 8,753,181
Granted Patent B2
US 8,753,181 · App. 12/071,668 · Granted Jun 17, 2014

Game system, program, and information storage medium

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,753,181
App. No.
12/071,668
Granted
Jun 17, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A program for a game device having a timer, the program causing a computer to function as: an event table storage section which stores an event table created based on registration information input by a player, the event table defining a plurality of first parameters used for an event process and an available period of each of the first parameters; an event condition setting section which determines whether or not the player has performed a predetermined operation, detects an operation timing of the predetermined operation when the predetermined operation has been determined to have been performed, sets a second parameter used for the event process based on the detected operation timing, and sets an event condition based on the second parameter; and an event processing section which determines whether or not the event condition has been satisfied, selects an available first parameter from the first parameters referring to the event table based on time information generated by the timer when the event condition has been determined to have been satisfied, and performs calculations based on the selected first parameter.

Claims (21)

1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for a game device having a timer which maintains real-world time information, the program, when executed by a processor, causes a computer to function as:

an event table storage section which stores a plurality of event tables that each include a plurality of first parameters used for an event process and an available period of time of each of the first parameters, where each of the event tables differ in an arrangement of the first parameters with respect to the available period of time, and an event table is selected from the plurality of event tables based on registration information input by a player, such that if the player inputs different registration information, a different event table from the plurality of event tables is selected;

an event condition setting section which determines whether or not the player has performed a predetermined operation, detects current period of time based on the timer that corresponds to one of the available periods of time in which the predetermined operation has been determined to have been performed, sets a second parameter used for the event process based on the detected current period of time, and sets an event condition based on the current period of time relating to an action of a player character in a game space based on the second parameter; and

an event processing section which calculates the action of the player character in the game space based on an operation input by the player, determines whether or not the action of the player character satisfies the event condition, selects an available first parameter from the first parameters referring to the event table based on the current period of time, when the event condition has been determined to have been satisfied by the action of the player character, and performs calculations which cause the player character to acquire an item determined based on the selected first parameter.

2. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1 ,

wherein the event condition setting section sets a default value of the second parameter in association with the available period of time of the first parameter defined in the event table based on the time information generated by the timer, detects the current period of time, and changes the default value of the second parameter based on the detected current period of time.

3. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 2 , the program further causing the computer to function as:

an event notification section which determines whether or not the player has performed the predetermined operation, and notifies the player of the event condition when the predetermined operation has been determined to have been performed.

4. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 3 ,

wherein the event condition setting section determines whether or not the event condition has been satisfied when the predetermined operation has been determined to have been performed, detects the current period of time only when the event condition has been determined not to have been satisfied, and changes the default value of the second parameter based on the detected current period of time.

5. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , the program further causing the computer to function as:

an event notification section which determines whether or not the player has performed the predetermined operation, and notifies the player of the event condition when the predetermined operation has been determined to have been performed.

6. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , the program further causing a computer to function as:

an event table creation section which creates the event table based on registration information input by a player.

7. A game system including a game device having a timer which maintains real-world time information, the game system comprising:

a memory storing instructions including:

an event table creation section which creates an event table that (i) is based on registration information input by a player, and (ii) includes a plurality of first parameters used for an event process and an available period of time of each of the first parameters with respect to the available period of time, such that if a player inputs different registration information, it causes a different event table that varies in the arrangement of the first parameters to be created,

an event table storage section which stores the created event table,

an event condition setting section which determines whether or not the player has performed a predetermined operation, detects timing current period of time based on timer that corresponds to one of the available periods of time in which the predetermined operation has been determine to have been performed by the player, sets a second parameter used for the event process based on the detected current period of time, and sets an event condition based on the current period of time relating to an action of a player character in a game space based on the second parameter, and

an event processing section which calculates the action of the player character in the game space based on an operation input by the player, determines whether or not the action of the player character satisfies the event condition, selects an available first parameter from the first parameters referring to the event table based on the current period of time, when the event condition has been determined to have been satisfied by the action of the player character, and performs calculations which cause the player character to acquire an item determined based on the selected first parameter; and

a processor that executes the instructions stored on the memory.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 16, 2016
From: BANDAI NAMCO GAMES INC.
To: BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 038104/0788 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 29, 2014
From: NAMCO BANDAI GAMES INC.
To: BANDAI NAMCO GAMES INC.
Reel/Frame 033061/0930 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2008
From: SHIMONO, MASATAKA
To: NAMCO BANDAI GAMES INC.
Reel/Frame 020739/0510 →