Information storage medium and game system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10052559-B2
Application number	US-201514659778-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 17, 2015
Priority date	May 26, 2014
Publication date	Aug 21, 2018
Grant date	Aug 21, 2018

Abstract

A game system causes an enemy character that is caused to battle with a player character to appear by implementing a first lottery, and implements a battle between the enemy character that has been caused to appear and the player character. After the battle has started, when a player has performed an operation input that selects one item among a plurality of types of items for acquiring the enemy character, the game system implements a second lottery based on the win probability that corresponds to the type of the selected item and gives the enemy character with which the player character has battled to the player when the player has won the second lottery.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A non-transitory computer-readable information storage medium storing a program for implementing a battle game in which a player character battles with an enemy character, the program causing a computer to perform the functions of:
causing the enemy character that is caused to battle with the player character to appear by implementing a first lottery;
implementing a battle between the enemy character that has been caused to appear and the player character; and
after the player character wins the battle between the player character and the enemy character:
adjusting at least one game parameter of a second lottery, wherein the at least one game parameter includes a cost of items possessed by the player,
monitoring for an operation input via an input device, from a player in the battle game being executed, that selects an item among the items possessed by the player after the player wins the battle against the enemy character,
responsive to input of the selected item by the player in the battle game being executed,
performing a process that implements the second lottery in the battle game being executed based on a win probability that corresponds to a type of the selected item,
registering, in a storage section, the enemy character caused to appear by the first lottery and defeated in the battle as a character which is possessed and usable by the player responsive to the player having won the second lottery,
responsive to the player having lost the second lottery, ending the battle,

responsive to the player not selecting among the items, ending the battle,

further comprising, after the player wins the second lottery, setting a value of an attribute of the enemy character which is defeated, to a value of an attribute of the selected item which is selected by the operation input after the enemy character is defeated, wherein the enemy character which is newly registered as possessed and usable by the player has the value changed by the selected item.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable information storage medium as defined in claim 1 , wherein the program causes the computer to further perform the function of:
when the player possesses a character that is identical with the enemy character with which the player character has battled, performing a process that notifies the player of the possession of the character.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable information storage medium as defined in claim 1 , further comprising, after the selected item is selected by the input operation after the enemy character is defeated, adjusting the win probability that corresponds to the type of the selected item, on which the second lottery is based, based on a combination of an attribute of the selected item and an attribute of the enemy character with which the player character battled.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable information storage medium as defined in claim 1 , further comprising, after the selected item is selected by the input operation after the enemy character is defeated, adjusting the win probability that corresponds to the type of the selected item, on which the second lottery is based, based on a combination of an attribute of the player character and an attribute of the enemy character with which the player character battled.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable information storage medium as defined in claim 1 , further comprising increasing a probability that the enemy character with which the player character has battled will appear as a result of the first lottery when the player has lost the second lottery.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable information storage medium storing a program for implementing a battle game in which a player character battles with an enemy character, the program causing a computer to perform the functions of:
causing the enemy character that is caused to battle with the player character to appear by implementing a lottery;
implementing a battle between the enemy character that has been caused to appear and the player character; and
after the player character wins the battle between the player character and the enemy character:
monitoring for an operation input via an input device, from a player in the battle game being executed, that selects an item among the items possessed by the player after the player character wins the battle against the enemy character,
responsive to input of the selected item by the player in the battle game being executed,
increasing or decreasing a rarity of the defeated enemy character to correspond to a rarity of a type of the selected item selected by the player, wherein the item which is selected by the player determines whether the rarity of the defeated enemy character is increased or decreased responsive to the player character winning the battle, and then
registering, in a storage section, the enemy character that is defeated and whose rarity is increased or decreased as determined by the rarity of the type of the selected item selected by the player, as a character which is possessed by the player to the player to possess and use, wherein the enemy character which is newly registered as possessed and usable by the player has the rarity changed to correspond to the rarity of the type of the selected item.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable information storage medium as defined in claim 6 , wherein the program causes the computer to further perform the function of:
when the player possesses a character that is identical with the enemy character with which the player character has battled, performing a process that notifies the player of the possession of the character.

8. A game system that implements a battle game in which a player character battles with an enemy character, the game system comprising:
a processor and a memory, the processor is configured execute a program stored in the memory to
cause the enemy character that is caused to battle with the player character to appear by implementing a first lottery;
implement a battle between the enemy character that has been caused to appear and the player character; and
after the player character wins the battle between the player character and the enemy character:
adjust at least one game parameter of a second lottery, wherein the at least one game parameter includes a cost of items possessed by the player,
monitor for an operation input via an input device, from a player in the battle game being executed, that selects an item among the items possessed by the player after the player wins the battle against the enemy character,
responsive to input of the selected item by the player in the battle game being executed,
perform a process that implements the second lottery in the battle game being executed based on a win probability that corresponds to a type of the selected item,
register, in a storage section, the enemy character caused to appear by the first lottery and defeated in the battle as a character which is possessed by the player responsive to the player having won the second lottery,
responsive to the player having lost the second lottery, end the battle, and

responsive to the player not selecting among the items, end the battle,

wherein the processor is further configured to, after the player wins the second lottery, set a value of an attribute of the enemy character which is defeated, to a value of an attribute of the selected item which is selected by the operation input after the enemy character is defeated, wherein the enemy character which is newly registered as possessed and usable by the player has the value changed by the selected item.

9. The game system as defined in claim 8 , wherein the program causes the computer to furt

Assignees

• Bandai Namco Games Inc
• Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc

Inventors

• Tezuka Koji

Classifications

• A63F13/792

  for payment purposes, e.g. monthly subscriptions · CPC title

• A63F13/822

  Strategy games; Role-playing games (A63F13/825, A63F13/828 take precedence) · CPC title

• A63F13/58 Primary

  by computing conditions of game characters, e.g. stamina, strength, motivation or energy level · CPC title

• A63F13/46

  Computing the game score · CPC title

• A63F2300/575

  for trading virtual items · CPC title