Game system, terminal device and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10905960-B2
Application number	US-201916244565-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 10, 2019
Priority date	Jul 14, 2016
Publication date	Feb 2, 2021
Grant date	Feb 2, 2021

Abstract

An in-terminal display device causes at least one first icon to appear and displays the at least one first icon in at least one of a plurality of areas. An in-terminal input device receives an operation of switching areas and an operation of selecting a first icon. An in-terminal controller or an in-server controller controls a game corresponding to a selected first icon such that the game can be played when any one of first icons is selected in a switched area. The in-terminal controller of the in-server controller limits the number of first icons to be caused to appear to an upper limit value or less.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A game system, comprising:
one or more hardware processors;
one or more memories that store processor-executable instructions, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, to cause the one or more hardware processors to perform at least:
causing a display device to display one or more game-quest-selection icons respectively in one or more areas of the display, the one or more game-quest-selection icons selected from a plurality of displayable game-quest-selection icons;
receiving an operation for selecting a first game-quest-selection icon, among the one or more game-quest-selection icons displayed in the one or more areas;
controlling a game play of at least one game respectively associated with the selected first game-quest-selection icon;
decreasing a number of the one or more game-quest-selection icons simultaneously displayed in the one or more areas based on the selection of the first game-quest-selection icon;
increasing the number of the one or more game-quest-selection icons simultaneously displayed in the one or more areas based on a time elapsed from the selection of the first game-quest-selection icon;
managing an upper limit, which corresponds to a maximum number of game-quest-selection icons that are simultaneously displayable in the one or more areas; and
changing the upper limit based on a current level of a game player.

2. The game system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor-executable instructions, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, cause the one or more hardware processors to perform at least:
placing the same number of game-quest-selection icons as the upper limit on the basis of utilization of one or more game objects.

3. The game system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor-executable instructions, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, cause the one or more hardware processors to perform at least:
receiving an operation to switch the one or more areas between a displayed state by the display device and a non-displayed state,
limiting, to the upper limit, a total number of icons in all of the one or more areas in both the displayed state and the non-displayed state.

4. The game system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor-executable instructions, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, cause the one or more hardware processors to perform at least:
causing the display device to display a first icon, a second icon, and a third icon in at least one of the one or more areas;
causing the display device to display an image which represents a game battle opponent of a game which is playable by utilizing the one or more game objects in case that the third icon is selected, and
setting at least one of difficulty levels and rewards for games associated with the second icon and for games playable by selecting the third icon, wherein the at least one of difficulty levels and rewards is higher than a difficulty level and a reward of the game associated with the first icon.

5. The game system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor-executable instructions, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, cause the one or more hardware processors to perform at least:
causing the display device to display a first set of one or more icons of a first type and a second set of one or more icons of a second type in a first group of areas, and to display a third set of one or more icons of the first type and a fourth set of one or more icons of the second type in a second group of areas, wherein the second set of one or more icons of the second type in the first group of areas is different from the fourth set of one or more icons of the second type in the second group of areas; and
setting a difficulty level and a reward for the game associated with the one or more icons of the second type to be higher than a difficulty level and a reward of the game associated with the one or more icons of the first type.

6. The game system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor-executable instructions, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, cause the one or more hardware processors to perform at least:
causing the display device to display one or more icons of a first type and one or more icons of a second type in the one or more areas, wherein the number of the one or more icons of the second type is less than the number of the one or more icons of the first type; and
setting a difficulty level and a reward for the game associated with the one or more icons of the second type to be higher than a difficulty level and a reward of the game associated with the one or more icons of the first type.

7. The game system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor-executable instructions, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, cause the one or more hardware processors to perform at least:
displaying the display device to display an image which represents a game battle opponent of a turn-based battle game, and
progressing the turn-based battle game between a player and the game battle opponent.

8. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium that stores computer-executable instructions, when executed by one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform at least:
causing a display device to display at least one of one or more areas on which one or more icons are placed, wherein the one or more icons are game-quest-selection icons;
receiving an operation for selecting at least one icon from icons from the one or more areas;
controlling at least one game to be playable, wherein the at least one game is respectively associated with the at least one icon selected;
decreasing a number of the one or more game-quest-selection icons simultaneously displayed in the one or more areas based on the selection of the first game-quest-selection icon;
increasing the number of the one or more game-quest-selection icons simultaneously displayed in the one or more areas based on a time elapsed from the selection of the first game-quest-selection icon;
managing an upper limit, which corresponds to a maximum number of game-quest-selection icons that are simultaneously displayable in the one or more areas; and
changing the upper limit based on a current level of a game player.

9. A method comprising:
causing a display device to display at least one of one or more areas on which one or more icons are placed, wherein the one or more icons are game-quest-selection icons;
receiving an operation for selecting at least one icon from icons from the one or more areas;
controlling at least one game to be playable, wherein the at least one game is respectively associated with the at least one icon selected;
decreasing a number of the one or more game-quest-selection icons simultaneously displayed in the one or more areas based on the selection of the first game-quest-selection icon;
increasing the number of the one or more game-quest-selection icons simultaneously displayed in the one or more areas based on a time elapsed from the selection of the first game-quest-selection icon;
managing an upper limit, which corresponds to a maximum number of game-quest-selection icons that are simultaneously displayable in the one or more areas; and
changing the upper limit based on a current level of a game player.

10. A game system, comprising:
one or more hardware processors;
one or more memories that store processor-executable instructions, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, to cause the one or more hardware processors to perform at least:
causing a display device to display one or more game-quest-selection icons respectively in one or more areas o

Assignees

• Konami Digital Entertainment Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yoneyama Minoru
• Kokami Kensuke

Classifications

• A63F13/58

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

• A63F13/822

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

• A63F13/45 Primary

  Controlling the progress of the video game · CPC title

• A63F13/69

  by enabling or updating specific game elements, e.g. unlocking hidden features, items, levels or versions · CPC title

• A63F13/52

  involving aspects of the displayed game scene · CPC title