JPH1176622A - Video game device and recording medium recording computer program - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Problem] To provide a video game device for executing a genetic mating simulation game that can be played without getting tired, and a recording medium recording a computer program. According to a video game apparatus, when a game player refers to a list of crossed species 20 displayed on a display 4 and specifies two crossed species, a crop type determination unit 4
04 creates a hybrid using the crop species superiority values of the two hybrids. Subsequently, the crop type determination unit 404 determines whether the created hybrid is a new species, and if the hybrid is a new species, determines the attribute of the new species. Then, the prediction display unit 406 displays on the display 4 that the hybrid is a new species and the attributes of the new species.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a video game device and a recording medium storing a computer program to be executed by the video game device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, some video game apparatuses for executing a video game execute a genetic mating simulation game. In such a genetic mating simulation game, a combination of first generations to be mated is specified, and a second generation is generated.

[0003]

However, in a conventional video game apparatus for executing a genetic hybridization simulation game, the characteristics of the second generation hybrids generated by the combination of the first generation hybrids are uniformly determined. Most of them were lost, which reduced the interest of game players.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a video game device for executing a genetic mating simulation game that can be played without getting tired, and a recording medium on which a computer program is recorded. .

[0005]

The present invention employs the following configuration to solve the above-mentioned problems. That is, the invention according to claim 1 is a video game device for displaying a list of hybrids showing a plurality of hybrids on a display device,
Gene information storage means each storing the genetic information of the plurality of hybrids, and a hybrid species designating means for specifying two hybrids among the plurality of hybrids displayed on the display device, A hybrid species creating means for reading the genetic information of the two hybrid species designated by the hybrid species designation means from the genetic information storage means and creating a hybrid species generated from the two hybrid species; and Determining means for determining whether the hybrid species created by the species creating means is a new species, and new species attribute determining means for determining an attribute of the new species when the hybrid species is determined to be a new species by the determining means. And a new type attribute displaying means for displaying the new type attribute determined by the new type attribute determining means on the display device.

[0006] Examples of the display device include a display device such as a CRT and a liquid crystal display device. Here, the genetic information is a dominant value that is the genetic information of the occurrence of a new species.
The attribute is genetic information indicating attributes of the hybrid, such as shape, size, pattern, and weight.

When two hybrids to be parents are designated by the hybrid designating means, the hybrid creating means creates a hybrid by combining the genetic information of the two. Subsequently, the determination means determines whether the hybrid is a new species or the same species as either of the parents. Here, when the hybrid is a new species, the new species attribute determining means determines which attribute of the parents the new species takes over. Thereafter, the new type attribute display means displays the determined new type attribute on the display device. This allows the game player to determine from the display content on the display device whether or not the hybrid species generated by the hybridization is a new species. In addition, if the game player can select whether or not to actually perform the mating process by looking at the new type of attribute, the game player can perform the proper mating process.

[0008] When the game player designates mating of two mated species, an image of the mated species resulting from the mating result may be displayed on a display device. As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to create a new hybrid by designating two mated hybrids to be parents, thereby improving the playability of the video game apparatus that executes the genetic mating simulation game. Can be enhanced.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the new species attribute determining means according to the first aspect includes a unique gene determining means that does not generate a new species in the cross when the genetic information of the crossed species exceeds a predetermined set range; Mutation generating means for generating a hybrid having an attribute different from any of the attributes of the two hybrids is specified.

That is, if the genetic information of the occurrence of one new species to be crossed is a large value, the genetic information of the occurrence of a new species of the hybrid will be more likely to be the same as that of the crossed species. If the genetic information has a small value, the probability that the genetic information of the occurrence of the new species of the hybrid will be the same as that of the mated hybrid of the partner is increased. For this reason, when the genetic information on the occurrence of the new species exceeds the set range, no new species is generated.

Since the genetic information of the attribute determined by the new-type attribute determining means inherits the genetic information of one attribute of the parents, it does not exceed the maximum value or the minimum value of the existing hybrid. For this reason, a new species exceeding the genetic information of the attribute of the existing hybrid is created by generating random numbers in the mutation generating means and stochastically changing the genetic information of the attribute. This makes it possible to provide a video game device that executes an interesting game with a wider range of gene mating simulations.

[0012] The invention of claim 3 specifies the plurality of hybrids of claim 1 by including hybrids having only specific attribute information with a high probability of appearing as attributes of the hybrids. Things.

According to the third aspect of the invention, it is easy for the hybrid species to evolve in a specific direction, so that the hybrid simulation can have a wide range. According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, when a new type attribute is determined by the new type attribute determining means of the first aspect, a name of the new type based on the determined attribute is generated, and the generated name of the new type is displayed on the display device. This is specified by further providing a new species name assigning means for displaying.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the new species name assigning means extracts and extracts an attribute having a high appearance probability that is a probability of appearing as an attribute of a hybrid species when genetic information of the attribute is determined for the new species. A name including an attribute is given to the new species. Therefore, the game player can easily predict the created new type of attribute.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a comparing means for comparing two crossed species specified by the crossed species specifying means according to the first aspect with genetic information held by each of the two hybrids.
It is specified.

That is, the quality (level) of the generated new species is compared with other crossed species and confirmed. For example, a count is multiplied for each item of attribute gene information, and the comparison is made with the total value. As described above, since the quality of the new type created by the game player is relatively known, the game player can play the video game for the purpose of creating a new type of good quality. Also, the new species created by the game player can be made to compete with the new species created by the characters of the game.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording medium storing a computer program for causing a video game apparatus to execute a video game for displaying a list of hybrids showing a plurality of hybrids on a display device. Specifying two hybridized species among the plurality of hybridized species displayed on the display device, and reading out the genetic information of the two specified hybridized species, based on the read two genetic information. The present invention is a recording medium recording a computer program, comprising: a step of determining a new type attribute that is created by multiplying the two hybrid species; and a step of displaying the determined new type attribute on the display device.

As recording media, ROM, RAM, CD
-ROM, ROM cartridge, floppy disk,
Any recording medium such as a magnetic disk, a magneto-optical disk, and a PD can be used.
Preferably, an OM cartridge is used.

[0019]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. <Embodiment 1> First, Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described. [Configuration of Video Game Apparatus] FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a state in which a video game apparatus A according to the present embodiment is connected to a video display apparatus 4 (hereinafter, simply referred to as "display 4"). In FIG. 1, a video game device A is
It comprises a main body 1 and a controller 3 which is an external input device connected to the main body 1. The main body 1 is loaded with a CD-ROM 2, which is a recording medium on which a game program and data used for executing the game program are recorded.

The display 4 is connected to the main body 1 via a cable. The display 4 provides display symbols and audio symbols output from the main body 1 to the game player as display images and audio. For this display 1, for example, a television receiver for general home use can be used.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a hardware block centering on the main body 1. As shown in FIG. 2, a game program and data are sequentially read from the CD-ROM 2 via the bus 7 and stored in the main memory 8 in the main body 1 in accordance with an operation system (OS) stored in the ROM 11. It has a CPU 9 for sequentially executing the game programs stored in the main memory 8.

When any one of the operation buttons of the controller 3 is pressed during execution of the game program, an interrupt occurs, and this is transmitted to the CPU 9 to execute a process defined by the interrupt.

The controller 3 has various operation buttons as shown in FIG. On the plane of the controller 3, a direction key 5 including an up button, a down button, a left button, and a right button is provided. Controller 3
A button group 6 composed of a ○ button, a × button, a △ button, and a □ button is arranged on the plane of. Further, a start button 14 and a select button 15 are provided on a plane of the controller 3. The operation of each of these buttons will be described later. [Functions of Video Game Apparatus] Next, functions of the video game apparatus A that executes the above-described video game will be described. FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the video game device A.

Referring to FIG. 3, the genetic information recording section 401 stores genetic information on a plurality of crop types. The genetic information includes attribute information of individuals in each crop type (plant type). Here, the attribute information is a crop determination superiority value (u1,
u2 or u3, u4), pattern, shape, size, mass, smell
(A to E), information indicating the characteristics of the individual such as the sugar content and the speed of growth are numerically indicated.

The crossed-breeds list display unit 402 displays a crossed-breeds list 20 including the crossed-breeds list 20 showing a plurality of crops to be crossed in accordance with the data recorded in the genetic information recording unit 401 (FIG. 6). (See Reference) on the display 4.

The game player selects a crop to be two hybrids (parent A and parent B) from the hybrid hybrid list 20 shown on the hybrid hybrid creation screen by pressing the direction key and the o button of the controller 3. specify. Then, as shown in FIG. 5, an image of a crop to be the parent A or B selected by the game player is displayed on the left side of the screen.

When the crossed species designation section 403 recognizes that two crossed species have been designated from the crossed species list 20 by pressing the o button by the game player, the crop type determination section 404 sets the genetic information recording section 401. From each of the two crossed hybrids are read out from each other (u1, u2 or u3, u4), and these crop determination dominant values are combined using a predetermined combination probability and a random number. Determine the crop type.

For example, the parent A's crop decision dominance value is: [u1 =
80, u2 = 20], the parent B's crop determination dominance value is: [u3
= 40, u4 = 60], one of the dominant values u1 to u4 is selected as follows.

First, according to the following (Equation 1), the dominant value u #
The probability that (# = 1 to 4) is selected is determined. Probability P (u #) = u # ÷ (u1 + u2 + u3 + u4) (Equation 1) When this (Equation 1) is applied to the above example, the probability that u1 is selected: 80 / (80 + 20 + 40 + 60) = 40% is obtained. Similarly, u2 = 10%, u3 = 20%, u4 =
30% is required.

Subsequently, for example, after the numbers 0 to 9 are classified according to the respective obtained probabilities, a random number is generated, and one of the dominant values u1 to u4 is determined depending on the number of ones of the random number. Selected. In the above example, for example, when the first place of the random number is 0 to 3, the dominant value u1 is selected and 4 to 6
In the case of, the superior value u2 is selected, and in the case of 7 or 8, the superior value u is selected.
3 is selected, and at 9 the dominant value u4 is selected.

In this way, two dominant values are selected from the dominant values u1 to u4, and the crop type of the hybrid is determined from a combination of the selected two dominant values. That is, when the two selected dominant values are the dominant values (u1, u2) of parent A, the hybrid is the same crop type as parent A. On the other hand, if the two selected dominant values are the dominant values (u3, u4) of parent B, the hybrid is the same crop type as parent B. On the other hand, when the two selected dominant values are obtained from the parent A and the parent B one by one (u1, u3 oru1, u4).
or u2, u3 or u2, u4), the hybrid is a new species.

The crop type determining unit 404 determines whether the hybrid species is a new species. If the hybrid species is a new species, the crop type determination unit 404 determines the attribute information of the two hybrid species that have become parent A and parent B. Each value is selected based on the appearance probability and the random number and determined for each item. For example, in the case of parent A: size [extra large, appearance probability 20%] and parent B: size [medium, appearance probability 60%], the probability that “extra large” is selected: 20 / (20 + 60) = 25% Becomes "medium"
Is 75%. A random number is generated for these probabilities. When the tenth place of the random number is 0 to 24, the size of “extra large” is selected, and when the place of the random number is 25 to 99, the size of “medium” is selected.

The attribute determining unit 405 includes a crop type determining unit 404.
If it is determined that the hybrid species created by the above is the same crop type as either parent A or parent B, attribute information of the crop type is determined by the same method as the crop type determination unit 404.

The forecast display section 406 is provided for the crop type determination section 40.
4, or the attribute information of the hybrid species is received from the attribute determining unit 405, and based on this attribute information, a prediction display 21 indicating the attribute of the hybrid species in a predicted model is displayed on the display 4 (see FIG. 6). At this time, when the attribute information is received from the crop type determination unit 404, the prediction display unit 406 determines that the hybrid species is a new species, and indicates that the hybrid species is a new species, and the prediction display unit 21 includes the attributes of the hybrid species. Is displayed on the display 4. On the other hand, the prediction display unit 406 includes an attribute determination unit 405
When the attribute information is received from, the predicted display 21 indicating the attribute of the hybrid is displayed on the display 4 assuming that the hybrid is not a new species.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the above processing. That is, the data of the hybridized species creation screen is read from the gene information recording unit 401 (step 501), and the hybridized species creation screen including the crossed species list 20 is displayed on the display 4 (step 502). Upon recognizing that the cursor has been moved to the crop type to be designated by the direction key of the controller 4 and the O button has been pressed (steps 503 and 504),
A screen during the mating process (not shown) is displayed (step 50).
5), it is determined whether the hybrid is a new species (step 506), and the attribute of the new species is determined (step 50).
7). Then, the prediction display 21 showing these results is displayed on the display 4 (step 508).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to provide a sequence of "display of a hybrid species" → "designation of a hybrid species" → "expected display" → "generation of a new species". Interest in a video game device that executes a mating simulation game can be increased. <Embodiment 2> In the first embodiment described above, if the value of the new species occurrence data of the hybrid species is too large or too small, the hybrid species has a high probability of inheriting the crop species superiority value of one of the hybrid species. I will. Also, the value of the attribute information of the hybrid is
Inherits any attribute information of the parent hybrid. For this reason, it does not exceed the value of the attribute data of the hybrid.
As a result, the game player may feel that the video game apparatus A is unsatisfactory.

In the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, this problem has been solved by providing the specific gene judging means 407 and the mutation generating means 408. That is, the unique gene determination unit 407 shown in FIG. 3 does not generate a new species when the crop species dominance value of the hybrid species specified by the hybrid species specifying unit 403 exceeds a predetermined setting range. The mutation generator 408 changes the attribute information of the hybrid species determined by the crop type determiner 404 or the attribute determiner 405 by generating a random number.

The above-described processing can be realized by adding steps 509, 510, and 511 as shown in the flowchart of FIG. That is, the prediction display 21 displayed on the display 4 by the processing of step 509 and step 508 for determining whether or not the gene information of each crossed species contains general gene information or specific gene information.
51 in which the game player looks at and instructs mating
Step 511 for performing a mutation generation process for changing the value of the attribute information of 0 and the hybrid species.

As described above, according to the second embodiment, it is possible to produce hybrids that exceed the hybrids while incorporating the genetic properties of both hybrids to be hybridized, thereby improving the quality of the genetic hybridization simulation. . <Embodiment 3> In Embodiment 1 described above, the crossed hybrid list 2
By designating from 0 to two hybrids, a predicted display 21 is displayed on the display 4 and a hybrid is created based on the predicted display 21. However, it is difficult to intentionally increase a specific attribute of the hybrid. It is.

In the third embodiment, this problem has been solved by including a special crossed species in the crossed species list 20. That is, a hybrid species (NUL species) having only specific attribute information having a high probability of appearing as an attribute of a hybrid species (appearance probability) is recorded in the gene information recording unit 401, and the hybrid species list display unit 402 It is displayed on the list 20 of hybrids.

Thereafter, when the game player designates this NUL type and a normal crossed type and crosses them, N
Specific attribute items of the UL type are always carried over to the hybrid type. For example, if a NUL type having only two pieces of attribute information of size: extra-large (appearance probability 100%) and weight: super-weight (appearance probability 100%) is set, this NU
The hybrid species hybridized with the L species and the hybrid species always has the same attribute information (size: extra-large, weight: super-weight) as the parent NUL species for each attribute information of size and weight. It will be.

As described above, according to the third embodiment, the specific attributes of the hybrids can be enhanced, so that the gene mating simulation game executed by the video game device can have a wide range. <Embodiment 4> In Embodiment 1 described above, if a large number of new types are generated as the game progresses, individual attributes become difficult to understand. In the present embodiment, the above-mentioned problem is solved by using the characteristic attribute of the new species for the name of the new species.

That is, the new type name assigning unit 409 shown in FIG. 3 selects an attribute item having a high appearance probability from the new type attribute data and synthesizes the name. The name is stored in the gene information recording unit 4
01 and is displayed on the display 4 by the hybridized species list display unit 402. For example, each type of attribute information of a new kind is as follows: shape: ellipse (appearance probability 50%), size: extra-large (appearance probability 20%), pattern: mesh (appearance probability 60%), weight: super-weight (appearance probability 10 %), "Oval" and "stitch" with an appearance probability of 50% or more are extracted,
The name "elliptical mesh pumpkin" is given to the new species.

In the flowchart shown in FIG. 4, an attribute to be a name is extracted, a name is synthesized (step 512), and recorded as genetic information (step 513). This is additionally displayed on the list of hybrids (step 514).

As described above, according to the fourth embodiment, the attributes of the new species can be determined from the names, and the genetic mating simulation can be reliably played. <Embodiment 5> In Embodiment 1 described above, even if a new species is generated, it is not known whether or not the new species is superior to others, and the game player loses the target. In the present embodiment, this is solved by comparing the new species with other species and determining the superiority.

In other words, the hybridized species designation section 403 shown in FIG.
The comparison display unit 410 compares the individual of the two crop species designated by the above with the total obtained by multiplying the count for each item of the genetic information and the attribute information, and displays the result on the display 4.

The flowchart shown in FIG. 4 can be realized by adding steps 515, 516, 517 and 518. That is, the game player operates the display 4
A comparison of crops is designated by pressing a comparison selection button (not shown) on the screen including the list 20 of crossed hybrids displayed in (Step 515). Subsequently, the game player designates two crop species (individuals) to be compared from the crossed species list 20 by operating the direction key and the O button (step 50).
3, 516).

Then, the comparison display unit 410 compares the gene information and the attribute information of the two specified crop species (step 517), and displays the result on the display 4 (step 518). Thus, according to the fifth embodiment, the new crop type created by the game player is compared with other species,
By competing, it is possible to increase the fun of the video game device of the genetic mating simulation game.

[0049]

According to the video game apparatus and the recording medium on which the computer program is recorded according to the present invention, the game player can play the genetic mating simulation game without getting tired. Can be subtracted.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external configuration diagram of a video game device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the video game device.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the video game device.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing processing by the video game device.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display by the video game device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game machine main body 2 CD-ROM 3 Controller 4 Display 5 Direction key 6 Button group 7 Bus 8 Memory

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A video game device for displaying on a display device a list of hybrids showing a plurality of hybrids, comprising: genetic information storage means for storing genetic information of each of the plurality of hybrids; A crossed hybrid designating means for specifying two crossed hybrids among the plurality of crossed hybrids displayed on the display device, and the genetic information of the two crossed hybrids specified by the crossed hybridized designating means. A hybrid species creating means for reading from the genetic information storage means to create a hybrid species generated from the two hybrid species, and a judging means for determining whether or not the hybrid species created by the hybrid species creating means is a new species A determining means for determining an attribute of the new species when the determining means determines that the hybrid is a new species; and displaying the attribute of the new species determined by the determining means for the new species on the display device. Video game apparatus characterized by comprising a new attribute display means for displaying on. 2. The new-species attribute determining means includes: a specific-gene determining means that does not generate a new species when the genetic information of the crossed hybrid exceeds a predetermined set range; 2. The video game device according to claim 1, further comprising: a mutation generating means for generating a hybrid having an attribute different from the attribute of (a). 3. The video game apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of hybrids include hybrids having only specific attribute information having a high probability of appearing as attributes of the hybrids. . 4. When a new type attribute is determined by said new type attribute determining means, a new type name is generated based on the determined attribute, and the generated new type name is displayed on the display device. 2. The video game device according to claim 1, further comprising means. 5. The video game apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising comparison means for comparing the two hybrids designated by said hybrid species specifying means with genetic information held by each of said hybrids. 6. A recording medium storing a computer program for causing a video game apparatus to execute a video game for displaying a list of hybrids showing a plurality of hybrids on a display device, the display device comprising: A step of designating two hybridized species of the displayed plurality of hybridized species, and reading out the genetic information of the two specified hybridized species, based on the read two genetic information, A recording medium recording a computer program, comprising: a step of determining an attribute of a new species that is created by crossing hybrids; and a step of displaying the determined attribute of the new species on the display device.