Namco Limited

Namco Bandai Games, Ltd.

Shinobu Nimura

Motonaga Ishii

Tetsuya Akatsuka

Tetsukazu Nakanishi

Kazuhisa Minato

Takashi Koshigoe

An image generation system includes an object space setting section, a character control section, a virtual camera control section, an inter-camera distance setting section that sets an inter-camera distance based on at least one of position information, direction information, and moving state information about the character or the virtual camera, the inter-camera distance being a distance between a left-eye virtual camera and a right-eye virtual camera for generating a stereoscopic image, and an image generation section that generates a left-eye image and a right-eye image, the left-eye image being an image viewed from the left-eye virtual camera in an object space, and the right-eye image being an image viewed from the right-eye virtual camera in the object space.

Image generation system, image generation method, and information storage medium

An image generation device includes a capture direction specifying section, a capture target specifying section, a marker placement control section that disposes a marker at the capture point, and an image generation section, the capture target specifying section determining whether or not the capture target is present in the capture direction, and specifying the capture target when the capture target is present, and the marker placement control section performing a depth value correction process that corrects the depth value of the capture point when a transition has occurred from a state in which the capture target is present to a state in which the capture target is not present.

Information storage medium and image generation device

Motion data of a model object is blended based on individual blend ratios &#x3b2;A and &#x3b2;B that are set for each bone of a skeleton. The individual blend ratios &#x3b2;B for bones at end portions of the skeleton (weapons, hands, and feet) are high whereas those for main structural components (pelvis and chest) are low. A general blend ratio &#x3b1; that is set uniformly for all the bones of the skeleton is also used. A plurality of motion control sections are made to operate simultaneously in parallel to select the motion data, based on motion scripts in which motion data to be selected and motion script switching conditions are defined, and the selected motion data is blended. A group of transitional motion scripts and a group of attack motion scripts are allocated to the first and second motion control sections, and transitional motions and attack motions are blended.

Image generation method, program, and information storage medium

The objective of the present invention is to provide a game machine and an information storage medium that make it possible to intensify the dramatic effect of a game by the voices sounded by a character. The pitch, volume, or tone of each voice sounded by characters ( ) and ( ) is varied in accordance with a physical strength parameter, the remaining play time, the progressing degree through game stages, or a number of wins. The pitch and volume of a voice sounded by a character increase as an opponent's physical strength parameter becomes larger, the remaining play time decreases, the final game stage approaches, or the opponent's number of wins becomes larger. The pitch, volume, or tone of voices is varied after the remaining play time has reached a given value or a given game stage has been passed. The increase in pitch of a voice sounded by a character is a whole tone or less.

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Yokohama, Japan

Shinobu Nimura