Namco Limited

Namco Bandai Games, Ltd.

Takashi Satsukawa

Masahide Kawakami

Atsushi Hayashi

Takehiro Shimizu

Norihiro Nishimura

Naohito Hanai

Shigemasa Saito

Kanji Nakane

Kazuo Utsuki

An image generation device includes a movement information calculation section, a virtual camera control section, and a special state transition section The movement information calculation section calculates the position of the player character based on input information. The special state transition section determines the position of the player character based on the position of the player character and a position determination condition that is set corresponding to the special point in the virtual space, and determines whether or not the player character has satisfied the special state transition condition based on the determination result. The virtual camera control section causes setting of at least one of the distance between the player character and a virtual camera, the positional relationship between the player character and the virtual camera, the direction of the virtual camera relative to the player character, and the angle of view of the virtual camera when the player character is in the special state to differ from setting when the player character is not in the special state.

Information storage medium, image generation device, and image generation method

A mark unit includes a holding section that is disposed at the top of a display section so that a light-emitting section is positioned on a side of a display screen of the display section and a weight section is positioned on a side opposite to the display screen to hold the light-emitting section on the side of the display screen that intersects a horizontal plane.

Indication position calculation mark unit

The objective is to provide a game system and an information storage medium that enable another player to enter into a game space that a first player is playing in, at any time during the game. When a 2P player issues a request to join into a game within a first game space, while a 1P player is already playing the game in the first game space, that request is accepted. Reconstruction information for reconstructing the first game space is created and sent to a second game machine. The second game machine reconstructs the first game space based on this reconstruction information, so that the 2P player can play the game within the reconstructed game space. This enables the 2P player to join into a game within the first game space, at any time during the game.

Game system and information storage medium

An image generation device and information storage medium that make it possible to increase the realism and degree of variety of the motion of a target object. When a shot has hit a target object within an object space, the motion of the target object varies with the direction of the trajectory of the shot that hit the target object. If a plurality of players are playing the game, the motion of the target object varies depending upon which player's shot has hit the target object. The system determines which of a plurality of angular ranges contains the angle between the direction of the shot trajectory and the direction in which the target object is facing, and plays motion data that has been set for the angular range that contains that angle. The orientation of the target object is corrected on the basis of this angle. Images as seen from first and second viewpoints are generated and output to first and second display screens. Trajectory directions are determined on the basis of the first and second viewpoints and landing positions on the first and second display screens.

Image generation device and information storage medium

An image generation device and an information storage medium that make it possible to increase the virtual realism and dramatic effect of a shooting, game in an efficient manner. A plurality of objects such as target objects are set within an object space, and a hit check is performed on shots from 1P and 2P players and the target objects. First and second viewpoints for the 1P and 2P players are controlled and images as seen from those first and second viewpoints are output to first and second display screens, respectively. Although the viewpoints of the 1P and 2P players are the same in the prior art, they can be made different in this game. The first and second viewpoints move along first and second movement paths, and the first and second viewpoints are controlled in such a manner that the first and second movement paths diverge when a given circumstance occurs. The configuration is such that a target object and a character object representing one player can enter into the field of view of the other player. The first and second viewpoints and the target object are controlled in accordance with a difference in game results between the 1P and 2P players.

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Yokohama, Japan

Takashi Satsukawa