Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.

Yoshitaka Nishimura

Masahiro Kiyomoto

Takao Yamamoto

Shota Katagiri

Tetsuhiro Honjo

Mayumi Okuyama

Aoi Tagami

Kazuha Hayashi

Yuki Sato

Eriko Motohashi

Tatsuya Iyama

Takayuki Ishikawa

Hidenori Kotera

Yuma Miyazaki

Hiroaki Takahashi

Yuma Takafuji

A game method is performed by one or more computers. The method may include, but is not limited to: displaying, on a display, 1) at least one reference indicator; 2) at least one target indicator; and 3) at least one operation indicator; recognizing, as the specific operation, a detected series of operations that an indictor gets contact with a predefined point of the detection area, before on the detection area the indicator slides while keeping the indicator in contact with the detection area; displaying, on the display, a guide indicator for guiding a slide-operational direction to which the indicator is operated to be slide; determining whether the specific operation responsive to the change of the cross position; and reflecting a result of the determination to a game result.

Game control program, game system, and game control method for displaying reference indicator and target indicator

A game program product may include, but is not limited to: a non-transitory computer-readable medium, and a computer program stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium. The computer program is, when executed by a computer of a game system, to cause the computer to at least: display at least: 1) a reference indicator at a position over a display screen; and 2) a moving object which moves toward the reference indicator on the display screen; change a position of a reference indicator displayed at a position over the display screen; receive an input of a user's operation; and determine success or failure of the user's operation, based at least in part on: a timing of receiving the input of the user's operation, and a timing that the moving object reaches the reference indicator.

Game program, game system, and game method

Provided is a game machine which can actualize a play between games having different difficulty levels. The game machine is applied to a game system that progresses a game between game machines connected via a network. The game machine comprises an external storage that stores sequence data wherein each operation timing is written so as to differ from each other. And, the game machine: teaches each operation timing, based on sequence data that differs from sequence data used in another machine functioning as another terminal in the game system; obtains operation information for the other machine; and, based on it, determines whether or not prescribed reflection conditions have been fulfilled. Then, when the prescribed reflection conditions have been fulfilled based on its results, the game machine reflects the operation information for the other machine in a travel path for an object for teaching the operation timing for the game machine.

Game machine, control method used therefor, and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a computer program

A gaming system is provided with a monitor () for displaying and outputting a gaming screen (), a touch panel () superposed upon the monitor (), and an external storage device () for storing sequence data () in which operational periods of the touch panel () have been described. In addition, the gaming system displays on the monitor () a gaming area () whereon two reference units (A andB) disposed apart from each other and a specific reference unit (T) disposed in the vicinity of the reference units are set. Also, an object () for instructing operations for each of the reference units (A,B, andT) is displayed while being caused to move in the gaming area (), and the path of movement of a specific object (S) heading toward the specific reference unit (T) is restricted to a fixed path.

Game system, control method, and a storage medium storing a computer program used thereof

A gaming system is provided with a monitor for displaying and outputting a gaming screen, a touch panel superposed upon the monitor, and an external storage device for storing sequence data in which an operational period of the touch panel has been described. In addition, the gaming system displays upon the monitor a gaming area whereupon two reference units disposed apart from each other and a specific reference unit disposed in the vicinity of the reference units are set. Also, an object for instructing operations for each of the reference units is displayed while being caused to move within the gaming area, and in the case of a mis-operation of a specific object heading toward the specific reference unit, the specific object is destroyed, and the path which had been set as the object appearance area is used as the path of movement for the next object.

The disclosed data generation system is provided with a monitor for displaying a game area and a touch panel, wherein in a game for displaying two operation reference units and an object which moves therebetween upon the game area, sequence data used as data for designating an operation time period for touch-operation and operation reference units are generated. The data generation system displays, upon a display unit, an editing screen including a time period information display area for displaying information of all operation time periods chronologically and a criteria unit designation area for displaying information of operation time periods of each of the operation reference units chronologically, and for displaying, upon a criteria unit designation area, information for associating information of each of the objects corresponding to each operation time period with information of the operation reference unit where display of each of the objects is started.

Data generation system, date generation method, and a non-transitory storage medium storing a computer program configured to generate sequence data that describes reference timing in a game

A game machine determines the reference timing included in a predetermined time range and the crossing direction position corresponding to the reference timing based on the sequence data (). And, the game machine causes an instruction path (R) extending from one end side (UP) in depth direction (TD) toward the other end side (DP) while passing through each crossing direction position corresponding to each reference timing at a position on the time axis corresponding to each reference timing and the reference line (TL), to be displayed on the game screen, and decreases a distance between each position and the reference line (TL) with a decrease in a time difference between the reference timing and the current time.

Game machine, a storage medium storing a computer program used thereof, and control method

A game machine includes: a monitor () that displays and outputs a game screen (R); a control panel () that includes volume controllers () operated so as to change a position of an outer circumferential portion (SP) of a knob portion (T); a external storage device () that stores sequence data () in which a reference timing at which the volume controllers () are operated during a game is associated with a reference position at which the outer circumferential portion (SP) is to be positioned at the reference timing. And, the game machine teaches information of the reference timing and the reference position to a player, based on the sequence data ().

The disclosed game system is provided with a monitor () for displaying and outputting a game screen (), a touch panel () overlaid upon the monitor (), and an external storage device () for storing sequence data () wherein operation time periods of the touch panel () during a game are described. In addition, the game system displays upon the monitor () a game area () in which two operation reference units (A andB) disposed so as to be spaced apart from each other have been set, moves an object () for designating operation for each of the operation reference units (A andB) between the operation reference units (A andB) while displaying thereof, and controls display of the object () so that the movement path of the object () changes according to a predetermined condition.

Game system, control method of controlling computer, and a storage medium storing a computer program

A game machine with a display, a storage medium storing a computer program, and a control method of controlling a computer to display a reference mark moving from a start position to an arrival position along a predetermined path is displayed on a game screen. The game machine comprises a path rotating device that rotates the predetermined path on a predetermined rotation axis during a game based on a predetermined condition. The predetermined path may vary by rotational angle, orbital distance from a rotational center, rotation timing, rotation timing data, rotational angle data, and angle specifying data. The game machine may also include a an audio output device, a music data storage device, and a music reproducing device that reproduces the music through the audio output device based on the music data, and wherein the music data timing is translated into operation timing sequence data for the rotation of the predetermined path. The storage medium stores a computer program in order to cause a computer incorporated into the game machine above to invoke the same. The control method above comprises the step necessary to cause the rotation of the rotating device detailed above.

Game machine, storage medium storing computer program, and control method of controlling computer

Disclosed is a game system provided with a monitor for displaying and outputting a game screen, a touch panel overlaid upon the monitor, and an external storage device for storing sequence data wherein operation time periods of the touch panel during a game are described. The sequence data includes an object corresponding to a specific operation time period for which the time interval between the following operation time period is to be less than a predetermined value, and display start information for setting a display start time period which is earlier than the following operation time period. In addition, the game system, on the basis of the sequence data, associates a second object separate from a first object corresponding to the following operation time period with the specific operation time period to cause display to start earlier than the following operation time period.

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Minato-ku, Japan

Yoshitaka Nishimura