Computer-readable non-transitory recording medium, game system, and method for controlling a game system

A game system for providing a game to a client device over a network, the game including a battle event in which groups of characters battle each other, the characters controlled via the client device, the game system comprising:

• a server device;
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• a client device, the server device comprising:
• a memory resource configured to store a game parameter, used in the battle event, in association with each of the characters;
• an image processor configured to display, on the client device, an image of a map including a plurality of areas, at least one area being set as a respective territory for each of the groups of characters, the characters in each of the groups arranged in the plurality of areas adjacent to the group's respective territory;
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• a controller configured to set a plurality of point values for the plurality of areas on the map, cause the characters to move on the map during the battle event, and engage the characters in combat when the characters satisfy a predetermined condition, and also configured to total the points of each group based on a final arrangement for each of the characters at an ending of the battle event, and determine which of the groups of characters wins the battle event based on the point totals of each group of characters,
• wherein the plurality of point values includes, for each area in the plurality of areas, a first point value for a first group of characters and a second point value for a second group of characters, the second point value being different from the first point value;
• wherein the controller is configured to, for each area in the plurality of areas, set the first point value to be lower than the second point value when the area is closer to the territory of the first group of characters than to the territory of the second group of characters, and set the first point value to be higher than the second point value when the area is closer to the territory of the second group of characters than to the territory of the first group of characters;
• wherein the ending of the battle event precedes a determination of which of the groups of characters wins the battle event based on the point totals of each group of characters, and wherein the ending of the battle event is based on criteria other than one of the groups of characters reaching a threshold point total;
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• wherein the image processor is further configured to display a user association with a user group comprising a plurality of users, and is further configured to provide a menu interface configured to receive at least one of a request to search for a user group or a request to establish a new user group.

A method for controlling a game system that provides a game to a client device over a network, the game including a battle event in which groups of characters battle each other, the characters controlled via the client device, comprising the steps of:

• storing a game parameter in a memory resource, used in the battle event, in association with each of the characters;
• displaying, on the client device, by an image processor, an image of a map including a plurality of areas, at least one area being set as a respective territory for each of the groups of characters, the characters in each of the groups arranged in the plurality of areas adjacent to the group's respective territory;
• by a controller, setting a plurality of point values for the plurality of areas on the map, causing the characters to move on the map during the battle event, and engaging the characters in combat when the characters satisfy a predetermined condition, and also totaling the points of each group based on a final arrangement for each of the characters at an ending of the battle event, and determining which of the groups of characters wins the battle event based on the position on the point totals of each group of characters,
• wherein the plurality of point values includes, for each area in the plurality of areas, a first point value for a first group of characters and a second point value for a second group of characters, the second point value being different from the first point value;
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• by a controller, for each area in the plurality of areas, set the first point value to be lower than the second point value when the area is closer to the territory of the first group of characters than to the territory of the second group of characters, and setting the first point value to be higher than the second point value when the area is closer to the territory of the second group of characters than to the territory of the first group of characters;
• wherein the ending of the battle event precedes a determination of which of the groups of characters wins the battle event based on the point totals of each group of characters, and wherein the ending of the battle event is based on criteria other than one of the groups of characters reaching a threshold point total;
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• wherein the image processor is further configured to display a user association with a user group comprising a plurality of users, and is further configured to provide a menu interface configured to receive at least one of a request to search for a user group or a request to establish a new user group.