Game server, game controlling method thereof, game system, and non-transitory computer-readable medium

A game controlling method performed by a computer connected to an Internet, the method comprising:

• an acquisition right granting step of granting an acquisition right for acquiring an item in a virtual space, wherein the acquisition right is granted to a first virtual user in the virtual space that is controllable via a terminal of a first physical user connected to the Internet;
• a proxy right generating step of, in response to a request via the terminal of the first physical user, generating a proxy right for a second virtual user in the virtual space to exercise the acquisition right as a proxy, wherein the second virtual user is controllable via a terminal of a second physical user connected to the Internet;
• a proxy right granting step of granting only the proxy right to the second virtual user, while the acquisition right is reserved by the first virtual user;
• a positional information acquisition step of acquiring a position of the terminal of the second physical user;
• a proxy right exercising step of exercising the acquisition right on a proxy basis by the second virtual user based on the proxy right upon recognition that the position of the terminal of the second physical user is in a specific area of a physical space;
• an item information reading and loading step of reading and loading an area-limited item from an area-limited item storing section, wherein the area-limited item storing section stores the area-limited item, which has been made acquirable by exercise of the acquisition right, in association with a position in the physical space wherein the area-limited item corresponds to the position of the terminal of the second physical user;
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• an item providing step of, based on the acquisition right for which the proxy right has been exercised, providing only the first virtual user with the read and loaded area-limited item.

A game system comprising a game server with a plurality of terminals, the game server and the plurality of terminals connected via an Internet,

• the game server comprising:
• an acquisition right granting section that grants an acquisition right for acquiring an item in a virtual space, wherein the acquisition right is granted to a first virtual user in the virtual space that is controllable via a terminal of a first physical user connected to the Internet;
• a proxy right generating section that, in response to a request via the terminal of the first physical user, generates a proxy right for a second virtual user in the virtual space to exercise the acquisition right as a proxy, wherein the second virtual user is controllable via a terminal of a second physical user connected to the Internet;
• a proxy right granting section that grants only the proxy right, which has been generated by the proxy right generating section, to the second virtual user, while the acquisition right is reserved by the first virtual user;
• a positional information acquisition section that acquires a position of the terminal of the second physical user;
• a proxy right exercising section that exercises the proxy right by the second virtual user upon recognition that the position acquired by the positional information acquisition section is in a specific area of a physical space;
• an area-limited item storing section that stores an area-limited item in association with a position in the physical space, wherein the area-limited item is made acquirable by exercise of the acquisition right;
• an item information reading and loading section that reads and loads an area-limited item from the area-limited item storing section, wherein the area-limited item corresponds to the position acquired by the positional information acquisition section;
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• an item providing section that, based on the acquisition right for which the proxy right has been exercised by the proxy right exercising section, provides only the first virtual user with the area-limited item read and loaded by the item information reading and loading section,
• the terminal comprising:
• a display section that displays a screen containing a image received from the game server;
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• an operation input section, wherein an operation request for a virtual user that is controllable via the terminal is input through the operation input section.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program executed by a computer connected to an Internet, the program comprising:

• an acquisition right granting step of granting an acquisition right for acquiring an item in a virtual space, wherein the acquisition right is granted to a first virtual user in the virtual space that is controllable via a terminal of a first physical user connected to the Internet;
• a proxy right generating step of, in response to a request via the terminal of the first physical user, generating a proxy right for a second virtual user in the virtual space to exercise the acquisition right on a proxy basis, wherein the second virtual user is controllable via a terminal of a second physical user connected to the Internet;
• a proxy right granting step of granting only the proxy right to the second virtual user, while the acquisition right is reserved by the first virtual user;
• a positional information acquisition step of acquiring a position of the terminal of the second physical user;
• a proxy right exercising step of exercising the proxy right by the second virtual user based on the proxy right upon recognition that the position of the terminal of the second physical user is in a specific area of a physical space;
• an item information reading and loading step of reading and loading an area-limited item from an area-limited item storing section, wherein the area-limited item storing section stores the area-limited item, which has been made acquired by exercise of the acquisition right, in association with a position in the physical space wherein the area-limited item corresponds to the position of the terminal of the second physical user;
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• an item providing step of, based on the acquisition right for which the proxy right has been exercised, providing only the first virtual user with the read and loaded area-limited item.