System for providing interactive game using a plurality of game contents, and method and program using the system

A method for providing a competition game wherein a first player competes with a second player by using a plurality of game contents, the method using a system including an information storage unit for storing information, the method comprising the steps of:

• storing, at least on the information storage unit, game content information on the game contents, the game content information including parameter information assigned to the game contents;
• setting formations to be used by the first player and the second player from among a plurality of formations each constituted by a plurality of positions, and arrangement of the game contents to the plurality of positions constituting the set formations;
• and
• specifying at least one position constituting the formations used by the first player and at least one position constituting the formations used by the second player based on at least one of the formations used by the first player and the formations used by the second player and performing a particular competition process for progressing the competition game based on the parameter information of the game contents arranged at the specified positions,
• wherein the performing the particular competition process comprises specifying a plurality of combinations of one or more positions constituting the formations used by the first player and one or more positions constituting the formations used by the second player based on at least one of the formations used by the first player and the formations used by the second player, and performing, for each of the specified combinations, the particular competition process including a process of determining relative superiority between the first player and the second player based on the parameter information of the game contents arranged at the positions.

A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to function as a system capable of providing a competition game wherein a first player competes with a second player using a plurality of game contents, the computer including an information storage unit configured to store at least game content information on the game contents including parameter information assigned to the game contents,

• wherein the program comprises:
• a formation setting module configured to set formations to be used by the first player and the second player from among a plurality of formations each constituted by a plurality of positions, and arrangement of the game contents to the plurality of positions constituting the set formations;
• and
• a competition processing module configured to specify at least one position constituting the formations used by the first player and at least one position constituting the formations used by the second player based on at least one of the formations used by the first player and the formations used by the second player and perform a particular competition process for progressing the competition game based on the parameter information of the game contents arranged at the specified positions,
• wherein the competition processing module specifies a plurality of combinations of one or more positions constituting the formations used by the first player and one or more positions constituting the formations used by the second player based on at least one of the formations used by the first player and the formations used by the second player, and performs, for each of the specified combinations, the particular competition process including a process of determining relative superiority between the first player and the second player based on the parameter information of the game contents arranged at the positions.