Game progress management device, game server device, terminal device, game progress management method and game progress management program

A game server device in an network game system which comprises:

• terminal devices that receive operations from players;
• game server devices to which a plurality of terminal devices are connected so as to be capable of communication through a private circuit;
• and a center server device to which a plurality of the game server devices are connected so as to be capable of communication through communication circuits, and which conducts a network game played by a prescribed number of players in a common game space,
• said game server device comprising a game progress management device to which a prescribed number of the terminal devices that receive operations from the players are connected through the communication circuits so as to be capable of mutual communication of operation signals necessary for proceeding with a game and whereby a progress of the network game that is conducted in the common game space is managed and the network game is continued in simulated fashion if a fault occurs in the communication circuits, said game progress management device including:
• abnormality monitoring means that detects a disconnected circuit in which failure of communication has occurred from the communication circuits of the prescribed number of the terminal devices during the progress of the game in the common game space;
• simulated signal generating means that generates a simulated operation signal that simulates the operation signal of each terminal device connected through said disconnected circuit;
• and
• simulated signal providing means that provides said simulated operation signal to the other terminal devices, respectively,
• wherein said simulated signal generating means generates a simulated operation signal corresponding to a terminal device connected through said disconnected circuit and another game server device, and said simulated signal providing means transmits the simulated operation signal that is thus generated to a terminal device through the private circuit.

A terminal device in an network game system which comprises terminal devices that accept operations by players and a game server device to which a plurality of the terminal devices are connected so as to be capable of communication through communication circuits, and which conducts a network game played by a prescribed number of players in a common game space,

• said terminal device comprising a game progress management device to which a prescribed number of the terminal devices that receive operations from the players are connected through the communication circuits so as to be capable of mutual communication of operation signals necessary for proceeding with a game and whereby a progress of the network game that is conducted in the common game space is managed and the network game is continued in simulated fashion if a fault occurs in the communication circuits, said game progress management device including:
• abnormality monitoring means that detects a disconnected circuit in which failure of communication has occurred from the communication circuits of the prescribed number of the terminal devices during progress of the game in the common game space;
• simulated signal generating means that generates a simulated operation signal that simulates the operation signal of each terminal device connected through said disconnected circuit;
• and
• simulated signal providing means that provides said simulated operation signal to the other terminal devices, respectively.

A method of game progress management employing a game progress management device to which a prescribed number of terminal devices that accept operations from players are connected so as to be capable of mutual communication of operation signals necessary for the progress of a game through communication circuits and which manages the progress of a network game conducted in a common game space and continues the network game in simulated fashion if a fault is generated in said communication circuits,

• wherein said game progress management device is made to execute:
• abnormality monitoring processing of detecting a disconnected circuit in which inability to communicate has occurred from the communication circuits between said prescribed number of the terminal devices during the progress of the game in the common game space;
• simulated signal generating processing of generating a simulated operation signal that simulates an operation signal of each terminal device connected through said disconnected circuit;
• and
• simulated signal provision processing of providing the simulated operation signal that was thus generated to the other terminal devices.

A game progress management program for a game progress management device to which a prescribed number of terminal devices that accept operations from players are connected so as to be capable of mutual communication of the operation signals necessary for a progress of a game through communication circuits and which manages the progress of a network game conducted in a common game space and continues the network game in simulated fashion if a fault is generated in said communication circuits,

• said game progress management program being for making said game progress management device function as:
• abnormality monitoring means for detecting a disconnected circuit in which inability to communicate has occurred from the communication circuits between said prescribed number of terminal devices during the progress of the game in the common game space;
• simulated signal generating means for generating a simulated operation signal that simulates an operation signal of each terminal device connected through said disconnected circuit;
• and
• simulated signal providing means for providing the simulated operation signal that was thus generated respectively to the other terminal devices.