Game control device, game control method, non-transitory computer-readable recording medium, and game system

A game control method comprising:

• associating, by operation of a processor, a game-playing user with one or more users;
• executing, by the processor, a game for the game-playing user;
• determining, by operating the processor to evaluate execution of the game by the one or more of the users, whether a progression degree of the game made by at least one of the one or more users satisfies a condition;
• and
• providing, automatically by the processor in response to the determining that the condition has been satisfied, the game-playing user with an image, the image including:
• a modification to at least one parameter that is usable by the game-playing user to affect an ability of the game-playing user to play the game to expedite progression of the game;
• and information for identifying a user who has satisfied the condition among the one or more users, the image being automatically provided in such a manner to indicate that the modification to the at least one parameter and the user who has satisfied the condition are related to each other.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium containing a program for enabling a computer to perform a method, the method comprising:

• associating, by operation of the computer, a game-playing user with one or more users;
• executing, by the computer, a game for the game-playing user;
• determining, by operating the computer to evaluation execution of the game by the one or more of the users, whether a progression degree of the game made by at least one of the one or more users satisfies a condition;
• and
• providing, automatically by the computer in response to the determining that the condition has been satisfied, the game-playing user with an image, the image including:
• a modification to at least one parameter that is usable by the game-playing user to affect an ability of the game-playing user to play the game to expedite progression of the game;
• and information for identifying a user who has satisfied the condition among the one or more users, the image being automatically provided in such a manner to indicate that the modification to the at least one parameter and the user who has satisfied the condition are related to each other.

A game system including a communication terminal and a server, the server configured to be accessible from the communication terminal, the server controlling game execution through the communication terminal, the game system comprising:

• an associator configured to operate a processor to associate a game-playing user with one or more users;
• a game executor configured to operate the processor to execute a game for the game-playing user;
• a determiner configured to operate the processor to evaluate execution of the game by the one or more of the users to determine whether a progression degree of the game made by at least one of the one or more users satisfies a condition;
• and
• an effect provider configured to operate the processor, in response to the determiner determining that the condition has been satisfied, to automatically provide the game-playing user with an image, the image including:
• a modification to at least one parameter that is usable by the game-playing user to affect an ability of the game-playing user to play the game to expedite progression of the game;
• and information for identifying a user who has satisfied the condition among the one or more users, the effect provider automatically providing the image in such a manner to indicate that the modification to the at least one parameter and the user who has satisfied the condition are related to each other.