Patent ID: 9079107
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A game control method carried out by a game control device for providing a game to a plurality of communication terminals respectively used by a plurality of users, the game control device communicating with the plurality of communication terminals and having a storage unit, the method comprising the steps of: (a) storing skill level information indicative of skill levels of each of the plurality of users of the game, in the storage unit; (b) grouping the plurality of users into one or more groups; (c) providing one or more of a plurality of game pieces to a first plurality of users in a first group of said one or more groups, based on the skill level information, while the first plurality of users are at certain events in the game; (d) storing allocation information indicating which game piece has been provided to which user with a respective skill level, and a number and type of game pieces required to obtain a game item as a reward, in the storage unit; (e) determining whether all of the game pieces required to obtain said game item have been provided to the first group, based on the allocation information stored in the storage unit; and (f) allocating in a memory, the game item to the first group or at least one of the first plurality of users, when it is determined that all the required game pieces have been provided.