Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.

Hironobu Mori

Masatoshi Yamaoka

Shuichi Myogan

Kazuhiro Namba

Kazuhiro Nanba

Syuichi Myogan

Yuichi Hiruta

It is an object of the present invention to allow a game player to quickly and easily give a command to a game character. In the present program, an object moving on a first path is displayed on an image display unit. When an instruction section is then slid in contact with the image display unit, the slide distance of the instruction section is calculated. An action pattern of a character with respect to an object is then set in accordance with the slide distance. A determination region is set in accordance with the action pattern. A positional relation between the object and the determination region is then determined, and the object moving on a second path is displayed on the image display unit.

Game program, game device and game control method

A game device including: a substituted-for character recognizing unit which recognizes a character to become a substitution object by bringing a fingerinto contact with the character; a substituted-for character determination unit which determines the recognized character to be a substituted-for character by causing the recognized character to be moved to a substituted-for character determination region (an edge of a monitor); and a candidate character list display unit which displays a candidate character liston an image display unit based on the determination of the substituted-for character, wherein after determining a character who enters the game by bringing the fingerinto contact with a character on the candidate list, the entering character is displayed on the image display unit in place of the substituted-for character.

Game device which recognizes and replaces a substitution object participating in a competition game in a virtual space

In a baseball game when a base that cannot be displayed on a field display image exists, an icon corresponding to the base is displayed on a straight line, within the field display image, linking a fielder character to the base.

Video game with off-screen target icons

To provide a game device which can allow a user to feel that an operation subject character loses its balance in a case where the operation subject character hits a moving object in such a state where the operation subject player character is located at a position comparatively far from the moving object in a sport game in which the operation subject character hits the moving object according to a predetermined operation by the user. Determination means () determines whether or not the moving object is positioned in a decision area which is set based on a position of the operation subject character in a case where the predetermined operation is performed. Operation-subject-character control means () causes the operation subject character to hit the moving object in a case where it is determined that the moving object is positioned in the decision area. Decision area control means () controls a size of the decision area after the moving object is hit, based on a position of the moving object at a reference time based on at least one of a time at which the predetermined operation is performed and a time at which the operation subject character hits the moving object.

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Osaka, Japan

Hironobu Mori