Patent ID: 9283473
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: A63F

Claim Text:
1. A game providing device for providing a game wherein a player operates a player character in a game space, the game providing device being communicatively connected to a display device having a touch panel, the game providing device comprising: a display image generating unit configured to generate a display image including an image of the game space corresponding to a current position of the player character in the game space and display the display image on the display device; a moving direction setting unit configured to set a moving direction of the player character based at least on a type of an object on the display image corresponding to a position of a touch operation on the touch panel by the player; and a player character control unit configured to control the player character such that the player character moves in the set moving direction, wherein the game space includes one or more pass points set previously, and wherein when the object corresponding to the position of the touch operation is a predetermined button, the moving direction setting unit sets the moving direction to a direction from the current position toward one target pass point included in the one or more pass points; and when the touch operation is performed on a position corresponding to another object of a type other than the predetermined button while the player character is moving in the direction toward the target pass point, the moving direction setting unit sets the moving direction to a direction based at least on the type of the other object in place of the direction toward the target pass point.