Patent ID: 9610505
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: A63F

Claim:
1. A game device for executing a game in which a user participates and another user is allowed to join the game in mid-game, the game device comprising at least one central processing unit (CPU) configured to: obtain stored data from a storage that stores data that indicates a situation of the game being executed and that is updated with progress of the game; determine whether or not the situation of the game being executed satisfies a given condition; and keep a user who has not joined the game being executed from joining the game in mid-game, based on a result of the determination, wherein the game comprises a game in which the progress of the game is paused in a case where the situation of the game reaches a given situation, wherein the at least one CPU determines whether or not the situation of the game being executed satisfies the given condition by determining whether or not the progress of the game being executed is paused, wherein the at least one CPU receives a mid-game joining request to join the game in mid-game which is issued by a user who has not joined the game, and wherein the at least one CPU keeps the user who has not joined the game being executed from joining the game in mid-game by restricting the reception of the mid-game joining request based on the result of the determination.