Patent ID: 7392154
Filing Date: 2008-06-24
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A storage medium having stored thereon a game program executed by a computer in a game apparatus which is operated with a pointing device for outputting coordinate information based on a given coordinate system according to an operation of a player, wherein the game program causes the computer to execute: reference coordinate setting for setting reference coordinates in the coordinate system; reference coordinate storage for storing the reference coordinates; designated coordinate setting for setting designated coordinates in the coordinate system based on the coordinate information outputted by the pointing device; calculation for calculating a distance and a direction from the reference coordinates to the designated coordinates; a first game parameter determination for converting, when the distance calculated in the calculation has a value smaller than a predetermined threshold value, the distance into a game parameter using a first conversion function; a second game parameter determination for converting, when the distance calculated in the calculation has a value greater than the predetermined threshold value, the distance into a game parameter using a second conversion function for converting the distance into a value greater than a value into which the distance is converted using the first conversion function; and a game process for performing a game process using the direction calculated in the calculation and one of the game parameter determined in the first game parameter determination and the game parameter determined in the second game parameter determination.