Patent ID: 7762893
Filing Date: 2010-07-27
Classification: A63F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A storage medium having stored thereon a game program to be executed by a computer in a game apparatus comprising a display screen that displays a game image and a pointing device associated with the display screen, the pointing device configured to designate a region on the display screen, wherein the computer is operable to execute: a coordinate detection step that detects a plurality of coordinate values which are inputted to the computer based on one or more output signals associated with the pointing device, wherein the plurality of coordinate values indicate the region on the display screen designated by the pointing device; a movement control step that moves a first object being displayed at least partially on the region when the first object displayed on the display screen is controlled by a player using the pointing device; a positional relationship determination step that determines whether or not a positional relationship on the display screen satisfies a predetermined condition between the region and a position corresponding to a second object currently displayed on the display screen; and an action control step that causes either one of the first object and the second object to perform a predetermined action against the other when the player is no longer controlling the first object using the pointing device and the positional relationship determination step determines that the positional relationship satisfies the predetermined condition.