Patent ID: 7513824
Filing Date: 2009-04-07
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A game device for competing for a game score, wherein a first moving object moves and reaches a goal point in a game space in response to manipulation by a player, the game device comprising: means for presenting one or more characters as a goal point determining element which relates to the goal point; means for measuring an amount of time for the first moving object to reach a certain point from a different point in the game space, and for ranking the player's skill based on the measured amount of time; means for causing the first moving object, in response to manipulation by the player, to approach one of the presented one or more characters; means for selecting, upon detection of approaching movement of the first moving object, the character approached by the first moving object; and means for determining the goal point, based on the selected character, and a time limit for the first moving object to reach the goal point based on the player's skill rank.