Patent ID: 8466363
Filing Date: 2013-06-18
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A sound generation processing apparatus that executes sound generation processing based on sound generation subjects placed in a virtual space, the sound generation subjects each comprising a plurality of sound source objects that have identifiers, the sound generation processing apparatus comprising: a sound source information storage that stores sound data in association with the identifiers of the plurality of sound source objects; a sound source specifier that specifies a sound source object having a higher priority among the plurality of sound source objects having a same identifier as a sound source of a sound generation subject, based on a predetermined criterion; a sound generation processor that executes sound generation processing in accordance with the sound data corresponding to the sound source of the sound generation subject specified by the sound source specifier; and an object mover that moves an object in the virtual space in accordance with an operation of a user on an input device, wherein the sound source specifier includes a priority specifier that specifies a priority for each of the plurality of sound source objects having the same identifier based on whether an obstacle exists between each of the plurality of sound source objects having the same identifier and the object, and specifies the sound source object, which has the highest priority, as the sound source of the sound generation subject.