Patent ID: 7614945
Filing Date: 2009-11-10
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A storage medium storing a game program executable by a computer of a game apparatus for displaying a game screen on display means in accordance with an operation signal which is output from operation means operated by a player, the game program causing the computer to execute: a puzzle element color setting step, setting a color selected from a plurality of preset colors as a color of each of a plurality of puzzle elements, and storing data representing the color on a memory; a puzzle element display step, allocating the plurality of puzzle elements to a predetermined area and displaying each of the plurality of puzzle elements in the color set therefor on the display means; a cursor color setting step, setting a color selected from the plurality of preset colors indicated by a color of a cursor for selecting one of the plurality of puzzle elements located in the predetermined area, and storing data representing the color on a memory; a cursor display step, allocating the cursor at a position corresponding to the operation signal and displaying the cursor in the color set therefor on the display means; a puzzle element color changing step, when the cursor is located at the position corresponding to one of the plurality of puzzle elements selected by the cursor and a predetermined operation signal is input from the operation means, changing the color of the puzzle element selected by the cursor based on the color of the cursor and the color of the puzzle element; a cursor color changing step, changing the color of the cursor to another color selected from the plurality of preset colors based on a predetermined condition; and a puzzle element display updating step, when at least a predetermined number of continuously arranged puzzle elements among the plurality of puzzle elements allocated in the predetermined area are of the same color, erasing the continuously arranged puzzle elements, arranging new puzzle elements in the predetermined area each in a color selected from the plurality of preset colors, and displaying the new puzzle elements on the display means.