Patent ID: 8512115
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A game apparatus for controlling a progression of a game in which a character disposed in a predetermined position within a game space delivers a ball object to a predetermined target position within said game space, comprising: an operation display unit which includes a touch panel, and into which a player inputs an operation command; a field display unit for displaying a partial area of said game space including said character on said operation display unit as a field display image; a target position-indicating icon display unit that displays a target position-indicating icon within said field display image when said target position exists within said game space in an area outside said field display image, said target position being a reference stationary position within the game space that defines the game, said target position-indicating icon being positioned at a location determined by a straight line from said character to said target position, said target position-indicating icon indicating the target position to be in a direction along a straight line path from the character through the target position-indicating icon extending into the off-screen area toward the target position; and a delivery unit for delivering said ball object from said character to said target position when said player inputs a delivery command for delivering said ball object into said operation display unit by moving a finger that maintains contact with the touch panel from said character displayed on said field display image toward said target position-indicating icon.