Patent ID: 7887402

Claim:
A game device, comprising: means for displaying a gauge automatically grows in a length thereof as time passes, up to no more than a maximum length indicative of a maximum flight distance of an object; means for monitoring whether a player carries out an operation; and means for moving, in a case where the player carries out the operation, the object placed in a virtual three dimensional space by a distance according to the length of the gauge displayed by the means for displaying, the game device, further comprising: means for obtaining a focused position on a movement path of the object and positions of player objects representative of first players on a same team including said player and second players on an opposing team to said player; means for calculating a distance between the focused position obtained by the means for obtaining and a present position of the object, and the shortest distances between the movement path and each of said player objects other than the player object of the player, wherein a length of the gauge corresponding to the distance calculated, and wherein said player objects corresponding to the shortest distances which are smaller than a predetermined distance are displayed as respective markers on the gauge; and means for presenting the length of the gauge to which the gauge displayed by the means for displaying aims to be set, based on the length, wherein the player carries out said operation so as to move, via said means for moving, the object to a desired position based at least one of (a) a team status and (b) the shortest distances between said movement path and each of said player objects that are displayed as said respective markers, displayed along said length of said gauge.