Patent ID: 7804502

Claim:
An image generating apparatus that generates an image of a virtual space where a first object and a second object are present, comprising: a motion input unit that inputs a motion instruction that causes the first object to take a motion in the virtual space according to an operation of an operator; a positional relationship determining unit that determines a positional relationship, between the first object and the second object when the motion instruction is input, the positional relationship including at least a direction from the position of the first object toward a position of the second object; an object motion unit that causes the first object to take a motion according to the input motion instruction such that the speed of the first object in response to a same motion instruction differs depending on the positional relationship between the first object and the second object; an image generating unit that generates the image of the virtual space including the first object and the second object; and a display control unit that displays the generated image of the virtual space, wherein the motion input unit includes a direction input unit that inputs a moving direction of a plurality of predetermined directions to move a position of the first object from a current position, the object motion unit includes an object moving unit that moves the first object in the input moving direction at a speed according to the input moving direction and the positional relationship between the first object and the second object, the object motion unit moves the first object faster as an angle defined by the input moving direction and the direction from the position of the first object toward the position of the second object becomes smaller.