Patent ID: 8277321

Claim:
A game device that executes a sport game in which an operation subject character hits a moving object according to a hit instructing operation by a user, the game device comprising: determination means for determining whether or not the moving object is positioned in a decision area which is set based on a position of the operation subject character in a case where the hit instructing operation is performed; operation-subject-character control means for causing the operation subject character to hit the moving object in a case where it is determined that the moving object is positioned in the decision area; and decision area control means, implemented by one or more processors, for controlling a size of the decision area after the operation subject character has hit the moving object, based on a position of the moving object at a reference time, the reference time being based on at least one of a time at which the hit instructing operation is performed and a time at which the operation subject character hits the moving object, wherein the decision area control means controls the size of the decision area after the operation subject character hits the moving object, based on a determination result of a distance between the position of the operation subject character and the position of the moving object at the reference time.