Patent ID: 8398487

Claim:
A game device for executing a game of a sport to be performed between a first team and a second team using a moving object, the game device comprising: game situation information storing means for storing game situation information indicating a game situation; selecting means for selecting one or more player characters from among player characters belonging to one team, in a case where any one of player characters belonging to another team is in possession of the moving object; player character control means for controlling a position of the player character selected by the selecting means, based on a position of the moving object or of the player character in possession of the moving object so that the player character selected by the selecting means approaches the moving object or the player character in possession of the moving object; determining means for determining whether or not the moving object or the player character in possession of the moving object is located within a restriction region; and restricting means for imposing a restriction on the control to be executed by the player character control means, in a case where the moving object or the player character in possession of the moving object is located within the restriction region, wherein the determining means includes restriction region control means for changing a size of the restriction region based on the game situation information.