Patent ID: 8337284

Claim:
A game apparatus for displaying, on a display, a game image in which a plurality of game objects appear in a game space, each of the game objects having a predetermined parameter associated therewith, the game apparatus comprising: parameter storage locations for storing the parameter which is associated with each of the game objects; a coordinates designation element for inputting coordinates, on the display, designated by a player; display control programmed logic circuitry for disposing the game objects in the game space and displaying the disposed game objects on the display; designation determination programmed logic circuitry for determining whether the coordinates designated by the coordinates designation element represent a position within a determination area of a predetermined range corresponding to a position at which each of the game objects is displayed on the display; operation control programmed logic circuitry for causing, when the designation determination programmed logic circuitry determines that the coordinates designated by the coordinates designation element represent the position within the determination area of the predetermined range corresponding to the position at which each of the game objects is displayed on the display, the game object located at the position to perform a predetermined action; parameter determination programmed logic circuitry for determining whether the parameter associated with each of the game objects satisfies a predetermined condition; and area size change programmed logic circuitry for changing sizes of determination areas of any of the game objects having the parameter which satisfies the predetermined condition, without requiring the player to designate each of the game objects.