Patent ID: 8002636

Claim:
A non-transitory storage medium storing a game program for a game apparatus serving as a child device in a communication game system including a parent device and at least one child device communicating with a display device, wherein said child device comprises a first storage device for storing data for displaying on the display device a game image containing a player character operated by a player, said game program allows a processor of said child device to execute: a first operating state determination operation to determine whether or not a predetermined operational designation has been carried out by said player; a first transmission operation of, when it has been determined in said first operating state determination operation that said predetermined operational designation has been carried out, transmitting to said parent device a request for permission to perform an action corresponding to the predetermined operational designation; a first act processing operation to display on the display device an image of said player character performing a first act according to said predetermined operational designation and before a conclusion transmitted from said parent device has been received according to said request transmitted in said first transmission operation; a first reception operation to receive the conclusion transmitted from said parent device according to said request transmitted in said first transmission operation; and a second act processing operation that, after said conclusion is received in said first reception operation, displays on the display device an image of said player character performing a second act according to the conclusion.