Patent ID: 8012004

Claim:
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a game program executable by a computer of a game apparatus for displaying, on a display screen, a game image representing a movable object moving above a field which is set in a virtual three-dimensional space, wherein the game program causes the computer to execute: movement control including repeatedly updating position information representing a position of the movable object in the virtual three-dimensional space, such that the movable object moves generally along a parabola above the field; determining whether or not a velocity of the movable object controlled in the movement control has fulfilled a specific condition, said determining occurring after the moveable object has already begun its movement along the parabola above the field and occurring during the movement of the moveable object along the parabola; point of attention control including, when the velocity of the movable object has not fulfilled the specific condition, setting a point of attention of a virtual camera at a current position of the movable object so that the point of attention moves so as to follow movement of the movable object, and when the velocity of the movable object has fulfilled the specific condition, moving the point of attention of the virtual camera from the current position of the movable object toward a specific point on the field; and generating a game image to be displayed on the display screen such that the point of attention of the virtual camera is controlled in the virtual three-dimensional space, the point of attention of the virtual camera being controlled so that the movable object is located at and remains at a specific position on the game image during the time that the velocity of the movable object has not fulfilled the specific condition.