Patent ID: 8052527

Claim:
A calculation control method that causes a computer to execute a given video game by creating a virtual game space and controlling a character in the virtual game space, the method comprising: disposing a plurality of non-player characters (hereinafter referred to as “NPCs”) in respective battle areas in the game space, and causing the plurality of NPCs to fight a battle in parallel in the respective battle areas, the plurality of NPCs being classified into a friend NPC that fights with a player character (hereinafter referred to as “PC”) and an enemy NPC that fights against the PC; determining whether or not the PC has participated in the battle in the respective battle areas based on at least a present position of the PC; detecting whether or not the player has performed a support request operation input; performing a given support process, the given support process being a control process that causes a friend NPC involved in a battle area where the PC has been determined to participate in the battle to approach the present position of the PC and support the PC when detecting that the player has performed the support request operation input; and generating an image of the game space and controlling display of the generated image, wherein at least one of the above steps is performed by a processor of the computer.