Patent ID: 8523678

Claim:
A game apparatus that performs a game process of moving a user object within a game space, the game apparatus comprising: an operation data acquiring unit for acquiring operation data from an input device that is operated by the user; an input direction calculating unit for calculating an inputted direction within the game space based on the operation data; a target configuring unit for configuring, by utilizing the operation data, a target within a predetermined range which is frontward in a forward direction of a course where the user object should move along and which is defined based on the course, the target being provided in order to determine a moving direction of the user object; a moving direction determining unit for determining the moving direction of the user object based on a position of the user object and a position of the target; a moving unit for moving the user object toward the moving direction determined by the moving direction determining unit, wherein the target configuring unit configures the target by changing the position of the target configured in the immediately preceding process based on the movement of the user object changing in accordance with the inputted direction input from the input device.