Patent ID: 8449392

Claim:
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein a game program executed by a computer of a game apparatus performing game processing to cause a player object to perform in a virtual game world in accordance with information corresponding to a biological signal acquired from a player, the game program causing the computer to execute instructions comprising: acquiring the biological signal from the player corresponding to a blood pulse related to contractions of a heart of the player; detecting the blood pulse or heartbeat of the player in accordance with the acquired biological signal; calculating, based on the acquired biological signal, an interval of detection of the blood pulse or the heartbeat of the player; and causing the player object to perform a motion of discharging at least one discharge object, from a plurality of types of discharge objects, in the virtual game world when the pulse or the heartbeat is detected, the plurality of types of discharge objects having different configurations defined for the at least one discharge object, and a configuration of one of the plurality of types of discharge objects being discharged is changed in accordance with the calculated interval of detection.