Patent ID: 7651396

Claim:
A computer executable method for executing a predetermined game, the predetermined game providing a virtual space viewed from a predetermined viewpoint in which a first object, as an operated object, collects a plurality of second objects by combining the plurality of second objects to the operated object, the method comprising: receiving an input by a player; controlling, using a processor, a rolling of the operated object based on the received input, in the virtual space; when the operated object is contacted with one of the plurality of second objects, combining the contacted one second object with the operated object at a contact position of the operated object; when the contacted one second object is combined with the operated object, defining the operated object and the combined one second object as the operated object in order to roll together; when the operated object is further contacted with another one of the second objects which has not been combined, further combining the contacted another second object with the operated object; when the another second object is further combined with the operated object, defining the operated object and all combined second objects as the operated object in order to roll together, the combined second objects changing at least one operating parameter affecting the rolling of the operated object; and outputting an image of the operated object to be displayed by a display device.