Patent ID: 7576739

Claim:
A storage medium having stored therein a game program executed in a computer of a game apparatus for displaying, on a display screen, a game image showing at least a portion of a virtual game world showing a plurality of objects, the game program causing the computer to execute: an arrangement condition setting step of setting an area for arranging the plurality of objects in the virtual game world and a minimum allowed distance between the objects to be arranged therein; an object temporary arrangement step of changing a position of an object for temporarily arranging the object to an arbitrary position in the area set in the virtual game world until an arrangement of the object is finalized; a distance-between-objects calculation step of calculating a distance between the object temporarily arranged in the object temporary arrangement step and an object whose arrangement in the area is completed; an object arrangement finalization step of finalizing the arrangement of the temporarily arranged object when the distance calculated in the distance-between-objects calculation step is equal to or greater than the minimum allowed distance; and a display control step of displaying, on the display screen, a plurality of objects whose arrangement is finalized in the object arrangement finalization step.