Patent ID: 8137196

Claim:
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a video game program for instructing a computer, being connected to a position inputting element for specifying a position on a display screen that displays a game image partially showing a game world, to perform: display control for producing the game image including an object that can be moved by a player and displaying the produced game image on the display screen; coordinate detection for sequentially detecting coordinate values indicating the position on the display screen, which is inputted via the position inputting element, based on an output signal from the position inputting element; movement control for causing the object to move to a position indicated by the detected coordinate values, in response to an operation, performed by the player, of moving the position on the display screen, which is specified by the position inputting element, from a display position of the object; and scroll control for, (a) while the object is not being caused to move in response to the operation by the player, scrolling the game image being displayed on the display screen on a condition that the position indicated by the detected coordinate values is present within a first peripheral area, and (b) while the object is being caused to move in response to the operation by the player, scrolling the game image being displayed on the display screen on a condition that the position indicated by the detected coordinate values is present within a second peripheral area different from the first peripheral area, the second peripheral area including an area that is closer, than an inner border of the first peripheral area, to the center of a display area in which the game image is displayed, wherein while the object is being caused to move in response to the operation by the player, (b1) both the movement control of the object and the scroll control of the game image are performed when the position indicated by the detected coordinate values is present within the second peripheral area, and (b2) only the movement control of the object is performed when the position indicated by the detected coordinate values is present outside the second peripheral area.