Method for generating and displaying image of virtual space, electronic device and server system

An electronic device comprising a computer that generates an image of a virtual space, and displays the generated image on a display device, wherein the computer is configured to:

• set a board within the virtual space, a plurality of pieces being placed on the board, the plurality of pieces including an enemy character piece that represents an enemy character;
• link a given position of an edge of the board (hereinafter referred to as “given edge position”) to a given character placement position;
• place a player character at the character placement position;
• detect a path that has been drawn by a player by performing an operation input on the display device so as to draw the path from a start point, the start point being the character placement position;
• delete pieces among the plurality of pieces that have satisfied a given deletion condition from the board based on the path;
• perform a control process that causes the player character placed at a position that corresponds to the start point of the path to attack the enemy character piece when the enemy character piece lies in the path;
• and
• change a parameter value set to the enemy character piece based on a number of pieces deleted due to the operation input that draws the path, and a type of the player character placed at the position that corresponds to the start point of the path, when the enemy character piece lies in the path.

A server system that communicates with a player terminal, and performs a control process that causes the player terminal to implement a puzzle game according to an operation input performed using the player terminal, the puzzle game being designed so that a player performs an operation input on a board on which a plurality of pieces are placed, the plurality of pieces including an enemy character piece that represents an enemy character, pieces among the plurality of pieces that have satisfied a given deletion condition are deleted, the server system being configured to:

• link a given position of an edge of the board (hereinafter referred to as “given edge position”) to a given character placement position;
• place a player character at the character placement position;
• detect a path that has been drawn by the player by performing the operation input using the player terminal so as to draw the path from a start point, the start point being the character placement position;
• delete pieces among the plurality of pieces that have satisfied the deletion condition from the board based on the path;
• perform a control process that causes the player character placed at a position that corresponds to the start point of the path to attack the enemy character piece when the enemy character piece lies in the path;
• and
• change a parameter value set to the enemy character piece based on a number of pieces deleted due to the operation input that draws the path, and a type of the player character placed at the position that corresponds to the start point of the path, when the enemy character piece lies in the path.