Information processing system, non-transitory storage medium having stored information processing program, information processing device, information processing method, game system, non-transitory storage medium having stored game program, game device, and game method

A game system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory configured to store computer readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the game system to:
• move a player character object in a virtual space based on an operation of a player;
• calculate a position of a destination of a virtual camera in the virtual space, in accordance with the movement of the player character object;
• determine whether a shielding object is present between the position of the destination and the player character object;
• determine whether the position of the destination is inside the shielding object;
• move the virtual camera to a position on a side of the player character object from the shielding object when the shielding object is present between the position of the destination and the player character object and the position of the destination is inside the shielding object;
• and
• generate an image of the virtual space to display the image indicating, on the shielding object, that the player character object is present, the player character object being shielded by the shielding object, when the shielding object is present between the position of the destination and the player character object and the position of the destination is outside the shielding object.

A non-transitory storage medium having stored therein an information processing program for causing an information processing device to provide execution comprising:

• calculating a position of a destination of a virtual camera in a virtual space, based on predetermined information processing;
• moving the virtual camera to an avoidance position at which a shielding object is avoided, in a case where (a) a first vector heading from a position of an object to be captured by the virtual camera to the position of the destination, intersects with the shielding object from an outside of the shielding object in the virtual space and (b) a second vector heading from the position of the destination to the position of the object to be captured by the virtual camera, does not intersect with the shielding object from the outside of the shielding object in the virtual space;
• and
• generating an image of the virtual space, based on the moved virtual camera.

A non-transitory storage medium having stored therein a game program for causing an information processing device to provide execution comprising:

• moving a player character object in a virtual space based on an operation of a player;
• calculating a position of a destination of a virtual camera in the virtual space, in accordance with the movement of the player character object;
• determining whether a shielding object is present between the position of the destination and the player character object;
• determining whether the position of the destination is inside the shielding object;
• moving the virtual camera to a position on a side of the player character object from the shielding object when the shielding object is present between the position of the destination and the player character object and the position of the destination is inside the shielding object;
• and
• generating an image of the virtual space to display the image indicating, on the shielding object, that the player character object is present, the player character object being shielded by the shielding object, when the shielding object is present between the position of the destination and the player character object and the position of the destination is outside the shielding object.

An information processing device comprising:

• a display device;
• and
• processing circuitry including at least one processor, the processing circuitry configured to:
• calculate a position of a destination of a virtual camera in a virtual space, based on predetermined information processing;
• move the virtual camera to an avoidance position at which a shielding object is avoided, in a case where (a) a first vector heading from a position of an object to be captured by the virtual camera to the position of the destination, intersects with the shielding object from an outside of the shielding object in the virtual space and (b) a second vector heading from the position of the destination to the position of the object to be captured by the virtual camera, does not intersect with the shielding object from the outside of the shielding object in the virtual space;
• and
• generate an image of the virtual space for display on the display device based on the moved virtual camera.

A game device comprising:

• a display device;
• and
• processing circuitry including at least one processor, the processing circuitry configured to:
• move a player character object in a virtual space based on an operation of a player;
• calculate a position of a destination of a virtual camera in the virtual space in accordance with the movement of the player character object;
• determine whether a shielding object is present between the position of the destination and the player character object;
• determine whether the position of the destination is inside the shielding object;
• move the virtual camera to a position on a side of the player character object from the shielding object when the shielding object is present between the position of the destination and the player character object and the position of the destination is inside the shielding object;
• and
• generate an image of the virtual space to display the image, on the display device, indicating, on the shielding object, that the player character object is present, the player character object being shielded by the shielding object, when the shielding object is present between the position of the destination and the player character object and the position of the destination is outside the shielding object.

An information processing method comprising:

• calculating a position of a destination of a virtual camera in a virtual space, based on predetermined information processing;
• moving the virtual camera to an avoidance position at which a shielding object is avoided, in a case where (a) a first vector heading from a position of an object to be captured by the virtual camera to the position of the destination, intersects with the shielding object from an outside of the shielding object in the virtual space and (b) a second vector heading from the position of the destination to the position of the object to be captured by the virtual camera, does not intersect with the shielding object from the outside of the shielding object in the virtual space;
• and
• generating an image of the virtual space, based on the moved virtual camera.

A game method comprising:

• moving a player character object in a virtual space, based on an operation of a player;
• calculating a position of a destination of a virtual camera in the virtual space, in accordance with the movement of the player character object;
• determining whether a shielding object is present between the position of the destination and the player character object;
• determining whether the position of the destination is inside the shielding object;
• moving the virtual camera to a position on a side of the player character object from the shielding object when the shielding object is present between the position of the destination and the player character object and the position of the destination is inside the shielding object;
• and
• generating an image of the virtual space to display the image indicating, on the shielding object, that the player character object is present, the player character object being shielded by the shielding object, when the shielding object is present between the position of the destination and the player character object and the position of the destination is outside the shielding object.