Storage medium having stored therein information processing program, information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method

An information processing apparatus, comprising:

• a processor and a memory coupled thereto, the processor being configured to control the information processing system to at least:
• place in a virtual space an attack execution object and a blocking object that blocks a first attack on a linear trajectory of which a starting point is at least a part of the attack execution object;
• if the attack execution object is in a pre-attack-preparation state, set a drawing setting of a shadow of the blocking object in the virtual space to either of a non-drawing setting in which the shadow is not drawn and a first drawing setting in which a first shadow is drawn as the shadow;
• in accordance with switching of the attack execution object from the pre-attack-preparation state to an attack preparation state, set the drawing setting of the shadow of the blocking object to a second drawing setting in which a second shadow is drawn as the shadow so that the second drawing setting is different from the non-drawing setting and the first drawing setting;
• during the attack preparation state, move the starting point from a first position to a second position that is a position where the first attack is executed;
• in accordance with switching of the attack execution object from the attack preparation state to the attack execution state, cause the attack execution object to execute the first attack;
• and
• at least based on the drawing setting of the shadow, draw the virtual space including the shadow, wherein
• the second drawing setting is set so that when a range where the first attack of which a starting point is the second position is blocked by the blocking object, the blocked range is a range of the second shadow.

An information processing system, comprising:

• a processor and a memory coupled thereto, the processor being configured to control the information processing system to at least:
• place in a virtual space an attack execution object and a blocking object that blocks a first attack on a linear trajectory of which a starting point is at least a part of the attack execution object;
• if the attack execution object is in a pre-attack-preparation state, set a drawing setting of a shadow of the blocking object in the virtual space to either of a non-drawing setting in which the shadow is not drawn and a first drawing setting in which a first shadow is drawn as the shadow;
• in accordance with switching of the attack execution object from the pre-attack-preparation state to an attack preparation state, set the drawing setting of the shadow of the blocking object to a second drawing setting in which a second shadow is drawn as the shadow so that the second drawing setting is different from the non-drawing setting and the first drawing setting;
• during the attack preparation state, move the starting point from a first position to a second position that is a position where the first attack is executed;
• in accordance with switching of the attack execution object from the attack preparation state to the attack execution state, cause the attack execution object to execute the first attack;
• and
• at least based on the drawing setting of the shadow, draw the virtual space including the shadow, wherein
• the second drawing setting is set so that when a range where the first attack of which a starting point is the second position is blocked by the blocking object, the blocked range is a range of the second shadow.

An information processing method, comprising:

• placing in a virtual space an attack execution object and a blocking object that blocks a first attack on a linear trajectory of which a starting point is at least a part of the attack execution object;
• if the attack execution object is in a pre-attack-preparation state, setting a drawing setting of a shadow of the blocking object in the virtual space to either of a non-drawing setting in which the shadow is not drawn and a first drawing setting in which a first shadow is drawn as the shadow;
• in accordance with switching of the attack execution object from the pre-attack-preparation state to an attack preparation state, setting the drawing setting of the shadow of the blocking object to a second drawing setting in which a second shadow is drawn as the shadow so that the second drawing setting is different from the non-drawing setting and the first drawing setting;
• during the attack preparation state, moving the starting point from a first position to a second position that is a position where the first attack is executed;
• in accordance with switching of the attack execution object from the attack preparation state to the attack execution state, causing the attack execution object to execute the first attack;
• and
• at least based on the drawing setting of the shadow, drawing the virtual space including the shadow, wherein
• the second drawing setting is set so that when a range where the first attack of which a starting point is the second position is blocked by the blocking object, the blocked range is a range of the second shadow.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions that, when executed by a processor of an information processing apparatus, cause the information processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

• placing in a virtual space an attack execution object and a blocking object that blocks a first attack on a linear trajectory of which a starting point is at least a part of the attack execution object;
• setting a drawing setting of a shadow of the blocking object to either of a non-drawing setting in which the shadow is not drawn and a first drawing setting in which a first shadow is drawn as the shadow;
• setting the drawing setting of the shadow of the blocking object to a second drawing setting in which a second shadow is drawn as the shadow so that the second drawing setting is different from the non-drawing setting and the first drawing setting;
• and
• based on the latest drawing setting of the shadow, repeatedly drawing the virtual space including the shadow, wherein
• the second drawing setting is set before the first attack is started so that when a range where the first attack is blocked by the blocking object, the blocked range is a range of the second shadow.