Storage medium storing information processing program with changeable operation modes, information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method

An information processing apparatus comprising a touchscreen having a touch region, and a computer, and for controlling a game using a coordinate input detected by the touchscreen, the computer being configured to execute at least:

• changing an upward/downward direction of an image displayed on the touchscreen between a first and a second display direction that is different from the first display direction by 90 degrees, depending on an orientation of the touchscreen with respect to the direction of gravity;
• changing an operation mode between a first mode in which the upward/downward direction of the image is the first display direction and a second mode in which the upward/downward direction of the image is the second display direction;
• setting a reference coordinate point based on a coordinate point of the detected coordinate input;
• performing a first control on the game;
• performing a second control different from the first control on the game;
• and
• setting a first and a second region in the touch region, wherein the first and second regions do not overlap each other,
• wherein
• in the first mode, a first reference coordinate point is set as the reference coordinate point based on the coordinate point of the detected coordinate input,
• in the second mode, a first region reference coordinate point is set as the reference coordinate point in the first region based on the coordinate input performed in the first region, and a second region reference coordinate point is set as the reference coordinate point in the second region based on the coordinate input performed in the second region,
• in the first mode, a direction of the first control to be performed on the game is determined based on a component in a first axial direction of a difference between the first reference coordinate point and a coordinate point of the coordinate input performed after the setting of the first reference coordinate point,
• in the first mode, a direction of the second control to be performed on the game is determined based on a component in a second axial direction of the difference between the first reference coordinate point and the coordinate point of the coordinate input performed after the setting of the first reference coordinate point, the second axial direction being different from the first axial direction,
• in the second mode, the direction of the first control is determined based on a component in a third axial direction of a difference between the first region reference coordinate point and a coordinate point of the coordinate input performed in the first region after the setting of the first region reference coordinate point, and
• in the second mode, the direction of the second control is determined based on a component in a fourth axial direction of a difference between the second region reference coordinate point and a coordinate point of the coordinate input performed in the second region after the setting of the second region reference coordinate point, the fourth axial direction being different from the third axial direction.

An information processing system comprising a touchscreen having a touch region, and a computer, and for controlling a game using a coordinate input detected by the touchscreen, the computer being configured to execute at least:

• changing an upward/downward direction of an image displayed on the touchscreen between a first and a second display direction that is different from the first display direction by 90 degrees, depending on an orientation of the touchscreen with respect to the direction of gravity;
• changing an operation mode between a first mode in which the upward/downward direction of the image is the first display direction and a second mode in which the upward/downward direction of the image is the second display direction;
• setting a reference coordinate point based on a coordinate point of the detected coordinate input;
• performing a first control on the game;
• performing a second control different from the first control on the game;
• and
• setting a first and a second region in the touch region, wherein the first and second regions do not overlap each other,
• wherein
• in the first mode, a first reference coordinate point is set as the reference coordinate point based on the coordinate point of the detected coordinate input,
• in the second mode, a first region reference coordinate point is set as the reference coordinate point in the first region based on the coordinate input performed in the first region, and a second region reference coordinate point is set as the reference coordinate point in the second region based on the coordinate input performed in the second region,
• in the first mode, a direction of the first control to be performed on the game is determined based on a component in a first axial direction of a difference between the first reference coordinate point and a coordinate point of the coordinate input performed after the setting of the first reference coordinate point,
• in the first mode, a direction of the second control to be performed on the game is determined based on a component in a second axial direction of the difference between the first reference coordinate point and the coordinate point of the coordinate input performed after the setting of the first reference coordinate point, the second axial direction being different from the first axial direction,
• in the second mode, the direction of the first control is determined based on a component in a third axial direction of a difference between the first region reference coordinate point and a coordinate point of the coordinate input performed in the first region after the setting of the first region reference coordinate point, and
• in the second mode, the direction of the second control is determined based on a component in a fourth axial direction of a difference between the second region reference coordinate point and a coordinate point of the coordinate input performed in the second region after the setting of the second region reference coordinate point, the fourth axial direction being different from the third axial direction.

An information processing method for controlling a game using a coordinate input detected by a touchscreen having a touch region, the method comprising:

• changing an upward/downward direction of an image displayed on the touchscreen between a first and a second display direction that is different from the first display direction by 90 degrees, depending on an orientation of the touchscreen with respect to the direction of gravity;
• changing an operation mode between a first mode in which the upward/downward direction of the image is the first display direction and a second mode in which the upward/downward direction of the image is the second display direction;
• setting a reference coordinate point based on a coordinate point of the detected coordinate input;
• performing a first control on the game;
• performing a second control different from the first control on the game;
• and
• setting a first and a second region in the touch region, wherein the first and second regions do not overlap each other,
• wherein
• in the first mode, a first reference coordinate point is set as the reference coordinate point based on the coordinate point of the detected coordinate input,
• in the second mode, a first region reference coordinate point is set as the reference coordinate point in the first region based on the coordinate input performed in the first region, and a second region reference coordinate point is set as the reference coordinate point in the second region based on the coordinate input performed in the second region,
• in the first mode, a direction of the first control to be performed on the game is determined based on a component in a first axial direction of a difference between the first reference coordinate point and a coordinate point of the coordinate input performed after the setting of the first reference coordinate point,
• in the first mode, a direction of the second control to be performed on the game is determined based on a component in a second axial direction of the difference between the first reference coordinate point and the coordinate point of the coordinate input performed after the setting of the first reference coordinate point, the second axial direction being different from the first axial direction,
• in the second mode, the direction of the first control is determined based on a component in a third axial direction of a difference between the first region reference coordinate point and a coordinate point of the coordinate input performed in the first region after the setting of the first region reference coordinate point, and
• in the second mode, the direction of the second control is determined based on a component in a fourth axial direction of a difference between the second region reference coordinate point and a coordinate point of the coordinate input performed in the second region after the setting of the second region reference coordinate point, the fourth axial direction being different from the third axial direction.