Game processing system, computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having game program stored therein, and game processing method

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions that, when executed by a processor of a first game apparatus, cause the first game apparatus to:

• place, in a first virtual space, a first player character subjected to movement control on the basis of an operation by a user of the first game apparatus and a second player character subjected to movement control on the basis of data received from a second game apparatus connected to the first game apparatus via a network;
• place the second player character at a position, in the first virtual space, corresponding to a position of a third player character in a second virtual space, in the second game apparatus, having the same structure as the first virtual space;
• not cause the second player character to interfere with an object in the first virtual space;
• perform drawing processing for the first virtual space in which the first player character and the second player character are placed;
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• when the third player character satisfies a predetermined condition in the second virtual space, draw the first virtual space in which the first player character and the second player character are placed, so as to change a display manner of the second player character placed at the position corresponding to the position of the third player character in the second virtual space in which a movable range is changed, without changing a movable range in the first virtual space.

A game processing method executed by a processor configured to control a game processing system for performing a multiplay game, the game processing method causing the game processing system to operate so that:

• a first processor of a first game apparatus places, in a first virtual space, a first player character subjected to movement control on the basis of an operation by a user of the first game apparatus and a second player character subjected to movement control on the basis of data received from a second game apparatus connected to the first game apparatus via a network;
• a second processor of the second game apparatus places, in a second virtual space having the same structure as the first virtual space, a third player character subjected to movement control on the basis of an operation by a user of the second game apparatus and a fourth player character subjected to movement control on the basis of data received from the first game apparatus;
• further, the first processor places the second player character at a position, in the first virtual space, corresponding to a position of the third player character in the second virtual space;
• further, the second processor places the fourth player character at a position, in the second virtual space, corresponding to a position of the first player character in the first virtual space;
• the first processor does not cause the second player character to interfere with an object in the first virtual space;
• the second processor does not cause the fourth player character to interfere with an object in the second virtual space;
• the first processor performs drawing processing for the first virtual space in which the first player character and the second player character are placed;
• the second processor performs drawing processing for the second virtual space in which the third player character and the fourth player character are placed;
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• when the third player character satisfies a predetermined condition in the second virtual space,
• the second processor performs drawing processing for the second virtual space in which the third player character and the fourth player character are placed, so as to change a movable range in the second virtual space, and
• the first processor performs drawing processing for the first virtual space in which the first player character and the second player character are placed, so as to change a display manner of the second player character without changing a movable range in the first virtual space.