Game machine, communication game system, and recorded medium

A game device which is constituted to enable players to play a game by manipulating a home character within a virtual space, comprising:

• an image generating module for generating a game image projected onto a two-dimensional plane which incorporates into a field of vision the front of said home character from a viewpoint behind said home character;
• and
• a viewpoint position controlling module for moving said viewpoint position within the space behind said home character in accordance with the position or movement within the virtual space of characters to be incorporated into said field of vision.

A communication game system in which a plurality of game devices are connected to each other to enable a competitive game to be played between teams in which at least two players operating said game devices form one team, comprising:

• a relative strength judging module for judging the relative strength of the teams playing said competitive game on the basis of the total fighting ability within a team;
• and
• an image generating module for generating an image displaying the results of the judgment.

A communication game system in which a plurality of game devices are connected to each other to enable a competitive game to be played between teams in which at least two players operating said game devices form one team, comprising:

• an activity judging module for determining the relative strength of the teams playing said competitive game according to whether or not a leader character designated as the leader of each team is active in said competitive game;
• and
• a relative strength judging module which, when said leader character is judged to be active, judges the team to which said leader character belongs to be the winner.

A communication game system in which a plurality of game devices are connected to each other to enable a competitive game to be played between teams in which at least two players operating said game devices form one team, comprising:

• an activity judging module for determining the relative strength of the teams playing said competitive game according to whether or not a leader character designated as the leader of each team is active in said competitive game;
• and
• a physical strength distributing module which, when the physical strength of a character other than said leader character within a team decreases, distributes the physical strength of said leader character to said character with reduced physical strength.

A communication game system in which a plurality of game devices are connected to each other to enable a competitive game to be played between teams in which at least two players operating said game devices form one team, each of said plurality of game devices comprising:

• a condition considering module for considering predetermined conditions corresponding to the balance of fighting strength between the teams playing said competitive game;
• and
• a fighting strength balance adjusting module for adjusting the balance of fighting strength between said teams in accordance with said conditions.

A recording medium recorded with a program for causing a computer to execute a game method for displaying a spatial object which is positioned at a remove from a terrain surface set within a virtual space, comprising:

• a projected image generating module for generating a projected image object emulating a projected image of said spatial object on said terrain surface;
• and
• a projected image modifying module for moving said projected image object in accordance with the movement of said spatial object, modifying the magnitude of said displayed projected image object in accordance with the position of said spatial object within said virtual space and the position of a virtual light source set within said virtual space, and holding the magnitude of said projected image object at a predetermined magnitude when the distance of said spatial object from said terrain surface exceeds a reference distance.

A recording medium recorded with a program for causing a computer to execute a game method for enabling players to play a game by manipulating a home character within a virtual space, comprising:

• an image generating module for generating a game image projected onto a two-dimensional plane which incorporates into a field of vision the front of said home character from a viewpoint behind said home character;
• and
• a viewpoint position controlling module for moving said viewpoint position within the space behind said home character in accordance with the position or movement within the virtual space of characters to be incorporated into said field of vision.

A recording medium recorded with a program for causing a computer to execute a game method in which a plurality of game devices are connected to each other to enable a competitive game to be played between teams in which at least two players operating said game devices form one team, comprising:

• a relative strength judging module for judging the relative strength of the teams playing said competitive game on the basis of the total fighting ability within a team;
• and
• an image generating module for generating an image displaying the results of the judgment.

A recording medium recorded with a program for causing a computer to execute a game method in which a plurality of game devices are connected to each other to enable a competitive game to be played between teams in which at least two players operating said game devices form one team, comprising:

• an activity judging module for determining the relative strength of the teams playing said competitive game according to whether or not a leader character designated as the leader of each team is active in said competitive game;
• and
• a relative strength judging module which, when said leader character is judged to be active, judges the team to which said leader character belongs to be the winner.

A recording medium recorded with a program for causing a computer to execute a game method in which a plurality of game devices are connected to each other to enable a competitive game to be played between teams in which at least two players operating said game devices form one team, comprising:

• an activity judging module for determining the relative strength of the teams playing said competitive game according to whether or not a leader character designated as the leader of each team is active in said competitive game;
• and
• a physical strength distributing module which, when the physical strength of a character within a team other than said leader character decreases, distributes the physical strength of said leader character to said character with reduced physical strength.

A recording medium recorded with a program for causing a computer to execute a game method in which a plurality of game devices are connected to each other to enable a competitive game to be played between teams in which at least two players operating said game devices form one team, comprising:

• a condition considering module for considering predetermined conditions corresponding to the balance of fighting strength between the teams playing said competitive game;
• and
• a fighting strength balance adjusting module for adjusting the balance of fighting strength between said teams in accordance with said conditions.