Game device, game device control method, program, information storage medium
AssigneeKonami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
InventorRyuji Mimura
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Abstract
To provide a game device for enabling a game player to recognize a positional relationship among respective game characters even when the game characters are located densely in an area. A game data update unit (54) carries out a game in which a plurality of player objects appear. A game screen image display control unit (56) displays a game screen image including the image of a player object. However, when player objects numbering a reference number or more are present within a predetermined noted area, the game screen image display control unit (56) restricts displaying of the images of the player objects and instead shows position indicator images having a smaller area than the images in the game screen image.
Claims6
A game device, comprising:
- game executing means for carrying out a game in which a plurality of game characters appear;
- and
- display control means for displaying a game screen image including an image of the game character,
- wherein
- the display control means, when game characters numbering a reference number or more are present within a predetermined noted area, restricts displaying of the image of the game character present within the noted area and instead shows a substitute image having a smaller area than the image in the game screen image.
A game device control method, comprising:
- a step of carrying out a game in which a plurality of game characters appear;
- and
- a display control step of displaying a game screen image including an image of the game character,
- wherein
- the display control step includes a step of restricting, when game characters numbering a reference number or more are present within a predetermined noted area, displaying of the image of the game character present within the noted area and instead showing a substitute image having a smaller area than the image in the game screen image.
A program for causing a computer to function as:
- game executing means for carrying out a game in which a plurality of game characters appear;
- and
- display control means for displaying a game screen image including an image of the game character,
- wherein
- the display control means, when game characters numbering a reference number or more are present within a predetermined noted area, restricts displaying of the image of the game character present within the noted area and instead shows a substitute image having a smaller area than the image in the game screen image.
A computer readable information storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to function as:
- game executing means for carrying out a game in which a plurality of game characters appear;
- and
- display control means for displaying a game screen image including an image of the game character,
- wherein
- the display control means, when game characters numbering a reference number or more are present within a predetermined noted area, restricts displaying of the image of the game character present within the noted area and instead shows a substitute image having a smaller area than the image in the game screen image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.