Apparatus and method for displaying player character showing special movement state in network game

A method for progressing a game in which a plurality of players participate, each of the players who respectively use a plurality of terminal apparatuses manipulating player characters to participate in the game, the game being a two-dimensional game which displays a part of the two-dimensional game, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a first receiver, movement information transmitted from each of the plurality of terminal apparatuses;
• progressing, by a central processor, the game on the basis of the movement information received by the first receiver;
• transmitting, by a first transmitter, game information according to a progress state of the game progressed by the central processor to at least one of the plurality of terminal apparatuses;
• receiving, by a second receiver of each of the plurality of terminal apparatuses, the game information;
• causing, by a graphics processor of each of the plurality of terminal apparatuses, a display to display an image based on the game information received by the second receiver;
• and
• transmitting, by a second transmitter of each of the plurality of terminal apparatuses, movement information on a movement of a player character according to a player input by a player from an input,
• wherein the central processor of each of the plurality of terminal apparatuses:
• determines whether the player input by the player from the input includes a predetermined input instruction for the player character;
• and
• makes the player character a special player character showing a predetermined special movement state when the player input includes the predetermined input instruction, and
• the graphics processor of each of the plurality of terminal apparatuses causes the display to display:
• a normal image based on the player character of the player who uses the terminal apparatus and a progress state of the game in a case where the special player character showing the special movement state does not exist;
• and
• a special image based on the special player character showing the special movement state and the progress state of the game in a case where the special player character showing the special movement state exists, the special image showing a region with a given area of the two-dimensional space specified based on a position of the special player character.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium including a program for progressing a game in which a plurality of players participate, each of the players who respectively use a plurality of terminal apparatuses manipulating player characters to participate in the game, the game being a two-dimensional game which displays a part of the two-dimensional game, the program being executable by a computer and causing the computer to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, by a first receiver, movement information transmitted from each of the plurality of terminal apparatuses;
• progressing, by a central processor, the game on the basis of the movement information received by the first receiver;
• transmitting, by a first transmitter, game information according to a progress state of the game progressed by the central processor to at least one of the plurality of terminal apparatuses;
• receiving, by a second receiver of each of the plurality of terminal apparatuses, the game information;
• causing, by a graphics processor of each of the plurality of terminal apparatuses, a display to display an image based on the game information received by the second receiver;
• and
• transmitting, by a second transmitter of each of the plurality of terminal apparatuses, the movement information on a movement of a player character according to a player input by a player from an input,
• wherein the central processor of each of the plurality of terminal apparatuses:
• determines whether the player input by the player from the input includes a predetermined input instruction for the player character;
• and
• makes the player character a special player character showing a predetermined special movement state when the player input includes the predetermined input instruction, and
• the graphics processor of each of the plurality of terminal apparatuses causes the display to display:
• a normal image based on the player character of the player who uses the terminal apparatus and a progress state of the game in a case where the special player character showing the special movement state does not exist;
• and
• a special image based on the special player character showing the special movement state and the progress state of the game in a case where the special player character showing the special movement state exists, the special image showing a region with a given area of the two-dimensional space specified based on a position of the special player character.