Method for locking target in game scenario and terminal

A terminal, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• memory and
• one or more programs stored in the memory, wherein the one or more program, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the terminal to perform a plurality of operations including:
• obtaining input gesture information from a user on an operation interface of a game application, wherein the game application includes multiple object categories, each object category having one or more virtual characters displayed on the operation interface;
• recognizing the gesture information to obtain a switching instruction of the game application corresponding to the gesture information;
• selecting an object category of virtual characters according to the switching instruction;
• locking a target virtual character in the object category according to a preset rule and performing an operation on the target virtual character;
• and
• marking, by the terminal, the target virtual character that has been locked using a first indicator and a second target virtual character that has not been locked using a second indicator visually distinct from the first indicator.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, that are configured to be executed by one or more processors of a terminal and cause the terminal to perform a plurality of operations including:

• obtaining input gesture information from a user on an operation interface of a game application, wherein the game application includes multiple object categories, each object category having one or more virtual characters displayed on the operation interface;
• recognizing the gesture information to obtain a switching instruction of the game application corresponding to the gesture information;
• selecting an object category of virtual characters according to the switching instruction;
• locking a target virtual character in the object category according to a preset rule and performing an operation on the target virtual character;
• and
• marking, by the terminal, the target virtual character that has been locked using a first indicator and a second target virtual character that has not been locked using a second indicator visually distinct from the first indicator.