Interface system for location-based game, program and control method

An interface for a location-based game wherein the game progresses in a virtual world based on points that are given correlation to a distance of movement of a user in the real world, for causing a computer to function as:

• a virtual display data generating portion configured to generate virtual objects in accordance with the progression of the game accompanying movement of the user;
• and
• a compositing processing portion configured to superimpose and display a generated virtual object on real map information, wherein:
• the virtual object is a block that has a planar shape corresponding to geographical information in the real world, and that is covered, in whole or in part, by a city block unit on the real map;
• and
• each block appears in an inactive state on the real map along the movement path accompanying movement of the user in the real world, and is transitioned to the active state through a selection operation by the user.

A method for controlling an interface for a location-based game wherein the game progresses in a virtual world based on points that are given in correlation to a distance of movement of a user in the real world, including:

• generating a virtual object in accordance with the progression of the game accompanying movement of the user;
• and
• superimposing and displaying a generated virtual object on real map information, wherein:
• the virtual object is a block that has a planar shape corresponding to geographical information in the real world, and that is covered, in whole or in part, by a city block unit on the real map;
• and
• each block appears in an inactive state on the real map along the movement path accompanying movement of the user in the real world, and is transitioned to the active state through a selection operation by the user.