Method and apparatus for providing online shooting game

A game server communicatively connected to a player terminal and configured to perform an online shooting game, comprising:

• circuitry configured to:
• display, on the player terminal, a basic identification range that is selected according to a parameter associated with a player using the player terminal;
• display, on the player terminal, an aiming point capable of automatically tracking an enemy character when the enemy character is within the basic identification range;
• receive a shooting input from the player terminal;
• determine a damage to be inflicted on the enemy character based on the shooting input from the player terminal and the displayed basic identification range;
• and
• reflect the determined damage in the online shooting game.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program that, when executed by a game server that is communicatively connected to a player terminal and is configured to perform an online shooting game, cause the game server to perform:

• displaying, on the player terminal, a basic identification range that is selected according to a parameter associated with a player using the player terminal;
• displaying, on the player terminal, an aiming point capable of automatically tracking an enemy character when the enemy character is within the basic identification range;
• receiving a shooting input from the player terminal;
• determining a damage to be inflicted on the enemy character based on the shooting input from the player terminal and the displayed basic identification range;
• and
• reflecting the determined damage in the online shooting game.