Game apparatus, data storage medium and computer program

A storage medium having a computer-executable program recorded thereon, wherein the program comprises:

• a program code of generating an image to be viewed from a predetermined viewpoint in an object space of a predetermined game wherein a plurality of characters fight with one another, to execute the predetermined game;
• a program code of memorizing hit effect data representative of a hit effect;
• a program code of deciding whether one of the characters hits an attack on one another of the characters, or not;
• and
• a program code of changing the hit effect data according to the attack, to generate the hit effect in the object space according to the hit effect data changed, the hit effect data having at least one character having a plurality of techniques and a plurality of attack strengths associated with each technique.

A computer process for performing the steps of:

• generating an image to be viewed from a predetermined viewpoint in an object space of a predetermined game wherein a plurality of characters fight with one another, to execute the predetermined game;
• memorizing hit effect data representative of a hit effect;
• deciding whether one of the characters hits an attack on one another of the characters, or not;
• and
• changing the hit effect data according to the attack, to generate the hit effect in the object space according to the hit effect data changed, the hit effect data having at least one character having a plurality of techniques and a plurality of attack strengths associated with each technique.

A game apparatus comprising:

• an executing section for executing a predetermined game wherein a plurality of characters fight with one another;
• a memorizing section for memorizing hit effect data representative of a hit effect, therein;
• a hit decision section for deciding whether one of the characters hits an attack on one another of the characters, or not;
• and
• an image generation section for generating an image including the hit effect, to be viewed from a predetermined viewpoint in an object space of the predetermined game, on the basis of the hit effect data memorized in the memorizing section according to the attack decided by the hit decision section, the hit effect data having at least one character having a plurality of techniques and a plurality of attack strengths associated with each technique.

A method for generating an image to be viewed from a predetermined viewpoint in an object space of a predetermined game wherein a plurality of characters fight with one another, to execute the predetermined game, the method comprising:

• memorizing hit effect data representative of a hit effect;
• deciding whether one of the characters hits an attack on one another of the characters, or not;
• and
• changing the hit effect data according to the attack, to generate the hit effect in the object space according to the hit effect data changed, the hit effect data having at least one character having a plurality of techniques and a plurality of attack strengths associated with each technique.

A computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave, comprising information used for:

• generating an image to be viewed from a predetermined viewpoint in an object space of a predetermined game wherein a plurality of characters fight with one another, to execute the predetermined game;
• memorizing hit effect data representative of a hit effect;
• deciding whether one of the characters hits an attack on one another of the characters, or not;
• and
• changing the hit effect data according to the attack, to generate the hit effect in the object space according to the hit effect data changed, the hit effect data having at least one character having a plurality of techniques and a plurality of attack strengths associated with each technique.