Game machine and data storage medium having stored therein game program

A computer-readable storage medium having stored therein a game program for causing a computer connected to a first display unit, a second display unit, and an input unit to be operated by a player to implement a game in a virtual game space, the game program causing the computer to function as:

• a first display controller which generates a first image representing a scene captured by a virtual camera provided in the virtual game space and causes the first image to be displayed on the first display unit;
• a second display controller which generates a second image for allowing the player to specify a desired focus target in a virtual game space and causes the second image to be displayed on the second display unit;
• a focus target determining mechanism which determines the focus target based on an input from the input unit;
• a virtual camera controller which directs the virtual camera to capture another scene in the virtual game space having the focus target determined by the focus target determining means, wherein the first display controller generates a third image representing the another scene which is displayed on the first display unit,
• wherein a plurality of objects are present in the virtual game space, and
• the game program further causes the computer to:
• function as feature information storage location device which stores feature information unique to each of the plurality of objects, and
• based on an operation performed by a player on the input unit, the focus target determining mechanism determines one of the plurality of objects as a focus target object,
• the second display controller generates the second image including the feature information corresponding to the focus target object,
• the virtual camera controller sets a focus point of the virtual camera at the focus target object, and
• wherein the first display controller generates the first image from which an image for distinguishing the focus target object from other objects is excluded.

A method of selecting a focus target in a virtual game space comprising the steps of:

• displaying, on a first display unit, a first image representing a scene captured by a virtual camera provided in the virtual game space;
• storing feature information unique to each of a plurality of objects present in the virtual game space;
• displaying, on a second display unit, an image which allows one or more images corresponding to the stored feature information to allow a player to specify a desired one of the plurality of objects as a desired focus target in a virtual game space;
• directing the virtual camera to capture another scene in the virtual game space having the desired focus target, and
• displaying on the first display unit a third image representing the another scene, wherein an image for distinguishing the focus target object from other objects is excluded in the first image.