Video game processing apparatus, a method and a computer program product for processing a video game

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium that stores a program for processing a video game, progress of the video game being controlled by causing an image displayer to display a player character moveable on the field of the video game displayed on an image display screen of the image displayer, and controlling an action of each character to be displayed on the image display screen in accordance with operations by a player, the computer readable medium comprising:

• a storing code segment that stores a battle tool information managing table in which battle tool information showing a plurality of battle tools with which the player character is to be equipped is set, the battle tools including at least one of a weapon and a protector;
• a display position calculating code segment that, in response to a display state set request based on the operations of the player, calculates in what positional relationship the plurality of battle tools is set by determining which one of a plurality of arrangements patterns is used, calculates in which arrangement positions of the determined arrangement pattern the images of the battle tools are displayed, and calculates display position information of each of the plurality of battle tools based on the arrangement positions of the images of the battle tools in the determined arrangement pattern;
• a setting code segment that sets a display state of the images of the plurality of battle tools to be displayed on a battle screen based on the display position information calculated by the display position calculating code segment;
• a reading code segment that reads out the battle tool information set to the battle tool information managing table in response to a display request by the operations by the player, a battle tool displayed controller causing the image displayer to display the images of the battle tools indicated by the battle tool information thus read out with the display state determined by the setting code segment, the images of the battle tools being displayed on the battle screen with reference to a display position of the player character;
• a judging code segment that determines the battle tools which are able to be equipped by the player character by determining the battle tools that are displayed in the determined arrangement pattern within a predetermined distance from the display position of the player character on the battle screen, and that receives an equipment request by the operation of the player with respect to the battle tools capable of being equipped;
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• an equipping code segment that equips the player character with one of the battle tools in response to an equipment request receiver receiving the equipment request,
• wherein the setting code segment is configured to change the arrangement positions of the images of the battle tools with respect to one another in the determined arrangement pattern in accordance with the display state set request based on the operations of the player,
• wherein the player character moves, on the battle screen in accordance with the operations of the player, toward one of the images of one of the battle tools for decreasing a distance between the player character and the one of the images for determining, with the judging code segment, that the player character is able to be equipped with the one of the battle tools, and
• wherein the player character has previously possessed, during the progress of the video game, at least one of the plurality of battle tools that is displayed in the determined arrangement pattern that is set based on the operations of the player, the player character being able to be equipped with the previously possessed one of the plurality of battle tools by moving within the predetermined distance of the corresponding one of the images of the previously possessed one of the battle tools.