Game device, message display method, information recording medium and program

A method of displaying a message for a game device that displays a message uttered by a character of a plurality of characters being disposed in a common virtual space and including a player character operated by a player, the method comprising:

• an acquiring step of acquiring a message uttered by another character;
• a calculating step of calculating a decay rate of the message based on a positional relationship between the another character which has uttered the message and the player character;
• and
• a display controlling step of displaying the message so that a part of the message is converted into one or more masking characters based on the calculated decay rate.

A non-transitory information recording medium storing a program that controls a computer that displays a message uttered by a character of a plurality of characters disposed in a common virtual space and including a player character operated by the player, the program controlling the computer to function as:

• an acquiring unit that acquires a message uttered by another character;
• a calculating unit that calculates a decay rate of the message based on a positional relationship between the another character, which has uttered the message, and the player character;
• and
• a display control unit that displays the message so that a part of the message is converted into one or more masking characters based on the calculated decay rate.