Attacking a virtual enemy by corresponding input to output sound

A non-transitory memory medium tangibly encoded with a game program for execution by a computer of a game apparatus in order to display a battle scene in which characters in a game world fight with each other, said computer executing for the game program at least:

• storing, in one or more first storage locations, one or more parameters for each enemy appearing in said game world;
• storing, in one or more second storage locations, one or more operation timing patterns indicating the timing of one or more sequential player inputs to be input in association with a corresponding enemy, the operation timing patterns having different difficulty levels of operation, the different enemies having different operation timing patterns;
• displaying, when the battle scene is displayed, an input pattern stored for at least one enemy appearing in said battle scene and changing the display of said input pattern on the basis of one of the one or more operation timing patterns stored for the enemy appearing in said battle scene in said one or more second storage locations and on the basis of said difficulty levels;
• detecting an operation by said player input in response to a change of said input pattern;
• calculating a changing value for changing the parameter of the enemy depending upon a degree of coincidence between the detected player operation timing and the timing of the operation timing pattern;
• and
• updating the parameter of the enemy being appearing in said battle scene on the basis of the calculated changing value.

A game method of a game apparatus which displays a battle scene in which characters in a game world fight with each other and has one or more first storage locations for storing one or more parameters for each enemy appearing in said game world and one or more second storage locations for storing one or more operation timing patterns showing player input timing patterns to be input in association with a corresponding enemy, the operation timing patterns having different difficulty levels of operation, the different enemies having different operation timing patterns, the method comprising:

• displaying, when the battle scene is displayed, an input pattern and changing a display of said input pattern on the basis of the one or more operation timing patterns stored in said one or more second storage locations and associated with the enemy appearing in said battle scene and on the basis of said difficulty levels;
• detecting an operation input by said player in response to a change of said input pattern;
• calculating a changing value for changing the parameter of the enemy depending upon a degree of coincidence between the detected player operation timing and the timing of the operation timing pattern;
• and
• updating the parameter of the enemy appearing in said battle scene on the basis of the changing value calculated by said calculating.

A game apparatus displaying a battle scene in which characters in a game world fight with each other, comprising:

• one or more first storage locations for storing one or more parameters for each enemy appearing in said game world;
• one or more second storage locations for storing, in association with said each enemy, background music that renders one or more operation timing patterns presenting a player with timing patterns to be operated in a rhythm pattern, the operation timing patterns having different difficulty levels of operation, the different enemies having different operation timing patterns;
• BGM reproducing programmed logic circuitry for reproducing background music stored in said one or more second storage locations and associated with the enemy appearing in said battle scene on the basis of said difficulty levels;
• operation detecting programmed logic circuitry for detecting an operation input by said player after the background music starts to be reproduced;
• changing value calculating programmed logic circuitry for calculating a changing value for changing the parameter of the enemy depending upon a degree of coincidence between the detected player operation timing and the timing of the rhythm pattern of said background music;
• and
• parameter updating programmed logic circuitry for updating the parameter of the enemy appearing in said battle scene on the basis of the changing value calculated by said changing value calculating programmed logic circuitry.

A game apparatus for displaying a battle scene in which characters in a game world fight with each other, comprising:

• at least one first storage location that stores at least one parameter for each enemy appearing in said game world;
• at least one second storage location that stores timing frame numbers indicative of a plurality of timings at which a player is to make operations, rhythm patterns corresponding to the timings, and music data including information of the rhythm patterns, in association with respective enemy characters, the rhythm patterns having different difficulty levels of operation, the different enemies having different rhythm patterns;
• music reproduction programmed logic circuitry that reproduces the music data in a battle scene based at least in part on the difficulty levels;
• a counter that starts to count a frame number in synchronization with a start of a reproduction of the music data produced by said music reproduction programmed logic circuitry;
• operation detection programmed logic circuitry that detects a player input operation;
• changing value calculation programmed logic circuitry that calculates, in accordance with a difference between a count value of said counter at the time an input is detected by the operation detection programmed logic circuitry and the frame number when the player was to have made the input, a changing value by which a parameter of the enemy character is changed;
• parameter update programmed logic circuitry that updates the parameter of the enemy character appearing in the battle scene according to the calculated changing value;
• at least one third storage location that stores a determining value;
• determining value decreasing programmed logic circuitry that decreases the determining value in accordance with the difference calculated by the changing value calculation programmed logic circuitry;
• and
• turn ending determining programmed logic circuitry that determines whether or not said determining value is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value, wherein
• dependent on a determination that said determining value is not equal to or less than a threshold value, at least the operation detection programmed logic circuitry continues to detect operation input, the changing value calculation programmed logic circuitry continues to determine a difference and calculate a changing value, the determining value decreasing programmed logic circuitry continues to decrease the determining value, and the turn end determining programmed logic circuitry continues to make a determination by comparing the determining value to the predetermined threshold value.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising a program to be executed by a computer of a game apparatus in order to display a battle scene in which characters in a game world fight with each other, said execution causing said computer to perform at least:

• storing at least one parameter for each enemy appearing in said game world;
• storing timing frame numbers indicative of a plurality of timings at which a player is to make operations, rhythm patterns corresponding to the timings, and music data including information of the rhythm patterns, in association with respective enemy characters, the rhythm patterns having different difficulty levels of operation, the different enemies having different rhythm patterns;
• reproducing the music data in a battle scene based at least in part on the difficulty levels;
• starting to count a frame number in synchronization with a start of the reproduced music data;
• detecting an input operation by the player;
• calculating, in accordance with a difference between a count at the time an input is detected by said detecting and the frame number when the player was to have made the input, a changing value by which a parameter of the enemy character is changed;
• updating the parameter of the enemy character appearing in the battle scene according to the calculated changing value;
• at least one third storage location that stores a determining value;
• decreasing the determining value in accordance with the difference calculated by the changing value calculation programmed logic circuitry;
• and
• determining whether or not said determining value is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value, wherein
• dependent on a determination that said determining value is not equal to or less than a threshold value, the operation detection programmed logic circuitry continues to detect operation input, at least the changing, decreasing, and determining continues.

A game apparatus displaying a battle scene in which character in a game world fight with each other, comprising:

• at least one first storage location that stores at least one parameter for each enemy character appearing in said game world;
• at least one second storage location that stores music data including input patterns indicative of a plurality of timings at which a player is to make operations, said patterns each being associated with one or more enemy characters, the patterns having different difficulty levels of operation, the different enemies having different patterns;
• music reproducing programmed logic circuitry that reproduces the music data corresponding to the enemy character appearing in the battle scene when the battle scene is displayed based at least in part on the difficulty levels;
• operation detecting programmed logic circuitry that detects an input operation by the player;
• changing value calculation programmed logic circuitry that calculates, in accordance with a degree of coincidence between the player operation input timing and the timing of said input pattern, a changing value by which a parameter of the enemy character is changed;
• and
• parameter updating programmed logic circuitry that updates at least one parameter of the enemy character appearing in the battle scene according to the calculated changing value.