Game providing device

A game providing device for providing a game wherein a player operates a player character in a game space, the game providing device being communicatively connected to a display device having a touch panel, the game providing device comprising:

• a display image generating unit configured to generate a display image including an image of the game space corresponding to a current position of the player character in the game space and display the display image on the display device;
• a moving direction setting unit configured to set a moving direction of the player character based at least on a type of an object on the display image corresponding to a position of a touch operation on the touch panel by the player;
• and
• a player character control unit configured to control the player character such that the player character moves in the set moving direction,
• wherein the game space includes one or more pass points set previously, and
• wherein when the object corresponding to the position of the touch operation is a predetermined button, the moving direction setting unit sets the moving direction to a direction from the current position toward one target pass point included in the one or more pass points;
• and when the touch operation is performed on a position corresponding to another object of a type other than the predetermined button while the player character is moving in the direction toward the target pass point, the moving direction setting unit sets the moving direction to a direction based at least on the type of the other object in place of the direction toward the target pass point.