Game device, control method for the game device, and information storage medium
To provide a game device capable of reducing stress felt by a player in a case of determining a moving destination position of a moving instruction object image. A display unit ( 84 ) displays a game screen containing the moving instruction object image and a moving target candidate image. A determining unit (an enemy unit selecting unit ( 76 )) determines whether or not a moving destination candidate position accepted by a moving destination candidate accepting unit ( 74 ) and a position of the moving target candidate image satisfy predetermined positional conditions. A display control unit ( 82 ) performs display output associated with the moving target candidate image based on parameter information corresponding to the moving target candidate image and parameter information corresponding to the moving instruction object image in accordance with a result of the determination made by the determining unit.
1. A game device which displays a game screen containing a moving instruction object image and a moving target candidate image, comprising:
a moving destination candidate designation accepting unit configured to accept designation of a moving destination candidate position of the moving instruction object image;
a determining unit configured to determine whether the moving destination candidate position and a position of the moving target candidate image satisfy predetermined conditions; and
a display control unit that performs a display output associated with the moving target candidate image on the basis of parameter information corresponding to the moving target candidate image and parameter information corresponding to the moving instruction object image, according to a result of the determination made by the determining unit, wherein a guide image is displayed at a position determined based on the position of the moving target candidate image in accordance with the result of the determination by the determining unit,
wherein the guide image includes a message character string based on the parameter information corresponding to the moving target candidate image and the parameter information corresponding to the moving instruction object image.
2. A game device according to claim 1 , wherein the display control unit controls the guide image, which is based on the parameter information corresponding to the moving target candidate image and the parameter information corresponding to the moving instruction object image.
3. A game device according to claim 2 , wherein:
the guide image includes a balloon image with a balloon containing the message character string; and
the display control unit determines a balloon shape on the basis of the parameter information corresponding to the moving target candidate image and the parameter information corresponding to the moving instruction object image.
4. A game device according to claim 1 , wherein:
a plurality of moving target candidate images is displayed on the game screen;
the determining unit determines, with respect to each of the plurality of moving target candidate images, whether or not the position of the moving target candidate image and the moving destination candidate position satisfy the predetermined conditions; and
the display control unit performs a display output associated with each of the moving target candidate images that has been determined to satisfy the predetermined conditions by the determining unit, based on the parameter information corresponding to the moving target candidate image and the parameter information corresponding to the moving instruction object image.
5. A game device according to claim 2 , wherein:
a plurality of moving target candidate images is displayed on the game screen;
the determining unit determines, with respect to each of the plurality of moving target candidate images, whether or not the position of the moving target candidate image and the moving destination candidate position satisfy the predetermined conditions; and
the display control unit performs a display output associated with each of the moving target candidate images that has been determined to satisfy the predetermined conditions by the determining unit, based on the parameter information corresponding to the moving target candidate image and the parameter information corresponding to the moving instruction object image.
6. A game device according to claim 3 , wherein:
a plurality of moving target candidate images is displayed on the game screen;
the determining unit determines, with respect to each of the plurality of moving target candidate images, whether or not the position of the moving target candidate image and the moving destination candidate position satisfy the predetermined conditions; and
the display control unit performs a display output associated with each of the moving target candidate images that has been determined to satisfy the predetermined conditions by the determining unit, based on the parameter information corresponding to the moving target candidate image and the parameter information corresponding to the moving instruction object image.
7. A control method for a game device which displays a game screen containing a moving instruction object image and a moving target candidate image, comprising:
accepting by a processor designation of a moving destination candidate position of the moving instruction object image;
determining in a processor whether the moving destination candidate position and a position of the moving target candidate image satisfy predetermined conditions;
performing a display output to a display device associated with the moving target candidate image on the basis of parameter information corresponding to the moving target candidate image and parameter information corresponding to the moving instruction object image, according to a result of the determination made in the determining; and
displaying a guide image at a position determined based on the position of the moving target candidate image in accordance with the result of the determining, wherein the guide image includes the message character string based on the parameter information corresponding to the moving target candidate image and the parameter information corresponding to the moving instruction object image.
8. The control method of claim 7 , wherein the performing controls the displaying the guide image, which is based on the parameter information corresponding to the moving target candidate image and the parameter information corresponding to the moving instruction object image.
9. The control method of claim 8 , wherein:
the guide image includes a balloon image with a balloon containing the message character string; and
the performing comprises determining a balloon shape on the basis of the parameter information corresponding to the moving target candidate image and the parameter information corresponding to the moving instruction object image.
10. A non-transitory computer-readable information storage medium having recorded thereon a program, when executed by a computer, for making the computer function as a game device which displays a game screen containing a moving instruction object image and a moving target candidate image, the program containing executable instructions comprising:
accepting designation of a moving destination candidate position of the moving instruction object image;
determining whether or not the moving destination candidate position and a position of the moving target candidate image satisfy predetermined conditions;
performing a display output associated with the moving target candidate image on the basis of parameter information corresponding to the moving target candidate image and parameter information corresponding to the moving instruction object image, according to a result of the determination made by the determining; and
displaying a guide image at a position determined based on the position of the moving target candidate image in accordance with the result of the determining,
wherein the guide image includes a message character string based on the parameter information corresponding to the moving target candidate image and the parameter information corresponding to the moving instruction object image.
11. The non-transitory computer-readable information storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the performing controls displaying the guide image, which is based on the parameter information corresponding to the moving target candidate image and the parameter information corresponding to the moving instruction object image.
12. The non-transitory computer-readable information storage medium of claim 11 , wherein:
the guide image includes a balloon image with a balloon containing the message character string; and
the performing comprises determining a balloon shape on the basis of the parameter information corresponding to the moving target candidate image and the parameter information corresponding to the moving instruction object image.