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`ABSTRACT
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`A non-transitory computer readable recording medium stores game program code
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`instructions for a game in which a first user and a second user do battle, and when the game
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`program code instructions are executed by a computer, the game program code instructions cause
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`the computer to perform a data storage function of storing a first panel data that includes a
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`plurality of panels associated with the first user to a storage unit; a control function of receiving
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`information regarding a selection by the first user, the selection being for one or more panels
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`indicating characters to be disposed in one or more divisions of a game display screen including
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`a display region formed by the divisions; the data storage function further stores the panel
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`associated with information of motion to the storage unit, and the control function transmits
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`information for displaying the panel as a moving character according to the information of
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`motion associated with the panel when the panel is disposed in a target division.
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`What is claimed is:
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`A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing game program
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`code instructions for a game in which a first user and a second user do battle, and when the game
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`program code instructions are executed by a computer, the game program code instructions cause
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`the computer to perform:
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`a data storage function of storing a first panel data that includes a plurality of panels
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`associated with the first user to a storage unit,
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`a control function of receiving information regarding a selection by the first user, the
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`selection being for one or more panels indicating characters to be disposed in one or more
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`divisions of a game display screen including a display region formed by the divisions;
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`the data storage function further stores the panel associated with information of motion to
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`the storage unit, and
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`the control function transmits information for displaying the panel as a moving character
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`according to the information of motion associated with the panel when the panel is disposed in a
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`target division.
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`2.
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`The recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the control
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`function
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`disposes the panel in the target division or receives an instruction for disposing the panel in the
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`target division when the panel selected by the first user is allowed to be disposed in the target
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`division,
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`3.
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`The recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the data storage function
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`further stores the panel associated with information of text to be displayed to overlap the panel to
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`the storage unit, and
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`the control function transmits information for displaying the game display screen in
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`which the panel overlapped with the text is disposed in the target division on the basis of the
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`panel selected by the first user and the information of text to be displayed to overlap the panel.
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`4.
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`The recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the data storage function
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`further stores the panel associated with information of cost points that is reduced by disposing
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`the panel to the storage unit,
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`the data storage function compares the information of cost points associated with the
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`panel selected by the first user and information of possessing cost points associated with the first
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`user when the control function receives information regarding the selection by the first user, and
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`stores a value obtained by subtracting a value according to the information of cost points from a
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`value according to the information of possessing cost points by updating as the information of
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`possessing cost point to the storage unit when the value according to the information of
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`possessing cost points is greater than or equal to the value according to the information of cost
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`points as a result of above comparison, and
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`the control function transmits information for displaying the value according to the
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`updated information of possessing cost points in the game display screen,
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`5.
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`The recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the data storage function
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`further stores the panel associated with information of effect points that indicates effect on a
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`character of the second user by disposing the panel to the storage unit,
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`the data storage function compares the information of effect points associated with the
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`panel selected by the first user and information of hit points associated with the character of the
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`second user when the control function receives information regarding the selection by the first
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`user, and stores a value obtained by subtracting a value according to the information of effect
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`points from a value according to the information of hit points by updating as the information of
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`hit point to the storage unit when the value according to the information of hit points is greater
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`than or equal to the value according to the information of effect points as a result of above
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`comparison, and
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`the control function transmits information for displaying the value according to the
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`updated information of hit points in the game display screen.
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`6.
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`A game processing method for a game in which a first user and a second user do
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`battle, and when executed by a computer, the game processing method causes the computer to
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`perform:
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`a data storage step of storing a first panel data that includes a plurality of panels
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`associated with the first user to a storage unit,
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`a control step of receiving information regarding a selection by the first user,
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`the
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`selection being for one or more panels indicating characters to be disposed in one or more
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`divisions of a game display screen including a display region formed by the divisions;
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`the data storage step further stores the panel associated with information of motion to the
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`storage unit, and
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`the control step transmits information for displaying the panel as a moving character
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`according to the information of motion associated with the panel when the panel is disposed in a
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`target division.
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`7.
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`A server apparatus that controls a game in which a first user and a second user do
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`battle, comprising:
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`a data storage unit that stores a first panel data that includes a plurality of panels
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`associated with the first user;
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`a control unit that receives information regarding a selection by the first user,
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`the
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`selection being for one or more panels indicating characters to be disposed in one or more
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`divisions of a game display screen including a display region formed by the divisions;
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`the data storage unit further stores the panel associated with information of motion, and
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`the control unit transmits information for displaying the panel as a moving character
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`according to the information ofmoti on associated with the panel when the panel is disposed in a
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