A server connected to a terminal device operated by a player through a communication line to provide a game including a predetermined battle event comprising at least one battle, comprising: an information storage device that stores information related to the game; and a controller that accesses the information, performs computation on the game, and displays images of the game on the terminal device, wherein the information storage device holds, as part of the information related to the game, plural kinds of player characters and at least one kind of enemy character associated with the predetermined battle event, information on a game content corresponding to each of the player characters, a point set for each of the player characters and/or each of the game contents, and information on an upper limit of a point set for the battle or the predetermined battle event, the controller displays a plurality of the game contents in a first field on the terminal device so that the player can select at least one desired game content from the plurality of the game contents to attack the enemy character in the predetermined battle event, and the controller permits the player to select the game contents when a sum of the points of the player characters and/or the game content selected by the player is less than or equal to the upper limit of the point, and the controller sequentially subtracts the point of the selected game content from the upper limit of the point, and adds a predetermined amount to the upper limit of the point at appropriate timing or restores the upper limit of the point. view more

The server according to claim 1, wherein when the player selects the desired game content from the game contents displayed in the first field, the control unit removes the game content selected by the player from the first field, and updates the first field with a new game content alternative to the removed game content. view more

The method according to claim 14, further comprising: when the player selects the desired game content from the game contents displayed in the first field, removing, by the controller, the game content selected by the player from the first field, and updating the first field with a new game content alternative to the removed game content. view more

The server according to claim 1, wherein the condition for granting the second object includes a condition relating to the number of or types of objects which have been transferred to the second user.

A method for controlling a server for providing a service to a plurality of devices respectively used by a plurality of users, including a storage module and a communication module for communicating with the plurality of devices, the method comprising: storing possessed objects respectively possessed by the plurality of users, acquired in the service and used in the service in the storage module; storing, for each of the plurality of users, transfer information indicating a transfer or a user who has transferred an object to any of the plurality of the users in the storage module; sending, to a device of a first user among the plurality of users, display data for selecting a first object from the possessed objects possessed by the first user and selecting a second user from the plurality of users; receiving from the device of the first user a request for transfer of the selected first object from the first user to the second user; updating the transfer information of the second user in response to the request for transfer; determining whether the transfer information of the second user satisfies a condition for granting a second object when the first object is transferred in response to the request for transfer; granting, by the server, the second object used in the service to the second user when the transfer information of the second user satisfies the condition for granting the second object; and notifying the device of the second user that the first object is transferred, or that the second object is granted. view more

A game system comprising: a terminal device including a display configured to display a game image and a touch panel provided integral with the display; and a game server apparatus configured to be connected to the terminal device via a network, wherein the terminal device includes first circuitry configured toidentify a first touch operation on the touch panel;control the display to display a frame indicative of a shooting effective range in accordance with a position of the first touch operation; andidentify a second touch operation at the touch panel as an instruction for an attack when the frame is displayed by the display, and the game server apparatus includes second circuitry configured tocontrol to attack in accordance with a display position of the frame when the instruction for the attack is identified. view more

A shooting game control method which is executed between a terminal device including a display configured to display a game image and a touch panel provided integral with the display, and a game server apparatus which is connected to the terminal device via a network, the method comprising: identifying, by the terminal device, a first touch operation on the touch panel; displaying, by the display of the terminal device, a frame indicative of a shooting effective range in accordance with a position of the first touch operation; identifying, by the terminal device, a second touch operation at the touch panel as an instruction for an attack when the frame is displayed; and controlling, by the game server apparatus, to attack in accordance with a display position of the frame when the instruction for the attack is identified. view more

The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit displays the game content selected by the player in a second field different from the first field in a state different from the state of being displayed in the first field.

The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit enables selection of the new game content before a predetermined time is elapsed and when the second parameter value of the new game content alternative to the removed game content is smaller than the third parameter value from which the second parameter value of the removed game content has been subtracted. view more