GAME APPARATUS, GAME CONTROL METHOD, AND GAME CONTROL PROGRAM

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a highly convenient technique for game control.SOLUTION: A game apparatus 10 includes: an input accepting part 30 for accepting operation input from a player; a control part 40 for controlling a game in accordance with timing of the operation input; and a screen generation part 66 for displaying a screen of a game. The screen generation part 66 displays on a screen a graphic or an object showing a direction of the flight of a ball hit by a player's character and also varies with time the direction shown by the graphic or the object. The control part 40, in accordance with a state of the graphic or the object at the point of time when the operation input is accepted, determines a power or impact of hitting the ball as well as the direction of the flight of the ball in accordance with direction shown by the graphic or the object.