Abstract: A method for expressing a psychological change of a character according to a positional relation, in a ball game realized by a game apparatus. The method for moving a predetermined character according to an inputted operation, executing a ball game in which a plurality of characters including the predetermined character appear, and generating an image of a virtual space in which the plurality of characters are provided, on the basis of a view point, has: determining whether a positional relation between a ball possessing character which possesses a ball and a second character, of the plurality of characters, satisfies a positional condition, or not; and changing a movement ability of at least one of the ball possessing character and the second character, when the positional relation satisfies the positional condition.