Bonus Symbol Window GUI for Jackpot and Feature Game Triggers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Players often experience difficulty understanding the complex game mechanics of electronic gaming machines (EGMs) due to increasing complexity, particularly in games with multiple feature games and jackpot chances, leading to confusion and reduced engagement.
Innovation Solution
The system provides graphical user interfaces (GUIs) that present multiple symbol windows and metamorphic indicators, allowing for the initiation of feature games and jackpot chance games based on trigger symbols and indicators, with animations and animations that simplify game mechanics and ensure players understand their game status.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple feature games and jackpot chances are added to the EGM, then the game excitement and engagement are increased, but the game mechanics complexity increases leading to player confusion
Solution Approach 1:
The game interface is segmented into distinct functional areas: a base game area with symbol windows, a separate indicator area showing available feature games and jackpot chances, and dedicated display regions for each feature type. This spatial segmentation allows multiple game features to coexist without overwhelming the player, as each feature is presented in its own visual context rather than as a monolithic complex system.
2Loss of information
If detailed information about game features is provided through information screens, then player understanding is improved, but the game play time is reduced due to additional navigation requirements
Solution Approach 1:
All game feature information is prepared and displayed in advance within the main game interface. The indicator system pre-shows which feature games and jackpot chances are available before the player needs to understand them. This eliminates the need for separate information screens, as players receive contextualized information naturally during gameplay flow, reducing navigation time while maintaining clarity.
Solution Approach 2:
Visual indicators serve as intermediaries between the complex game system and the player. Rather than presenting raw game data or requiring players to interpret complex rules, the indicators translate game state into intuitive visual representations showing feature availability and status, bridging the gap between system complexity and player understanding without requiring additional information screens.
3Loss of information
If visual indicators are added to communicate game status, then player understanding is improved, but the display complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The visual indicators are merged with the base game display rather than being presented as separate elements. The indicator system integrates into the existing symbol window layout, using the same visual language and display real estate. This combining approach communicates comprehensive game status information without adding separate display components or increasing overall display complexity, as the indicators share the visual space with the base game.
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AI summary
A graphical user interface for providing, on-demand, a game of chance with a hold-and-spin feature game mechanic in a format that features a larger number of reels and chances to receive prizes than are provided in typical hold-and-spin games. The graphical interface is configured to nevertheless provide a hold-and-spin gameplay experience similar to that found in hold-and-spin games having a smaller number of reels.