Cascading Symbol Game Upgrade Events
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need to enhance the level of excitement and entertainment in gaming machines by increasing the number of winning symbol combinations and awards provided to players for a single wager in cascading symbol or tumbling reel games.
Innovation Solution
The gaming system introduces upgrade events that modify symbols, award evaluations, and bonus game attributes, such as upgrading non-wild symbols to wild symbols, adding paylines, or increasing free spins, to enhance winning opportunities during cascading symbol games.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional cascading symbol games are used, then the game provides basic winning opportunities, but the level of excitement and entertainment is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic modification of game parameters during play through upgrade events. Symbols can be upgraded from lower to higher values, wild symbols can be added to the grid, and payline configurations can change dynamically. This transforms a static game into one where winning opportunities and award potentials continuously evolve, directly resolving the contradiction between basic winning opportunities and limited excitement.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes multiple game parameters simultaneously during upgrade events: symbol values are upgraded (e.g., from 10 to 100), wild symbol counts increase, payline numbers are modified, and bonus game attributes are adjusted. These parameter changes create escalating winning opportunities and more lucrative awards, transforming the game experience from static to dynamically rewarding.
2Productivity
If more winning symbol combinations are generated, then player engagement increases, but the game complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Upgrade events perform preliminary actions by pre-upgrading symbols and modifying game parameters before the final evaluation of winning combinations. This allows the system to create multiple layers of winning opportunities in advance, increasing the number of potential winning combinations without proportionally increasing the complexity of the evaluation mechanics.
Solution Approach 2:
The upgrade event system serves multiple functions simultaneously: it upgrades symbol values, adds wild symbols, modifies paylines, and triggers bonus features. This multi-functionality allows the game to generate more winning combinations through a unified mechanism rather than requiring separate complex systems for each feature, thus increasing productivity while managing complexity.
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A gaming system including a cascading symbol or tumbling reel game which utilizes zero, one or more upgrades in association with zero, one or more shifting symbols. Upon an occurrence of an upgrade event, the gaming system upgrades one or more aspects or attributes of one or more games played. In certain embodiments, such upgrades pertain to upgrading one or more symbols displayed at one or more symbol display positions of one or more symbol display position grids. In certain other embodiments, such upgrades pertain to upgrading the award evaluation of one or more symbols displayed at one or more symbol display positions of one or more symbol display position grids. In certain other embodiments, such upgrades pertain to upgrading one or more attributes or features of one or more bonus or secondary games which are subsequently triggered.