Dynamic Prize Escalation in Player Selection Wagering Games
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Solution Overview
Problem
Wagering games face a challenge in maintaining player interest and engagement, as current player selection games do not effectively increase anticipation and prevent disappointment by not clearly enhancing prizes.
Innovation Solution
A gaming method that anonymously displays player selectable elements, where selecting certain elements modifies the prize values of unselected elements, ensuring that all subsequent prizes are higher than the initial set, thus increasing player excitement and clarity of enhanced rewards.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If prizes are awarded from a fixed set of prize values in a player selection game, then the game structure is simple and easy to operate, but player interest and engagement decrease over time due to lack of anticipation and excitement
Solution Approach 1:
The prize values in the game are made dynamic rather than static. When a player selects a modifier element, the prize values for remaining unselected elements are automatically increased according to predefined modification values. This dynamic adjustment maintains player engagement by creating anticipation and excitement, as players understand that later selections may yield higher prizes, while the underlying game structure remains relatively simple to implement.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameter of prize values during game play. Instead of fixed prizes, the system modifies prize parameters (increases them) based on player selections. This parameter change creates a more engaging experience where players anticipate potentially higher rewards, while the modification follows clear rules that keep the overall system manageable and not overly complex.
2Ease of operation
If player selectable elements are displayed anonymously without indicating prize values, then the game is easier to operate and more visually clean, but players cannot anticipate potential rewards and thus experience reduced excitement
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by providing selective information disclosure. While most player selectable elements remain anonymous to maintain interface simplicity, modifier elements are displayed with special indicators showing they can modify prizes. This localized information provision maintains ease of operation for the overall interface while reducing information loss for critical elements that drive player engagement.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism where modifier elements act as mediators between the player and the prize information. These special elements communicate the potential for prize modification without revealing specific prize values, thus maintaining interface simplicity while providing enough information to generate excitement and anticipation.
3Ease of manufacture
If prize values remain fixed throughout the game, then the game structure is simple to implement, but players experience disappointment when receiving prizes that are not clearly enhanced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-defining modification values and rules for how prizes will be increased. This allows the system to automatically adjust prizes in advance according to predetermined logic, ensuring player satisfaction through clearly enhanced rewards while keeping the implementation relatively simple through rule-based automation rather than complex real-time calculations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent incorporates feedback mechanisms where the system monitors player selections and automatically provides feedback by increasing prize values for remaining elements. This feedback loop ensures player satisfaction by making it clear that prizes are being enhanced, while the automated nature of the feedback maintains implementation simplicity through systematic rule application.
4Adaptability or versatility
If the system modifies prize values for unselected elements in response to player selections, then player excitement and anticipation increase, but the computational complexity and processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements parameter changes with computational efficiency by using predefined modification values and simple arithmetic operations. When a player selects a modifier element, the system applies predetermined increases to remaining prize values, which requires minimal processing power compared to complex real-time calculations or AI-driven adjustments.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-calculating and storing modification values and rules before the game begins. This allows the runtime processing to simply apply these pre-computed values through straightforward operations, thereby increasing player excitement through dynamic prize modification while keeping computational requirements low.
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AI summary
Methods and gaming systems provide a player selection game in which the prizes available in the game increase in response to certain player selections from the various player selectable elements. Prizes are increased in a manner that makes it clear to the player that they have obtained an enhanced prize. In particular, prizes are increased in the course of the player selection game so that the lowest prize available after a prize increase is greater than the highest prize available prior to the prize increase.