Dynamic Symbol Area Expansion for Slot Machine Reward Progression
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional slot machine games do not provide a stepwise buildup of expectation for players to achieve specific rewards, lacking mechanisms to intuitively indicate the progression towards these rewards.
Innovation Solution
A game apparatus with a symbol arrangement device, change condition determination device, and area range changing device that adjusts the symbol-arranging area based on specific conditions, allowing for the granting of specific rewards when the area meets predefined ranges or conditions, thereby enhancing player expectation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If a specific reward is granted suddenly based on symbol combination, then the reward granting mechanism is simple, but the player's feeling of expectation is not enhanced
Solution Approach 1:
The symbol arranging area is dynamically changed in range based on game progress, transforming from a fixed area to a variable area that expands or contracts according to specific conditions, thereby creating a stepwise expectation buildup for players
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a new dimension of game state by adding the area range parameter, which varies independently from the symbol combination outcome, creating a multi-dimensional reward anticipation system
2Ease of manufacture
If the symbol-arranging area range is changed to indicate progress, then player expectation is heightened, but the game mechanism becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The symbol arranging area is segmented into variable range states, where the area can be divided or expanded based on game conditions, allowing progressive indication of reward proximity through area expansion stages
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides visual feedback through area range changes that directly correlate with game progress, giving players immediate visual indication of their proximity to achieving specific rewards
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AI summary
A game apparatus having a symbol arrangement device; a change condition determination device; an area range changing device; and a specific reward granting device. The symbol arrangement device arranges a plurality of symbols which are different in type. The change condition determination device determines, based on the plurality of symbols arranged by the symbol arrangement device, whether or not there is satisfied at least an area change condition for changing a range of a symbol-arranging area on which the plurality of symbols can be arranged by the symbol arrangement device. The area range changing device changes the range of the symbol-arranging area in case that the change condition determination device determined that there is satisfied the area change condition. The specific reward granting device grants a specific reward where at least a specific range condition that the range of the symbol-arranging area is changed into a specific range.