Game Machine Reel Display Module Unpredictable Bonus Trigger
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional game machines fail to stimulate player curiosity and anticipation due to the predictability of bonus spins, making it difficult to maintain player engagement.
Innovation Solution
A game machine with a reel display module providing a changing and static display of symbols, a measuring module tracking the number of special symbol appearances, and a game points determining module awarding points based on this count, along with random selection of special and sub-symbols, to create unpredictability and increase player interest.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a special reel is used to provide bonus spins based on predetermined symbol combinations, then the game machine can award multiplication factors and bonus payouts, but the player's curiosity and anticipation decrease because the procedure becomes widely known and predictable
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the static, predetermined bonus procedure into a dynamic system where the special symbol changes with each game. The symbol that triggers bonus awards is randomly selected and changes dynamically, preventing players from predicting when bonuses will occur. This dynamic adaptation maintains player curiosity while preserving the reliability of bonus awards through the counting mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the key parameter of the bonus trigger from fixed symbol combinations to a variable special symbol. The special symbol is randomly selected from multiple symbols and changes with each game, fundamentally altering how bonus awards are triggered. This parameter change makes the bonus procedure unpredictable while maintaining its reliability through the underlying counting system.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the bonus procedure is made unpredictable by changing the special symbol, then player curiosity and anticipation increase, but the conventional fixed procedure that determines game points becomes less reliable
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a feedback mechanism where the system continuously counts the number of times the special symbol appears during the changing display phase. This count is fed back to determine the game points awarded. The feedback loop ensures that even though the special symbol changes, the game point determination remains reliable and consistent with the actual symbol frequency observed during play.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a counting mechanism as an intermediary between the variable special symbol display and the game point determination. The counter accumulates symbol appearances during the changing phase and serves as the basis for awarding game points. This intermediary ensures that the unpredictable symbol selection does not compromise the reliability of point determination, as points are based on actual observed frequency rather than fixed rules.
3Device complexity
If game points are awarded based on fixed symbol combinations, then the determination procedure is simple and reliable, but player interest decreases due to predictability
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary counting of special symbol appearances during the changing display phase before determining game points. The system accumulates the count of special symbol occurrences while the reels are spinning, and then uses this pre-calculated count to determine the award. This preliminary action simplifies the final determination step while maintaining player interest through the unpredictable special symbol mechanism.
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The present invention includes: a reel display module that changingly displays multiple types of symbols in multiple regions and also statically displays these changingly displayed symbols in these regions; measuring modules for measuring or storing modules for storing the number of times a special symbol, which is a symbol selected out of these symbols, is displayed in a changing manner and/or a static manner; and a game points evaluation module determining game points to be awarded to the player. The present invention increases a player's curiosity and anticipation for a game.