Gaming Machine Door Mechanism for Chance Mode Engagement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Gaming machines struggle to continuously attract players' attention through varying visual effects alone, as these effects are general and limited in maintaining player engagement.
Innovation Solution
A gaming machine with a first display and a secondary display featuring a door that opens or closes to control the exposure of a display panel, which executes normal and chance mode games by rearranging symbols based on predefined tables and rendering patterns, providing a higher probability of specific symbols and triggering bonus modes to offer additional benefits.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If visual effects are varied through symbol patterns, gaming scenarios, background sound, and reel spinning schemes, then player engagement is improved, but the gaming machine cannot continuously attract players' attention because these effects are general and limited
Solution Approach 1:
The gaming machine is divided into multiple operational modes (normal mode and chance mode) with distinct gameplay characteristics. The chance mode further segments into multiple chance types (first chance type, second chance type, etc.), each with different symbol determination tables and rendering patterns. This segmentation allows the system to provide varied experiences without requiring complete redesign of the entire gaming machine.
Solution Approach 2:
The gaming machine dynamically switches between different operational modes and chance types based on game progression and player interaction. The controller adapts the gameplay by selecting different symbol determination tables and rendering patterns corresponding to different chance types, enabling continuous variation in gaming experience while maintaining a unified system architecture.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a door is added to control exposure of the display panel for chance mode games, then player attention is continuously attracted through dynamic gameplay, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The door structure serves multiple functions: it acts as a physical barrier during normal mode gameplay, opens to reveal the display panel during chance mode games, and can be controlled to display different rendering patterns. This multi-functionality allows the same structural element to support multiple game modes without requiring separate mechanisms for each mode.
Solution Approach 2:
The door acts as an intermediary element between the player and the display panel. By controlling the door's opening and closing states, the system creates suspense and anticipation before revealing game results or triggering chance events, thereby enhancing player engagement without requiring complex display technologies.
Data Source
AI summary
A gaming machine executes a normal mode game to rearrange symbols on the first display, based on at least one first table for determining symbols to be rearranged in the normal mode game, and triggers a chance mode game including a plurality of chance rounds when the rearranged symbols satisfies a first condition. The gaming machine closes the door when the chance mode game is triggered, and determining a chance type of the chance mode game. The gaming machine executes each chance round of the chance mode game to rearrange the symbols based on a second table for the determined chance type among a plurality of second tables, by controlling opening or closing of the door and displaying an object image on the display panel according to the determined chance type.