Gaming Machine Shared Reel Areas for Primary and Secondary Game Continuity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Gaming machines lack continuity and clear added value between primary and secondary games, leading to a suboptimal user experience due to independent outcomes and lack of relation between the two.
Innovation Solution
A gaming machine with a display unit featuring multiple symbol areas, where symbols are rearranged upon player interaction, allowing for a primary game and secondary game with interconnected outcomes, enhancing the user experience by demonstrating the added value of the secondary game.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the gaming machine provides a secondary game with a different form from the primary game, then the variety of games is improved, but the continuity and user experience are worsened due to lack of relation between the two games
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the primary game and secondary game into a unified slot machine format with a shared symbol display area. The same reel set is used for both games, and the symbol arrangements are interconnected rather than independent. This merging approach maintains game variety through different game modes while ensuring continuity through the shared visual and mechanical framework.
Solution Approach 2:
The symbol display area and reel set serve dual functions: they are used for both the primary game and the secondary game. The controller manages both games using the same physical components, allowing the system to provide multiple game experiences while maintaining a consistent visual interface and symbol arrangement mechanism throughout.
2Reliability
If the gaming machine provides a free game as a secondary game with similar rules to the primary game, then the continuity is improved, but the added value is worsened because it is difficult to clearly identify the advantage
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a vertical dimension to the symbol display area by adding a second area above the first area. This dimensional expansion creates visually distinct game zones within the same display, allowing the secondary game to be clearly differentiated from the primary game while maintaining continuity through the shared reel mechanism. The expanded display area makes the added value of the secondary game immediately apparent to players.
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AI summary
A gaming machine, a method of controlling a gaming machine, and a computer-readable recording medium storing a program wherein a first game and a second game are related to each other are provided. In a gaming machine, a first area and a second area sharing virtual reel strips are displayed, only the first area is set as a determination area in a first game, and both the first area and the second area are set as determination areas in a second game. Therefore, the first game and the second game can be provided in a form such that they are related.