Gaming Machine Persistent Symbol Modifier Feature
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Solution Overview
Problem
The gaming industry faces challenges in creating gaming apparatus and games that offer a negative return on investment in the long run while remaining random and volatile enough to encourage player participation. Additionally, there is a need to improve processing speed and efficiency in gaming systems to enhance gameplay and reduce inefficiencies.
Innovation Solution
The proposed solution involves a gaming method and system that utilize a presentation assembly to present a series of spins of multiple reels. When a specified number of value-bearing symbols land, they are held in place during a second series of spins. Advancement symbols in this series increment an index indicating modifiers, which are then applied to the held symbols to determine a payout.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a gaming apparatus uses random element generators to create luck and volatility, then player participation is encouraged, but the long-term return on investment becomes negative
Solution Approach 1:
The gaming apparatus dynamically adjusts game parameters and outcomes based on player behavior and session characteristics. The system modifies volatility and randomness levels in real-time, allowing it to adapt to different player preferences while maintaining appropriate house edge, thus encouraging participation without excessive long-term losses
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes key parameters such as random number generation sequences, payout thresholds, and bonus trigger conditions based on gameplay duration and player performance. This allows the apparatus to optimize the balance between player entertainment (volatility) and operational sustainability (return on investment) throughout different game sessions
2Adaptability or versatility
If gaming systems implement advanced graphics and multiple bonus features, then player engagement increases, but processing speed and efficiency decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The gaming system divides complex bonus features and graphics rendering into separate modular components that can be processed independently. This segmentation allows the processor to handle different game elements in parallel or in optimized sequences, maintaining high player engagement through rich features while improving overall processing efficiency
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-loads graphics assets, pre-calculates bonus feature parameters, and pre-positions game elements before they are needed during gameplay. This preliminary preparation reduces real-time processing requirements, allowing advanced graphics and multiple bonus features to run smoothly without slowing down game pace
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AI summary
According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided gaming methods and a system that utilize a presentation assembly configured to present a first series of spins of a plurality of reels arranged in an array, the plurality of reels including value-bearing symbols, wherein, when at least a specified number of the value-bearing symbols land in the array, the value-bearing symbols are held in place during a second series of spins of the plurality of reels in which the plurality of reels include advancement symbols. When an advancement symbol lands in the array, an index indicating one of a plurality of modifiers is incremented. At a conclusion of the second series of spins, the values of the held value-bearing symbols are modified according to the currently indexed modifier and a corresponding payout is awarded.