Gaming System Retained Symbol Modification for Award Value
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for alternative gaming systems that offer innovative features beyond traditional 'held' or 'sticky' symbols.
Innovation Solution
The proposed electronic gaming system allows for the selection and retention of designated symbols, such as wild symbols, across multiple game rounds. These retained symbols can be modified to include multipliers, increasing the potential award value for winning outcomes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional held or sticky symbols are used in gaming systems, then symbol retention for further games is achieved, but player engagement and winning potential are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-selects and retains designated symbols (such as wild symbols) in specific display positions before subsequent game rounds occur. This preliminary retention action allows the symbols to be carried forward and potentially modified with multipliers in advance, creating enhanced winning opportunities without requiring complex real-time processing during gameplay.
Solution Approach 2:
The retained designated symbols are dynamically modified to incorporate multipliers that can increase during subsequent game rounds. The multiplier value is not static but can change and increase based on game progression, adding dynamic elements to the otherwise stationary retained symbols and enhancing player engagement.
2Reliability
If designated symbols are retained and modified with multipliers across multiple game rounds, then award value and player engagement are increased, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The game controller is designed to perform multiple functions: selecting symbols, retaining designated symbols in specific positions, modifying them with multipliers, and managing award calculations. This multi-functional approach consolidates complexity into a single controller rather than requiring separate systems for each function, making the increased capability more manageable.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates modified copies of the retained designated symbols by overlaying multiplier information onto the original symbol display. Rather than physically altering the symbol itself, the system generates a visual representation that combines the original symbol with multiplier indicators, maintaining simplicity while achieving enhanced award potential.
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AI summary
An electronic method of operating a gaming system. The method includes selecting a plurality of symbols, displaying the selected symbols, and upon the displayed symbols including one or more designated symbols, retaining each displayed designated symbol for a subsequent game round at a respective symbol display position at which the designated symbol is displayed. The method also includes, in the subsequent game round, selecting, a plurality of symbols from the symbol data, upon a further designated symbol being selected for display at a symbol display position at which the retained designated symbol is displayed, modifying the retained designated symbol to indicate that a win containing the retained designated symbol will be increased, and upon the selected symbols in the subsequent game round corresponding to a winning outcome incorporating the modified retained designated symbol, making an award of an award value corresponding to the winning outcome modifier by the increase.