Gaming Device Selectable Wild Symbols
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional slot machines do not provide players with the ability to randomly generate wild symbols based on their decisions, limiting the opportunities for winning symbol combinations.
Innovation Solution
A gaming device that allows players to select symbols after a triggering event, revealing either value symbols or wild symbols, which can enhance their chances of obtaining winning outcomes by transforming reels into wild symbols, thereby increasing the potential for larger awards.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional slot machines use fixed wild symbol placement on reel strips, then the game operation is simple, but player interaction and winning opportunities are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic wild symbol generation where the number and position of wild symbols change based on player decisions during bonus games. Players can influence the outcome by making selections that reveal whether wild symbols will be generated, creating a dynamic and adaptive gaming experience rather than static predetermined outcomes.
Solution Approach 2:
The gaming device allows players to actively participate in generating wild symbols through their own decisions and selections during bonus games. Players serve themselves by making choices that directly impact the generation of wild symbols, rather than passively receiving predetermined outcomes from the machine.
2Adaptability or versatility
If wild symbols are predetermined on reel strips, then the game mechanism is simple, but the number of wild symbols is fixed and cannot be randomly generated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent sets up preliminary conditions for wild symbol generation by placing specific trigger symbols on the reel strips during base games. These predetermined trigger symbols initiate bonus games where wild symbols can be generated, combining elements of predetermined setup with dynamic generation based on triggered events.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces trigger symbols as intermediaries that connect the base game to bonus games. These trigger symbols serve as mediators that, when activated, initiate the wild symbol generation process during bonus games, creating a bridge between fixed reel strip content and dynamic wild symbol creation.
3Adaptability or versatility
If players cannot influence wild symbol generation, then the game operation is simple, but player excitement and engagement are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where player decisions during bonus games directly influence the generation of wild symbols. Players receive immediate feedback when their selections reveal whether wild symbols will be generated, and this feedback loop continues as they make additional decisions, creating an engaging and responsive gaming experience.
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AI summary
A gaming device including a plurality of reels having a plurality of symbols including one or more selectable symbols. The gaming device displays the selectable symbols on the reels when a triggering event occurs and enables the player to pick at least one of the selectable symbols appearing on the reels. The gaming device provides a value symbol or a wild symbol associated with the picked symbol when the player picks one of the selectable symbols. If the picked symbol reveals a value symbol, the gaming device provides a value associated with the value symbol to the player. If the picked symbol includes a wild symbol, the gaming device displays a wild symbol in at least one symbol position of the reel including the picked symbol. The gaming device evaluates any symbol combinations on the reels and provides an award associated with the wining symbol combinations to the player.