Gaming Machine Symbol Block Movement for Unpredictable Outcomes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing gaming machines face challenges in maintaining player interest as symbol replacement results can be easily predicted, leading to a lack of variety in game progression.
Innovation Solution
A gaming machine with an operation unit, display unit, and control unit that rotates and stops reels, displaying symbol blocks in a direction intersecting the rotational direction to create unpredictable symbol sequences and award combinations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If symbol replacement process is employed to maintain player interest, then player engagement is improved, but predictability of game results increases making it less interesting
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a symbol block that moves in a direction intersecting the reel rotation direction (adding a dimensional element), and overlays this block onto the reel symbols to create a new layer of symbol replacement. This dimensional addition makes the final symbol sequence harder to predict while maintaining player engagement through the novel replacement mechanism.
2Adaptability or versatility
If symbol blocks are displayed in the second region and moved toward the first region, then game variety is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The display unit is divided into two distinct regions: a first region for displaying reel symbols and a second region for displaying and moving symbol blocks. This segmentation allows independent control of each region, enabling complex game variety through symbol block movement and overlay while managing device complexity by organizing functions into separate display zones.
3Loss of information
If symbol block movement direction intersects with reel rotation direction, then predictability is reduced, but control complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The symbol block is designed to move dynamically in a direction that intersects with the reel rotation direction, rather than following a fixed parallel path. This dynamic movement pattern, combined with the overlay mechanism, creates unpredictable final symbol positions while the control system manages the intersection trajectory through programmed motion sequences.
Data Source
AI summary
To provide a gaming machine that can provide a novel game in which the game progression is varied, a method, and a program for providing a game. In the gaming machine 1, the symbol blocks B1 and B2 displayed in the block display region 66 move in the directions D1 and D2, which intersect in the direction of reel rotation, when moving in the symbol display region 60. That is, the symbol blocks B1 and B2 are added to the movement in the direction of reel rotation, and also move in a direction orthogonal to the direction of reel rotation. Therefore, compared to a case in which a symbol block moves in the direction of reel rotation, prediction by a player of the positions where the symbol blocks B1 and B2 are finally disposed is difficult.