Persistent Wagering Game Mode With Adjustable Bonus Meter
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Solution Overview
Problem
Gaming machines lack features that provide sustained excitement and anticipation across multiple rounds, failing to effectively incorporate persistent game modes that adapt to player wager levels and offer adjustable bonus requirements.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a persistent game mode with multiple rounds, featuring randomized symbol matrices, adjustable meters for bonus awards, and a rolling meter displaying scheduled game features, which adjusts reel weights and special feature frequencies to maintain player engagement and consistent payout percentages across varying bet levels.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a persistent game mode is implemented with multiple rounds and adjustable bonus requirements, then player engagement and anticipation are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The persistent game mode is divided into multiple independent rounds, each with its own symbol matrix and outcome evaluation. The adjustable meter is segmented into discrete bonus level thresholds, allowing incremental progression. This segmentation makes the complex persistent feature manageable and easier to implement while maintaining player engagement through structured progression.
Solution Approach 2:
The bonus requirement is made dynamic through the adjustable meter that responds to player wager levels. The meter automatically adjusts the number of persistent feature events required to win bonuses based on the wager level selected, creating an adaptive system that maintains fairness and engagement across different betting conditions without requiring complex manual configuration.
2Reliability
If reel weights are adjusted to achieve desired payout percentages, then payout consistency is improved, but control complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system adjusts reel weights as a parameter to control payout percentages. By modifying the weight distribution of symbols on reels, the system achieves desired payout characteristics while maintaining a relatively simple control mechanism. This parameter-based approach allows for payout consistency without requiring complex control algorithms or multiple adjustment mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The persistent game mode control process incorporates feedback mechanisms to monitor and adjust reel weights based on actual game outcomes and payout performance. This feedback loop ensures that payout percentages remain within desired parameters while providing automatic adjustment capability that reduces manual control complexity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the number of persistent feature events required is adjusted based on wager level, then fairness across wager levels is improved, but ease of operation decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The adjustable meter automatically adjusts the number of persistent feature events required based on the wager level selected by the player. The system serves itself by automatically calculating and applying the appropriate bonus requirements without requiring player intervention or manual configuration. This self-service mechanism maintains fairness across different wager levels while preserving ease of operation, as players simply need to select their wager level and the system handles the rest.
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AI summary
A gaming system, apparatus, and method are disclosed providing a wagering games, gaming machines, networked gaming systems that provide a persistent gaming mode including a persistent game mode with multiple rounds in which each round includes a randomization of the matrix of symbol locations, a chance to win an award, and a chance to include a persistent feature event. An adjustable meter may be used to allow players to compete for the same bonuses or jackpots no matter what their bet level. A rolling meter shows special features scheduled to appear in future rounds using a rolling group of status indicators.