Persistent Wild Symbol Reel Positions in Gaming Systems
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Solution Overview
Problem
Gaming machines lack innovative features to enhance entertainment value and attract frequent play, as existing bonus games do not provide sustained excitement and altered gameplay experiences.
Innovation Solution
A gaming system that alters specific symbols on reels in response to certain events, maintaining the altered symbols for subsequent plays, thereby enhancing gameplay excitement and potential winnings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional bonus games are used, then player entertainment value is enhanced, but the excitement is not sustained and players do not return frequently
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic symbol alteration where specific reel positions are modified during gameplay based on random selection and player interactions. The altered symbols maintain their modified state across multiple spins, creating evolving gameplay that adapts to player actions while sustaining excitement through unpredictable changes in symbol functionality and winning potential.
2Adaptability or versatility
If symbol alteration features are added, then entertainment value increases, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the reel system into distinct segments, with specific reel positions selected for alteration while others remain unchanged. This segmentation allows the system to implement complex symbol alteration mechanics in a controlled manner, managing system complexity by isolating modifications to specific locations rather than requiring system-wide changes.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-determines which reel positions will be altered before gameplay begins or at specific trigger points. This preliminary selection of alteration locations allows the complex symbol modification logic to be prepared in advance, reducing real-time computational complexity while maintaining the entertainment value of dynamic symbol changes.
Data Source
AI summary
A gaming system for conducting a wagering game comprises a display including a plurality of symbol-bearing reels having a plurality of symbol locations and symbols that indicate a randomly selected outcome of the wagering game. In response to a certain event, at least one symbol on the reels in a particular one of the plurality of symbol locations is altered to produce an altered function of the symbol. The altered function of the altered symbol at the particular symbol location is maintained for subsequent plays of the wagering game.