Progressive Award Visual Representation for Player Engagement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic games lack effective mechanisms to provide players with a sense of progression and persistence towards a progressive award, such as a jackpot, which can enhance player engagement and revenue for operators.
Innovation Solution
The method involves executing an electronic game with a progressive award and presenting a representation of the game that includes graphical symbols. The state of the progressive award is displayed, with a selected symbol indicating the time since the last award and another symbol indicating the award amount. Animations update the representation based on predefined events, such as symbol occurrences and award increases.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a progressive award system is implemented in an electronic game, then player engagement and revenue increase, but players lack a sense of progression and persistence toward winning the jackpot
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides continuous feedback to players by displaying a visual representation of the progressive award state that updates in response to game events. The representation includes animated symbols that move between different display areas to indicate award milestones and progression status, giving players ongoing information about their proximity to winning without revealing the actual jackpot amount.
Solution Approach 2:
The visual representation utilizes color changes and graphical transformations to communicate progression status. Symbols change appearance, position, and animation patterns to indicate different states of the progressive award, such as approaching milestones or recent wins, providing intuitive visual feedback about progression without requiring complex information displays.
2Loss of information
If the actual jackpot amount is displayed to players, then players have clear information about the prize, but the element of mystery and excitement is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of displaying the actual jackpot amount, the system creates a visual copy or representation of the award state using game-themed symbols and animations. This representation mimics the essence of progression and winning without revealing the specific monetary value, maintaining mystery while providing satisfying visual feedback that correlates to the actual award state.
3Loss of information
If detailed information about the progressive award state is provided, then players have better understanding of the game status, but the game interface becomes cluttered and less entertaining
Solution Approach 1:
The visual representation serves multiple functions simultaneously: it provides progression feedback, maintains game theme immersion, communicates award status, and entertains players through animation. By integrating these functions into a single unified display element using game symbols rather than separate information panels, the system avoids interface clutter while delivering comprehensive status information.
Data Source
AI summary
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to providing indications of persistence in an electronic game. More specifically, embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to providing representations of a state of a progressive award, e.g,. a jackpot, of the electronic game. The representation of a state of a progressive award can persistently present an indication of an amount of time since the award was last won. The representation of a state of a progressive award can also persistently present an indication of an amount or size of the progressive award. Both of these presentations can be made in a manner that relates to the game itself, e.g., by symbols used and animations presented to update the presentations. This can build excitement about and interest in the game thereby increasing player involvement, encouraging game player, and increasing revenues of the game.