Gaming Symbol Porting with Dynamic Value Modification
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Solution Overview
Problem
The gaming industry faces challenges in creating gaming apparatus and games that balance yield versus randomness and volatility to encourage prolonged and frequent player participation, while also providing innovative animations to enhance gameplay experience.
Innovation Solution
A gaming system and method that utilize an electronic display device to display symbol-bearing reels, where specific symbols can be transferred between designated 'sending' and 'receiving' portals upon triggering events, with the option to modify the transferred symbol's value, such as multiplying it, to create new gameplay dynamics and animations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Duration of action of moving object
If traditional random number generation is used to determine game outcomes, then the game maintains simplicity and ease of operation, but player engagement and participation duration are limited due to lack of innovative gameplay dynamics
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic symbol porting mechanics where symbols can be transferred between reels during spinning, creating evolving gameplay states that maintain player engagement. The portal system dynamically activates and deactivates, and symbol values can be modified during the spin cycle, transforming a static random outcome into a dynamic interactive experience that extends participation duration
Solution Approach 2:
The game mechanism is segmented into distinct functional components: portal triggering events, symbol identification, symbol porting operations, and value modification systems. This segmentation allows complex gameplay features to be managed through modular, independent subsystems that can be controlled and regulated separately, maintaining operational manageability while providing rich gameplay dynamics
2Productivity
If high yield is achieved through frequent winning outcomes, then player satisfaction increases, but the game loses randomness and volatility that creates the feeling of luck
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the parameter of symbol value through the porting mechanism. When a portable symbol is transferred to a destination reel, its value can be modified (e.g., multiplied) before being added to the game outcome. This parameter transformation allows the system to control yield independently from base randomness, as the value modification occurs after the random spin outcome is determined
Solution Approach 2:
The portal system acts as an intermediary between the random spin outcome and the final game payout. Instead of directly determining wins from random symbol landings, the portal mechanism mediates by selectively porting symbols and modifying their values, thereby decoupling the randomness of the spin from the final yield calculation and allowing independent optimization of both characteristics
3Duration of action of moving object
If static symbol values are used in the game, then the game operation is simple and easy to understand, but the gameplay becomes repetitive and fails to encourage prolonged participation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements periodic value modification through the porting mechanism. Symbol values are not statically assigned but are periodically updated and transformed as symbols are ported between reels during different spin cycles. This periodic transformation of symbol values creates evolving gameplay dynamics that maintain player interest over time while building upon the simple foundation of traditional slot mechanics
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AI summary
There is provided a gaming system, gaming machine, and method that utilize an electronic display device configured to display a plurality of symbol-bearing reels and an indicator bearing a pay multiplier. For each spin outcome, the reels are spun and stopped to land symbols in an array. In response to a triggering event, a location is designated as a sending portal and a second location is designated as a receiving portal. If a predetermined symbol or type of symbol lands in the sending portal, it will be copied to the receiving portal. The receiving portal may be in the same or another array and, if in another array, may or may not be located in a corresponding position of the other array. An aspect of the copied symbol is modified as part of the transfer operation.