GAMING SYSTEM, GAMING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A GAME HAVING A DYNAMIC AWARD SCHEME

摘要

Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide gaming systems and methods providing casual games with dynamic award schemes. Each game has a designated number of elements. For each play of the wagering game, the gaming system: determines a number of the designated number of elements that will be as payout elements; determines which of the designated number of elements to make the payout elements; and for each payout element, determines the payout value associated with that payout element. The gaming system enables the player to play the wagering game in accordance with predetermined rules of the wagering game, which includes enabling the player to employ the elements until a game ending condition occurs. If a payout element is employed in that play of the wagering game in a designated manner, the gaming system provides the player the associated payout value.

主权项

1. A gaming system comprising:
at least one display device; at least one input device; at least one processor; and at least one memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device to: (a) initiate a play of a game associated with a plurality of different element positions and a plurality of different elements including at least one payout element; (b) randomly determine and display a plurality of instances of one or more of the elements at the element positions; (c) responsive to receipt of an element movement input for one of the displayed instances of one of the elements:
(1) move that displayed instance of that element to another one of the element positions and display that instance of that element at the other one of the element positions;(2) if: (A) that element is one of the at least one payout element; and (B) an award condition is satisfied via that movement of that displayed instance of that payout element to the other one of the element positions, determine an award associated with that instance of that payout element for that movement; and(3) if the award condition is not satisfied via that movement of that displayed instance of that element to the other one of the element positions, not determine any award associated with that instance of that element for that movement; and (d) provide any determined awards.