Gaming system, apparatus and method with a player decision field for providing interactive game results
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1. A gaming method including:
- following receipt of a wager at a gaming device, initiating a wagering game;
at a display device associated with the gaming device, displaying a decision field and a decision point within the decision field, the decision point being associated with two or more direction options;
responsive to a direction input which selects one of the two or more direction options and which is entered through a player interface associated with the gaming device, displaying a player token traversing the decision field along a player token path which includes a path portion associated with the selected direction option; and
in the event the player token path intersects a result token displayed on the display device, awarding a potential result associated with the intersected result token.
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Abstract
A system, apparatus, and method are disclosed wherein a decision field is displayed having a number of result tokens spaced apart at different locations about the decision field, with each result token displaying a respective potential result. A decision point is also displayed within the decision field. This decision point is associated with two or more direction options which are preferably graphically depicted along with the decision point, and the player is enabled to make a direction input to select one of the direction options.
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20 Claims
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1. A gaming method including:
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following receipt of a wager at a gaming device, initiating a wagering game; at a display device associated with the gaming device, displaying a decision field and a decision point within the decision field, the decision point being associated with two or more direction options; responsive to a direction input which selects one of the two or more direction options and which is entered through a player interface associated with the gaming device, displaying a player token traversing the decision field along a player token path which includes a path portion associated with the selected direction option; and in the event the player token path intersects a result token displayed on the display device, awarding a potential result associated with the intersected result token. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus including:
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(a) a display device; (b) a player input device; (c) a presentation processor, the presentation processor configured to (i) transmit a first signal causing the display device to display a decision field and a decision point within the decision field, the decision point being associated with two or more direction options;
(ii) receive a direction input entered through the player input device, the direction input selecting one of the direction options associated with the decision point;
(iii) responsive to the direction input, transmit a second signal causing the display device to display a player token traversing the decision field along a player token path from the decision point, the player token path including a path portion that is determined by the direction option selected through the direction input; and
(iv) in the event that the player token path intersects a result token displayed on the display device, causing the display device to indicate a potential result to be awarded to a player. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing program code, the program code including:
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decision field program code executable to cause a display device associated with a gaming device to display a decision field and a decision point within the decision field, the decision point being associated with two or more direction options; player interface program code executable to receive a wager input initiated by a player at the gaming device and to receive a direction input initiated by the player, the direction input selecting one of the direction options associated with the decision point; player token control program code executable to, responsive to the direction input, display a player token traversing the decision field along a player token path, the player token path including a path portion determined by the selected direction option; and award program code executable to, in the event the player token path intersects a result token displayed on the display device, awarding a potential result associated with the intersected result token. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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