Gaming system and a method of gaming

A method of gaming for use with a gaming machine for providing visual assistance to a player in a multi-level game having a plurality of levels and acquiring a function via a marker, the gaming machine having a credit input mechanism operable to receive a physical item to establish a credit balance, a player interface operable to receive a player selection, a game controller comprising a processor and memory storing a) a set of symbols for a plurality of reels, and a plurality of reel sequences, each of the plurality of reel sequences defining 1) which of at least one reel is allocated a function at each level of the multi-level game and 2) an order in which the plurality of reels are allocated the function, and b) instructions, which, when executed, cause the game controller to at least play the multi-level game, a display device, the method comprising:

• establishing the credit balance via the credit input;
• selecting, by the game controller, a plurality of symbols from the set of symbols from each reel for display;
• randomly selecting, by the game controller, in accord with the player interface having received the player selection, a first reel sequence from the plurality of reel sequences for display in a first display state;
• controlling, by the game controller, the display device to display the symbols selected in a second display state and to animate the marker visually moving across at least one or more of the plurality of reels and stopping above a selected reel of the plurality of reels to indicate that the selected reel is selected to acquire the function;
• controlling, by the game controller, the selected reel to acquire the function in each level of the multi-level game;
• and
• determining, by the game controller, an outcome for at least one level of the multi-level game based on (1) the symbols selected, (2) the function acquired by the selected reel, and (3) a second function acquired by another reel in a preceding level.