Skill-based bonus game building in a gaming system

An electronic gaming machine (EGM) comprising:

• a display;
• one or more input devices that comprise a skill input device that receives a quantifiable skill input from a player;
• a Random Number Generator (RNG);
• a memory device;
• and
• a processor executing instructions stored in the memory device, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the processor to:
• collect one or more bonus symbols during game play of a base game funded by one or more wagers;
• initiate and execute an intermediate bonus game according to a first outcome of the base game based on the collection of the one or more bonus symbols, wherein the first outcome is randomly determined using the RNG;
• and
• initiate and execute a skill-based bonus game according to a second outcome of the intermediate bonus game, wherein executing the skill-based bonus game comprises:
• offering the player a choice to select between playing the skill-based bonus game with the skill input device and playing the skill-based bonus game with the RNG, wherein the choice offered to the player comprises a choice to use an automated mechanism for the skill-based bonus game;
• receiving, from the player, a response to the choice offered to the player, wherein the response to the choice comprises a selection of the automated mechanism thereby causing the skill-based bonus game to be played with an output of the RNG;
• and
• based on the response received from the player, conducting the skill-based bonus game based on input received from the RNG, wherein the input received during the skill-based bonus game causes the skill-based bonus game to generate a third outcome of the skill-based bonus game.

A gaming system comprising:

• a server processor;
• and
• server memory that stores executable instructions which, when executed by the server processor, causes the server processor to:
• collect one or more bonus symbols during game play of a base game funded by one or more wagers;
• initiate and execute an intermediate bonus game according to a first outcome of the base game based on the collection of the one or more bonus symbols, wherein the first outcome is randomly determined using a Random Number Generator (RNG);
• and
• initiate and execute a skill-based bonus game according to a second outcome of the intermediate bonus game, wherein executing the skill-based bonus game comprises:
• offering a player a choice to select between playing the skill-based bonus game with a skill input device that receives a quantifiable skill input from the player and playing the skill-based bonus game with the RNG, wherein the choice offered to the player comprises a choice to use an automated mechanism for the skill-based bonus game;
• receiving, from the player, a response to the choice offered to the player, wherein the response to the choice comprises a selection of the automated mechanism thereby causing the skill-based bonus game to be played with an output of the RNG;
• and
• based on the response received from the player, conducting the skill-based bonus game based on input received from the RNG, wherein the input received during the skill-based bonus game causes the skill-based bonus game to generate a third outcome of the skill-based bonus game.