Wagering games with reel array interacting with simulated objects moving relative to the reel array

A gaming system comprising:

• one or more display devices;
• one or more processors;
• one or more memory devices storing instructions which, when executed by at least one of the one or more processors, cause the gaming system to:
• receive an indication of a wager to play a wagering game;
• display, in an array located at a first position of a three-dimensional (3D) space of the one or more display devices, symbols associated with outcomes of the wagering game;
• display, via the one or more display devices, a 3D object located at a second position of the 3D space, the 3D object having a plurality of faces each lying in a respective plane of the 3D space, each of the faces bearing a respective symbol modifier;
• display, via the one or more display devices, the 3D object moving towards the symbol array or the symbol array moving towards the 3D object, or both;
• determine if the 3D object engages the symbol array;
• in response to the 3D object engaging the symbol array, modify each of the symbols in the symbol array by the symbol modifier of the defined surface of the 3D object that engages the symbol;
• and
• display, in the symbol array, a plurality of symbols indicative of an outcome of the wagering game, the wagering-game outcome being randomly determined from a plurality of wagering-game outcomes.

A computer-implemented method of conducting a wagering game on a gaming system with at least one input device, at least one display device, and at least one processor, the computer-implemented method comprising:

• displaying, via the at least one display device, symbols associated with outcomes of the wagering game arranged in an array located at a first position of a three-dimensional (3D) space;
• displaying, via the at least one display device, a 3D object located at a second position of the 3D space, the 3D object having two or more defined surfaces each lying in a respective plane of the 3D space, each of the defined surfaces of the 3D object having associated therewith a respective symbol modifier;
• displaying, via the at least one display device, the 3D object moving in the 3D space from the second position towards the symbol array at the first position;
• displaying, in the symbol array, a plurality of symbols indicative of a randomly determined outcome of the wagering game;
• and
• in response to the moving 3D object engaging the symbol array, modifying each of the symbols in the symbol array by the symbol modifier of the defined surface of the 3D object that engages the symbol.

A computer program product comprising one or more non-transient computer-readable media having an instruction set borne thereby, the instruction set being configured to cause, upon execution by one or more controllers, the acts of:

• receiving an indication of a wager;
• directing a display device to:
• display symbols associated with outcomes of the wagering game arranged in an array located at a first position of a three-dimensional (3D) space;
• display a 3D object located at a second position of the 3D space, the 3D object having two or more defined surfaces each lying in a respective plane of the 3D space, each of the defined surfaces of the 3D object having associated therewith a respective symbol modifier;
• display the 3D object moving towards the symbol array, the symbol array moving towards the 3D object, or both, in the 3D space;
• display, in the symbol array, a plurality of symbols indicative of a randomly determined outcome of the wagering game;
• and
• display the 3D object engaging the symbol array;
• and
• modifying each of the symbols in the symbol array by the symbol modifier of the defined surface of the 3D object that engages the symbol.

A method of conducting a wagering game on a gaming system, the method comprising:

• receiving, responsive to an input via at least one input device, a wager to play the wagering game;
• displaying, via at least one display device, an array of symbol positions arranged in a plurality of columns;
• displaying, via the at least one display device, a three-dimensional (3D) object having a plurality of defined surfaces, each of the defined surfaces bearing a symbol enhancer;
• causing the 3D object to visually move in a 3D space from a position distal from the array of symbol positions towards the array of symbol positions such that the displayed array of symbol positions at least partially visually obstructs or obscures the moving 3D object;
• causing the 3D object to visually engage with the array;
• in response to one or more of the defined surfaces of the moving 3D object being in a predetermined alignment with the array of symbol positions during the engagement such that the one or more of the defined surface areas corresponds with one or more corresponding symbol positions of the array of symbol positions, adding the symbol enhancer of the one or more of the defined surface areas of the moving 3D object to the corresponding symbol positions of the array of symbol positions.