US 2014/0155149 A1 · COMMUNITY GAME THAT ADAPTS COMMUNAL GAME APPEARANCE

Abstract

A community game that adapts a scene on a community display based on the number of participating players and/or player locations from one session of the community game to another or in any given session and/or number of the gaming terminals. Selectable elements are displayed on the community display for selection by the participating players. When additional players are eligible to participate in the community game, a field of view or a virtual camera angle of a scene is changed to reveal additional selectable elements or a greater variety of selectable elements than were available for selection with fewer participating players. Any of the selectable elements can be cooperatively selectable elements which multiple players can select to reveal an enhanced award. Based on the players' locations, the scene can be adapted to portray selectable elements or previously hidden or obscured areas of the scene closest to the newly participating player(s).

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Dependent claims

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A method of adapting a community game based on a configuration of linked gaming terminals, comprising:

determining, by a controller, a first configuration of a first bank of gaming terminals communicatively linked together to provide a community game on one or more displays, the community game being played by respective players at each of the gaming terminals of the first bank, the community game being of a first game category type that defines whether the players compete or cooperate to accumulate awards in the community game;
detecting, by the controller, a change in the first configuration to a second configuration of a second bank of gaming terminals communicatively linked together to provide a modified community game on the one or more displays, the second bank of gaming terminals including the first bank of gaming terminals and at least one additional gaming terminal communicatively linked to the first bank of gaming terminals to form the second configuration, the modified community game being of a second game category type that differs from the first game category type such that the players of the modified community game accumulate awards in the modified community game differently from how the players of the community game accumulate awards;
and
the controller or another controller causing the modified community game to be displayed on the one or more displays.

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One or more physical machine-readable storage media including instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

determining, by a controller, a first configuration of a first bank of gaming terminals communicatively linked together to provide a community game on one or more displays, the community game being played by respective players at each of the gaming terminals of the first bank, the community game being of a first game category type that defines whether the players compete or cooperate to accumulate awards in the community game;
detecting, by the controller, a change in the first configuration to a second configuration of a second bank of gaming terminals communicatively linked together to provide a modified community game on the one or more displays, the second bank of gaming terminals including the first bank of gaming terminals and at least one additional gaming terminal communicatively linked to the first bank of gaming terminals to form the second configuration, the modified community game being of a second game category type that differs from the first game category type such that the players of the modified community game accumulate awards in the modified community game differently from how the players of the community game accumulate awards;
and
the controller or another controller causing the modified community game to be displayed on the one or more displays.

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One or more physical machine-readable storage media including instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

determining, by a controller, a first configuration of a first bank of gaming terminals communicatively linked together to provide a community game on one or more displays, the community game being played by respective players at each of the gaming terminals of the first bank, the community game having a first set of features defining (a) awards associated with randomly selected outcomes of the community game and (b) graphical symbols associated with the awards and configured to be displayed on the one or more displays;
detecting, by the controller, a change in the first configuration to a second configuration of a second bank of gaming terminals communicatively linked together to provide a modified community game on the one or more displays, the second bank of gaming terminals including the first bank of gaming terminals and at least one additional gaming terminal communicatively linked to the first bank of gaming terminals to form the second configuration, the modified community game having a second set of features that differs from the first set of features in that the second set of features defines enhanced awards associated with randomly selected outcomes of the modified community game or a greater number of graphical symbols associated with the enhanced awards;
and
the controller or another controller causing the modified community game to be displayed on the one or more displays.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Community game that adapts communal game appearance

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Abstract

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