Systems and methods for indicating positions of selected symbols in a target sequence

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• receiving, from a player of an online game, a first selected sequence of symbols in a first game portion to be played in a first game move in the online game, the first game portion comprising display of one or more symbols, at respective display positions, for selection by the player;
• in an automated operation using one more processors, identifying a first shared symbol present in both the first selected sequence and a target sequence obscured from display in a second game portion;
• responsive to the identifying:
• changing the second game portion to concurrently reveal the first shared symbol at a first position in the target sequence while maintaining respective obscured display of each remaining symbol of the target sequence;
• and
• presenting, in the first game portion, an animation that gradually removes the first shared symbol from the first game portion and shifts a particular symbol from its current display position to the respective display position occupied by the first shared symbol.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, from a player of an online game, a first selected sequence of symbols in a first game portion to be played in a first game move in the online game, the first game portion comprising display of one or more symbols, at respective display positions, for selection by the player;
• in an automated operation using one more processors, identifying a first shared symbol present in both the first selected sequence and a target sequence obscured from display in a second game portion;
• responsive to the identifying:
• changing the second game portion to concurrently reveal the first shared symbol at a first position in the target sequence while maintaining respective obscured display of each remaining symbol of the target sequence;
• and
• presenting, in the first game portion, an animation that gradually removes the first shared symbol from the first game portion and shifts a particular symbol from its current display position to the respective display position occupied by the first shared symbol.

A computer system comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory device holding an instruction set executable on the processor to cause the computer system to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, from a player of an online game, a first selected sequence of symbols in a first game portion to be played in a first game move in the online game, the first game portion comprising display of one or more symbols, at respective display positions, for selection by the player;
• in an automated operation using one more processors, identifying a first shared symbol present in both the first selected sequence and a target sequence obscured from display in a second game portion;
• responsive to the identifying:
• changing the second game portion to concurrently reveal the first shared symbol at a first position in the target sequence while maintaining respective obscured display of each remaining symbol of the target sequence;
• and
• presenting, in the first game portion, an animation that gradually removes the first shared symbol from the first game portion and shifts a particular symbol from its current display position to the respective display position occupied by the first shared symbol.