Gaming Device with Incrementable Multiplier Meter and Transitional Indicator

A non-transitory computer-readable medium for conducting a game on a gaming machine that includes a user interface providing a plurality of symbol positions, and a server comprising a processor and a memory storing a) a plurality of symbols that include a plurality of designated symbols and b) instructions, which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to, to perform at least the following:

• communicating a game instance to the gaming machine via a network, the gaming machine operable to display on the user interface the game instance comprising a benefit meter that a) has a plurality of benefit levels that correspond to a plurality of benefits that can apply to game instances and b) when one of the plurality of benefits applies, indicates a current benefit level;
• and
• in accordance with the current benefit level in conducting the game indicated,
• communicating to the gaming machine to display on the user interface a designated symbol counter and a win meter,
• communicating to the gaming machine to display on the user interface, at the plurality of symbol positions, a subset of symbols selected from the plurality of symbols, the subset of symbols selected from the plurality of symbols selected by a random number generator based on one or more random outcomes generated from the random number generator,
• evaluating the subset of symbols displayed for a winning combination,
• determining an award based on the current benefit level for the winning combination identified,
• incrementing the win meter based on the award identified,
• incrementing the designated symbol counter by a number of the designated symbols identified in the subset of symbols displayed, and
• communicating to the gaming machine to display on the user interface an advance to the current benefit level to a different benefit level upon the designated symbol counter exceeding a defined threshold that applies to the current benefit level.

A method of arranging an indicator on a user interface of a gaming machine in response to identifying a designated symbol, the gaming machine comprises a processor and memory storing a) a plurality of symbols including a plurality of designated symbols, and b) instructions, which, when executed, cause the processor to at least initiate a series of game instances, the method comprising:

• displaying on the user interface a multiplier meter that has a) a plurality of multiplier levels corresponding to a sequence of multipliers applicable to outcomes of the series of game instances and b) the indicator that indicates a current multiplier level when one of the sequence of multipliers applies;
• presenting on the user interface a designated symbol counter and a win meter;
• and
• in each of the series of game instances,
• animating on the user interface at a plurality of symbol positions a subset of symbols selected from the plurality of symbols,
• presenting, by the processor, a winning combination from the subset of symbols animated on the user interface,
• identifying, by the processor, an award based on the current multiplier level for the winning combination identified,
• moving the win meter on the user interface based on the award identified,
• advancing on the user interface the designated symbol counter on the user interface by a number of the designated symbols identified in the subset of symbols displayed, and
• moving the indicator on the user interface from the current multiplier level to a subsequent multiplier level upon the designated symbol counter exceeding a defined threshold that applies to the current multiplier level.