Patent ID: 11935363
Assignee: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 15:
16. A method of electronic gaming implemented by an electronic gaming device, the method comprising:
causing display of a character on one or more display monitors;
causing display of a symbol display area on the one or more display monitors; and
based at least in part on results of evaluating criteria that define interactions between the character and the symbol display area, selecting between options that at least include:
causing display, on the one or more display monitors, of a complete interaction between the character and the symbol display area in which the character or an item of the character contacts the symbol display area, thereby implying that the character has caused an action to occur that affects one or more symbols in the symbol display area; and
causing display, on the one or more display monitors, of a partial interaction between the character and the symbol display area, the partial interaction including an initial portion of the complete interaction but stopping before the character or the item of the character contacts the symbol display area.