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

Claim 10:
11. An electronic gaming device, comprising:
at least one non-transitory computer-readable memory having stored thereon instructions; and
at least one processor that executes the instructions to:
cause display of a character on one or more display monitors;
cause display of a symbol display area on the one or more display monitors, the symbol display area having a number of rows and a plurality of reels, the symbol display area enclosing symbol locations for each of the plurality of reels; and
based at least in part on results of evaluating criteria that define interactions between the character and the symbol display area, select 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.