Patent ID: 11967211
Assignee: IGT
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 15:
16. The server of claim 15, wherein the room is one or more of a virtual room, a physical room, and a mixed reality room, wherein the at least first and second players has restricted access from the defined boundaries during the escape room game, wherein play of a first puzzle of the plurality of puzzles depends upon a prior successful solution of a second puzzle by the at least first and second players, wherein the plurality of puzzles must be completed in the specific order for the restricted access to be removed, and wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
select each of the plurality of puzzles from a set of puzzles, each of the puzzles comprising a corresponding solution for puzzle completion, a credit amount associated with puzzle completion, a predetermined period of time for puzzle completion, and a difficulty level of the respective puzzle, wherein the credit amount and predetermined period of time for puzzle completion are directly related to the difficulty level of the respective puzzle; and
determine a relative contribution of each of the at least first and second players to solving each of the plurality of puzzles, wherein an award of each player is based on a relative contribution of the respective player to completing each of the plurality of puzzles.