Patent ID: 9607481
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: A63F,G07F

Claim:
1. An electronic gaming device comprising: a wager accepting device configured to accept a physical item associated with a monetary value to increase a credit balance on the electronic gaming device; a display area defining a plurality of symbol positions; one or more paylines defined by a sequential combination of one or more of the symbol positions within the display area; a memory, the memory including one or more platform game play structures comprising one or more virtual platforms displayed in association with one or more of the symbol positions, said platform game play structures defining one or more paths through said symbol positions and through at least a portion of one or more paylines; a processor configured to initiate the one or more platform game play structures based on one or more triggering events where one or more paths associated with a platform game play structure are selectable by a player, the one or more selectable paths being defined by navigable symbol positions based on the one or more paylines, the processor configured to utilize at least one of the path selections based on a player input; and at least one virtual tool adapted to facilitate traverse of said one or more paths an wherein said processor selects a tool of the at least one virtual tool based on said player input; wherein a winning payout is determined based on the selected tool and the one or more paths traversed; and wherein the credit balance is updated based on the winning payout.