Patent ID: 8753202
Filing Date: 2014-06-17
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a feature game, the method including the steps of: following an initiation of one or more plays of a primary game, initiating play of the feature game at a gaming machine; providing a player of the primary game an opportunity to select at least one virtual participant from a field of virtual participants of the feature game, and receiving a player selection through the gaming machine; during the feature game, simultaneously producing a competition graphic and a position graphic at one or more display devices of the gaming machine, the competition graphic showing a virtual competition between the field of virtual participants, and the position graphic being displayed in a display area separate from the competition graphic, tracking the performance of the field of virtual participants, and displaying real-time updated positions of each virtual participant relative to the field of virtual participants; generating relative position information for each participant in the field of virtual participants for multiple points in time in the course of the virtual competition, the relative position information being constrained by a limited number of relative position switches between virtual participants that are allowed to occur concurrently; generating the competition graphic and the position graphic from the relative position information; and determining an outcome of the feature game.