Patent ID: 8500535

Claim:
A gaming machine comprising: a master gaming controller designed or configured i) to control a game of chance played on the gaming machine, ii) to generate a trajectory of a 3-D game object in a 3-D gaming environment used in a trajectory-based game of chance, iii) to render a sequence of two-dimensional images from the 3-D gaming environment wherein the sequence of two-dimensional images comprises one or more two-dimensional images of the 3-D game object along its trajectory and iv) to generate a game outcome for the trajectory-based game of chance; a memory storage device for storing at least one of i) instructions, ii) data and iii) combinations thereof for generating the 3-D gaming environment, said 3-D gaming environment comprising data and/or instructions for generating: a plurality of 3-D objects; a plurality of trajectory rules for determining the trajectory of a moving 3-D object in the 3-D gaming environment; a plurality of collision rules for determining effects of a collision between 3-D objects in the 3-D gaming environment; and a plurality of exit rules for removing the 3-D game object from the 3-D gaming environment; and a video display for displaying the sequence of two-dimensional images as part of a game outcome presentation for the trajectory-based game of chance.