Patent ID: 7275992

Claim:
An electronic gaming system configured to provide for end-user control of at least one on-screen gaming character, the system comprising software code for generating an on-screen graphical element comprising first and second markers which are arranged to move relative to one another during operation of the system, the arrangement being such that in operation when the first and second markers attain a pre-defined positional relationship relative to one another the on-screen gaming character is controllable to perform a pre-determined action, wherein the first marker comprises a plurality of target markers, and wherein the plurality of target markers provide pre-defined timing windows at spaced apart locations along a time-line, the pre-defined timing windows being of different duration that become successively shorter in time, and wherein the duration of each of the pre-defined timing windows is adjustable by a user depending on in-game actions the at least one gaming character performs during execution of the software code.