Wagering game with time control aspects

1. A method for execution by one or more processors, the method comprising:

presenting by the one or more processors a wagering game upon which monetary value may be wagered, the wagering game including a graphical object in a field of play;

displaying, on a display device, the graphical object according to a first rate of motion through time from a first perspective;

in response to a triggering event in the wagering game, displaying, on the display device, the graphical object according to a second rate of motion through time from a second perspective and altering properties of the field of play, the second perspective being different than the first perspective, the second rate of motion through time being slower than the first rate of motion through time; and

after displaying the graphical object according to the second rate of motion through time, returning to displaying, on the display device, the graphical object according to the first rate of motion through time.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying additional graphical detail for the graphical object in response to the triggering event.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the triggering event comprises a bonus round, the occurrence of a symbol, or earning credits that exceed a predetermined threshold.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying the graphical object in accordance with a changed set of view characteristics in response to the triggering event.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the set of view characteristics include perspective, position or zoom level.

6. The method of claim 1 , further including generating by the one or more processors an outcome of the wagering game and a path of the graphical object to the generated outcome, wherein the displaying the graphical object according to the first rate of motion through time occurs with respect to the graphical object's initial movement along the path, wherein the displaying the graphical object according to the second rate of motion through time occurs with respect to the graphical object's further movement along the path proximate a player's desired outcome, and wherein the returning to displaying the graphical object according to the first rate of motion through time occurs with respect to the graphical object's final movement along the path to the generated outcome.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the graphical object's final movement along the path passes through the player's desired outcome.

8. A method for execution by one or more processors, the method comprising:

presenting by the one or more processors a wagering game upon which monetary value may be wagered, the wagering game including a graphical object in a field of play;

presenting, on a display device, a portion of the wagering game including the graphical object from a first perspective according to a first rate of motion through time in accordance with a first set of one or more wagering game features;

in response to a triggering event in the wagering game, returning to a previous point in time of the portion of the wagering game;

presenting, on the display device, the portion of the wagering game according to a second rate of motion through time, from a second perspective different from the first perspective and altering properties of the field of play, in accordance with a second set of one or more wagering game features, the presenting starting at the previous point in time; and

after displaying the portion of the wagering game according to the second rate of motion through time from the second perspective, returning to presenting, on the display device, the portion of the wagering game according to the first rate of motion through time from the first perspective.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising receiving a selection of the point in time through a user interface.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the point in time is predetermined.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein returning to the point in time includes displaying the first portion of the wagering game backwards in time to the point in time.

12. An apparatus comprising:

a wagering game component operable to present a wagering game upon which monetary value may be wagered on a display device, the wagering game including graphical objects in a field of play;

a time control component operable to determine the rate of motion through time at which the graphical objects are presented by the wagering game component; and

a rendering component operable to render the graphical objects from a first perspective and a second perspective, the second perspective being different from the first perspective and altering properties of the field of play, in accordance with the rate of motion through time;

wherein the time control component determines a first rate of motion through time for a first portion of the wagering game and, in response to a triggering event in the wagering game, the time control component determines a second rate of motion through time for a second portion of the wagering game, the second rate of motion through time being slower than the first rate of motion through time; and the rendering component renders the graphical objects according to the first rate of motion through time during the first portion and the second rate of motion through the second portion.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the time control component determines a first rate of motion through time for a first graphical object and a second rate of motion through time for a second graphical object, and wherein the first graphical object and the second graphical object are rendered such that they are displayed simultaneously.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the triggering event comprises the first graphical object nearing a wagered outcome, and the displaying the second graphical object includes depicting the second graphical object passing through the wagered outcome.

15. A machine-readable medium having machine executable instructions stored thereon that when executed, cause one or more processors to execute a method, the method comprising:

presenting, on a display device, a wagering game upon which monetary value may be wagered, the wagering game including a graphical object in a field of play;

presenting, on the display device, a first portion of the wagering game including the graphical object from a first perspective in accordance with a first rate of motion through time;

presenting, on the display device, in response to a triggering event in the wagering game, a second portion of the wagering game, depicting the first portion of the wagering game and the graphical object from a second perspective that is different from the first perspective and alters the field of play, in accordance with a second rate of motion through time, the second rate of motion through time being slower than the first rate of motion through time; and

after presenting the graphical object according to the second rate of motion through time, returning to presenting, on the display device, the graphical object according to the first rate of motion through time.

16. The machine-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the method further comprises receiving input through a user interface during the second portion of the wagering game, wherein the input provides the triggering event.

17. The machine-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the method further comprises displaying additional graphical detail of the graphical object during the second portion of the wagering game.

18. The machine-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the second portion of the wagering game is presented upon the occurrence of an event.

19. The machine-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the event comprises a bonus round, an occurrence of a symbol or earning credits that exceed a predetermined threshold.

20. The machine-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the method further comprises presenting the second portion of the wagering game in accordance with a changed set of view characteristics.

21. The machine-readable medium of claim 20 , wherein the set of view characteristics include perspective, position or zoom level.

22. The machine-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the method further comprises generating a path for a graphical object through a wagered outcome to a generated outcome.

23. A machine-readable medium having machine executable instructions stored thereon that when executed, cause one or more processors to execute a method, the method comprising:

presenting, on a display device, a wagering game upon which monetary value may be wagered;

presenting, on the display device, a first portion of the wagering game from a first perspective in accordance with a first rate of motion through time;

generating a path for the graphical object through a wagered outcome to a generated outcome using reverse mapping; and

presenting, on the display device, a second portion of the wagering game, depicting the first portion of the wagering game from a second perspective that is different from the first perspective, in accordance with a second rate of motion through time, wherein the second rate of motion through time is different from the first rate of motion through time.

24. The machine-readable medium of claim 23 , further comprising instructions operable to receive a wager from a first player and wherein the instructions for returning to a previous point in time are executed in response to input received from a second player.

25. The machine-readable medium of claim 23 , wherein the reverse mapping includes generating the path starting from the generated outcome and ending at a starting point such that the path is near or through the wagered outcome.