Wagering game with incremental unlocking of content
A gaming system includes a credit detector adapted to detect a wager to play a wagering game, one or more displays adapted to display, in response to the wager, a base game and a secondary game, the base game providing a trigger that provides an opportunity to play the secondary game, the secondary game including a plurality of decision points, each decision point requiring a selection of one of a plurality of paths and a controller operative to respond to the selection of the path at the one decision point and provide a next decision point for a subsequent selection of another path, a state of the secondary game remaining persistent during repeated plays of the base game so that selected paths in the secondary game are combined to provide non-linear unlocking of a bonus award.
1. A gaming system comprising:
a credit detector adapted to detect a wager to play a wagering game;
one or more displays adapted to display, in response to the wager, a base game and a secondary game, the base game providing a trigger that provides an opportunity to play the secondary game, the secondary game including a plurality of decision points, each decision point requiring a selection of one of a plurality of paths; and
a controller operative to respond to the selection of the path at the one decision point and provide a next decision point for a subsequent selection of another path, a state of the secondary game remaining persistent during repeated plays of the base game so that selected paths in the secondary game are combined to provide non-linear unlocking condition of a bonus award,
wherein the bonus award is invariably awarded after selection of a random number of paths.
2. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the path selected at the one decision point is selected by a player.
3. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of paths at each decision point depends on previously selected paths at previous decision points.
4. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the base game provides a randomly determined outcome, the randomly determined outcome of the base game providing an opportunity to play the secondary game and select a path at one of the decision points.
5. A method of conducting a wagering game for a human player, the wagering game including a game sequence in which the player provides an input and a wagering game outcome is determined, the method comprising the acts of:
receiving, via an input device, a wager to play the wagering game;
displaying, on one or more display devices, a base game and a secondary game, the base game providing a trigger that provides an opportunity to play the secondary game, the secondary game including a plurality of decision points, each decision point requiring a selection of one of a plurality of paths; and
using one or more processors to respond to the selection of the path at the one decision point and provide a next decision point for a subsequent selection of another path, a state of the secondary game remaining persistent during repeated plays of the base game so that selected paths in the secondary game are combined to provide non-linear unlocking condition of a bonus award,
wherein the bonus award is invariably awarded after selection of a random number of paths.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the path selected at the one decision point is selected by a player.
7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the secondary game provides a plurality of bonus awards, each bonus award being awarded according to one or more corresponding combination of selected paths.
8. A gaming system comprising:
a credit detector adapted to detect a wager to play a wagering game;
one or more displays adapted to display, in response to the wager, a base game and a secondary game, the base game providing a trigger that provides an opportunity to play the secondary game, the secondary game including a plurality of decision points, each decision point requiring a selection of one of a plurality of available options; and
a controller operative to respond to the selection of the option at the one decision point and provide a next decision point for a subsequent selection of another option, a state of the secondary game remaining persistent during repeated plays of the base game so that selected options in the secondary game are combined to provide non-linear unlocking condition of a bonus award,
wherein the bonus award is invariably awarded after selection of a random number of options.
9. The gaming system of claim 8 , wherein the option selected at the one decision point is selected by a player.
10. The gaming system of claim 8 , wherein the option selected at the one decision point comprises a selection of a path.