Electronic gaming device with explosive scatters
Examples disclosed herein relate to systems and methods, which allow a player, the gaming device, and/or the gaming system to utilize exploding scatters. The electronic gaming device and/or method may utilize a plurality of reels. The plurality of reels may include one or more areas. The electronic gaming device and/or method may utilize a memory and a processor. The processor may generate one or more symbols to be located in the one or more areas. The one or more symbols may include a first expanding scatter symbol and a first dormant scatter symbol. The processor may modify the first dormant scatter symbol into an award value based on a first interaction determination.
1. An electronic gaming device comprising:
a credit device configured to accept an item associated with a monetary value;
a plurality of display areas, the plurality of display areas configured to display one or more symbols in one or more symbol areas;
a memory;
a user input device configured to enable a player to select a wager amount and initiate a game play where the wager amount is subtracted from a credit balance, the credit balance being funded at least in part via the credit device;
a processor configured to display the one or more symbols in the one or more symbol areas, the one or more symbols include a first directional expanding scatter symbol and a first dormant scatter symbol, the processor configured to modify the first dormant scatter symbol into a first award value based on a first interaction determination and the processor configured to modify the first dormant scatter symbol into a second award value based on a second interaction determination where the first interaction determination is based on a first spatial determination between the first directional expanding scatter symbol and the first dormant scatter symbol and the second interaction determination is based on a second spatial determination between the first directional expanding scatter symbol and the first dormant scatter symbol, where the first spatial determination is based on both a first horizontal distance determination and a first vertical distance determination and the second spatial determination is based on both a second horizontal distance determination and a second vertical distance determination.
2. The electronic gaming device of claim 1 , wherein the first award value is at least one of a modified symbol, a credit amount, a free-spin, and a multiplier value.
3. The electronic gaming device of claim 1 , wherein the first interaction determination is based on a first directional expanding scatter symbol location and a first dormant scatter symbol location.
4. The electronic gaming device of claim 3 , wherein the first interaction determination is that the first directional expanding scatter symbol location is one area away from the first dormant scatter symbol location.
5. The electronic gaming device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to generate a first directional expanding scatter symbol presentation based on the second interaction determination.
6. The electronic gaming device of claim 5 , wherein the second interaction determination is based on a first directional expanding scatter symbol location and an expanding scatter symbol location.
7. The electronic gaming device of claim 6 , wherein the second interaction determination is that the first directional expanding scatter symbol location is one area away from the expanding scatter symbol location.
8. The electronic gaming device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to modify at least one of a first directional expanding scatter symbol characteristic, a first dormant scatter symbol characteristic, a non-expanding scatter characteristic, and an expanding scatter symbol characteristic based on a third interaction determination.
9. The electronic gaming device of claim 8 , wherein the third interaction determination is based on at least one of a first directional expanding scatter symbol location and a first dormant scatter symbol location, a first directional expanding scatter symbol location and an expanding scatter symbol location, the first dormant scatter symbol location and the expanding scatter symbol location, the first directional expanding scatter symbol location and a non-expanding scatter symbol location, the first dormant scatter symbol location and the non-expanding scatter symbol location, and the non-expanding scatter symbol location and the expanding scatter symbol location.
10. The electronic gaming device of claim 9 , wherein the third interaction determination is at least one of that the first directional expanding scatter symbol location is two areas away from the first dormant scatter symbol location, the first directional expanding scatter symbol location is two areas away from the expanding scatter symbol location, the first directional expanding scatter symbol location is two areas away for the non-expanding scatter symbol location, the first dormant scatter symbol location is two areas away from the non-expanding scatter symbol location, the expanding scatter symbol location is two areas away from the non-expanding scatter symbol location, and the first dormant scatter symbol location is two areas away from the expanding scatter symbol location.
11. A method of providing gaming options via an electronic gaming device comprising:
receiving via a credit device an item associated with a monetary value;
establishing via one or more processors a credit balance based at least in part on the received item;
receiving via a wager button a wager amount on a play of a game, wherein the wager amount is deducted from the credit balance;
displaying via the one or more processors a first directional expanding scatter symbol;
displaying via the one or more processors a first dormant scatter symbol;
determining via the one or more processors a first interaction between the first directional expanding scatter symbol and the first dormant scatter symbol;
modifying via the one or more processors the first dormant scatter symbol into a first award value based on the first interaction determination; and
modifying the first dormant scatter symbol into a second award value based on a second interaction determination where the first interaction determination is based on a first spatial determination between the first directional expanding scatter symbol and the first dormant scatter symbol and the second interaction determination is based on a second spatial determination between the first directional expanding scatter symbol and the first dormant scatter symbol, where the first spatial determination is based on both a first horizontal distance determination and a first vertical distance determination and the second spatial determination is based on both a second horizontal distance determination and a second vertical distance determination.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first interaction determination is based on a first directional expanding scatter symbol location and a first dormant scatter symbol location.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first interaction determination is that the first directional expanding scatter symbol location is one area away from the first dormant scatter symbol location.
14. The method of claim 11 , further comprising modifying a first directional expanding scatter symbol characteristic based on the second interaction determination.
15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the second interaction determination is based on a first directional expanding scatter symbol location and an expanding scatter symbol location.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the second interaction determination is that the first directional expanding scatter symbol location is one area away from the expanding scatter symbol location.
17. An electronic gaming system comprising:
a credit device configured to accept an item associated with a monetary value;
a user input device configured to enable a player to select a wager amount and initiate a game play, wherein the wager amount is subtracted from a credit balance funded at least in part via the credit device;
a server including a server memory and a server processor, the server processor configured to display a plurality of reels which include one or more symbols, the one or more symbols include a first directional expanding scatter symbol and a first dormant scatter symbol; and
the server processor configured to modify the first dormant scatter symbol into a first award value based on a first interaction determination and the server processor configured to modify the first dormant scatter symbol into a second award value based on a second interaction determination where the first interaction determination is based on a first spatial determination between the first directional expanding scatter symbol and the first dormant scatter symbol and the second interaction determination is based on a second spatial determination between the first directional expanding scatter symbol and the first dormant scatter symbol, where the first spatial determination is based on both a first horizontal distance determination and a first vertical distance determination and the second spatial determination is based on both a second horizontal distance determination and a second vertical distance determination.
18. The electronic gaming system of claim 17 , wherein the first interaction determination is based on a first directional expanding scatter symbol location and a first dormant scatter symbol location.
19. The electronic gaming system of claim 18 , wherein the first interaction determination is that the first directional expanding scatter symbol location is one area away from the first dormant scatter symbol location.
20. The electronic gaming system of claim 17 , wherein the server processor is further configured to modify a first directional expanding scatter symbol characteristic based on the second interaction determination.