Gaming controller, a gaming system, and a method of gaming
View Patent ↗A method of gaming comprising: a) displaying a plurality of display positions to a player, at least one of the display positions corresponding to a hidden object to be sought by the player; b) determining a selection of a display position; c) revealing whether or not the selected display position corresponds to the hidden object; e) determining whether to allow a selection by conducting at least one trial, each trial comprising seeking to complete a symbol combination; and f) repeating steps b) to e) until either the symbol combination is completed or a designated number of hidden objects is located.
1. A method of gaming in a gaming system having a display including a plurality of display positions, a game controller, and a credit input mechanism configured for player interaction to receive a credit input representing a physical monetary value for establishing a credit balance, the method comprising:
simultaneously conducting, in accord with said credit balance having been established via the credit input mechanism, via the game controller, a) a first game, in which a number of objects are hidden in said display positions, including revealing the hidden object of a display position from among the display positions, and b) in a different second game, including completing a combination of symbols, until either the combination of symbols of said second game has been completed or said number of hidden objects of said first game has been revealed; and
in response to the symbol combination of said second game having been completed before said number of hidden objects of said first game is revealed, indicating via the display a losing outcome in which no prizes are awarded.
2. A method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said number of hidden objects is one.
3. A method as claimed in claim 1 , and wherein said second game further comprises selecting one or more symbols of the symbol combination from a pool of symbol selections.
4. A method as claimed in claim 3 , and wherein said second game further comprises spinning at least one reel having at least one of the symbols of the symbol combination thereon and completing at least part of the symbol combination if a portion of the reel having a symbol of the symbol combination thereon stops at a designated display position.
5. A method as claimed in claim 1 , and wherein said second game comprises a plurality of reels, each having one of the symbols required to complete the symbol combination, and said method further comprising spinning all of the reels in a first spin, and spinning each reel corresponding to uncompleted portions of the symbol combination.
6. A method as claimed in claim 1 , and wherein said second game comprises a plurality of reels, each having one of the symbols required to complete the symbol combination, and said method further comprising spinning each of the reels at a time in a defined order.
7. A method as claimed in claim 6 , and further comprising spinning a subsequent reel in response to a current reel successfully revealing a part of the symbol combination.
8. A method as claimed in claim 6 , and wherein each reel has one or more of the symbols required to complete the symbol combination and the remainder of the reel is blank.
9. A method as claimed in claim 1 , and wherein the symbol combination is a word and each of the symbols required to complete the symbol combinations are individual letters of the word.
10. A method as claimed in claim 1 , and wherein said display includes a first area and a different second area, and said method further comprising displaying said first game in said first area, and displaying said second game in said second area.
11. A method as claimed in claim 1 , and further comprising making an award if the number of objects is selected prior to the symbol combination being completed.
12. A gaming system comprising:
a credit input mechanism configured for player interaction to receive a credit input representing a physical monetary value for establishing a credit balance;
a display having a plurality of display positions, and configured to display a first game and a different second game in which a combination of symbols is to be completed,
an object hider configured to hide a number of objects are hidden in said display positions;
wherein said display is further configured to reveal the hidden object of a display position from among the display positions for said first game; and
a game controller configured to simultaneously conduct, in accord with said credit balance having been established via the credit input mechanism, both said first game and said second game, until either the combination of symbols of said second game has been completed or said number of hidden objects of said first game has been revealed; and
wherein in response to the symbol combination of said second game having been completed before said number of hidden objects of said first game is revealed, the display is further configured to indicate a losing outcome in which no prizes are awarded.
13. A gaming system as claimed in claim 12 , wherein said number of hidden objects is one.
14. A gaming system as claimed in claim 12 , and wherein said display includes a first area and a different second area, and said method further comprising displaying said first game in said first area, and displaying said second game in said second area.
15. A gaming system as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the interface comprises at least one touch screen, whereby a player selects a display position by touching a portion of the touch screen corresponding to the display position.
16. A gaming system as claimed in claim 12 , wherein said game controller is further configured to select one or more symbols of the symbol combination from a pool of symbol selections.
17. A gaming system as claimed in claim 12 , wherein said game controller is further configured to spin at least one reel having at least one of the symbols of the symbol combination thereon and to complete at least part of the symbol combination if a portion of the reel having a symbol of the symbol combination thereon stops at a designated display position.
18. A gaming system as claimed in claim 17 , and wherein said second game comprises a plurality of reels, each having one of the symbols required to complete the symbol combination, and wherein said game controller is configured to spin each reel corresponding to uncompleted portions of the symbol combination.
19. A gaming system as claimed in claim 17 , and wherein said second game comprises a plurality of reels, each having one of the symbols required to complete the symbol combination, and wherein said game controller is configured to spin each of the reels one at a time in a defined order, and wherein in response to a current reel successfully revealing a part of the symbol combination, the game controller is configured to spin a subsequent reel.
20. A gaming system as claimed in claim 17 , wherein each reel has one or more of the symbols required to complete the symbol combination and the remainder of the reel is blank.
21. A gaming system as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the symbol combination is a word and each of the symbols required to complete the symbol combinations are individual letters of the word.
22. A gaming system as claimed in claim 12 , and further comprising a prize awarder configured to make an award to a player if said number of objects is revealed prior to the symbol combination being completed.