Screen activity moderation in a skill wagering interleaved game
View Patent ↗Systems and methods for operating a screen activity moderated skill wagering interleaved game are disclosed. A screen activity moderated skill wagering game is provides an entertainment game and a gambling game. The entertainment game is provided by an entertainment system and is managed by a game world operating system. The gambling game is provided by a real credit operating system. The screen activity moderated skill wagering interleaved game also provides screen activity moderation to adjust gambling activity within the gambling game based on the level of screen activity within the entertainment game. During periods of high intensity game play within the entertainment game, the screen activity moderated skill wagering interleaved game in some embodiments adjusts the gambling activity within the gambling game inversely based on the level of screen activity.
1. A casino electronic game machine providing a screen activity moderated skill wagering interleaved game that includes an entertainment game and a gambling game, comprising:
a real world engine, wherein the real world engine provides the gambling game based upon a change in a rate of the gambling game, and wherein the real world engine comprises:
a real world credit meter;
a random number generator; and
a real world credit pay table, wherein the real world engine is configured to:
receive real world credit from a portable media, wherein the portable media includes at least one member of a group including currency, a voucher and a smart card; and
provide a randomly generated payout of real world credits from a wager of real world credits in the gambling game using the random number generator and real world credit pay table; and
augment an amount of real world credits stored in the real world credit meter based on the randomly generated payout of real world credits to the real world credit meter;
an entertainment system engine constructed to:
execute the entertainment game to resolve a random event in the entertainment game to generate random event results; and
provide the random event results to a game world engine;
a display screen configured to:
display the random event results of the wagers; and
display a certain level of screen activity;
a user input device configured to receive from a player a wagering amount to use during game play; and
the game world engine constructed to:
monitor a level of screen activity of the display of the entertainment game;
determine a threshold level of screen activity;
determine if the screen activity of the entertainment game play exceeds the threshold level;
determine an occurrence of a gambling event in the gambling game based on play of the entertainment game executed by the entertainment system engine;
when the threshold level of screen activity is exceeded, pause the gambling game;
when the threshold level of screen activity is not exceeded, request a resolution to the gambling event by the real world engine;
determine gambling results based upon the random event results; and
provide the gambling results to the entertainment system engine for use in executing the entertainment game.
2. The casino electronic game machine of claim 1 , wherein the game world engine is further constructed to adjust at least one of (i) a rate of gambling events and (ii) a rate of wagers within the gambling game based on the level of screen activity.
3. The casino electronic game machine of claim 1 , wherein the game world engine is further constructed to measure screen activity based on at least one of: collision detection, color changes, actions available, targets available, processing speed, latency, and input lag.
4. The casino electronic game machine of claim 1 , wherein the entertainment system engine is further constructed to adjust gambling game graphics displayed within the entertainment game based on the level of screen activity.