Skillful regulated multi-level casino games and gaming machines configured to encourage exploration of game stages, scenarios, levels and areas
A computer-implemented method including providing a wager-based electronic gaming device (EGD), the EGD having at least one processor, memory, a display, an input interface, the method including: establishing an account balance using the received money; displaying a game environment of a wager-based game comprising a plurality of stages; enabling, for the gaming session, game play and wagers in a current stage of the plurality of stages of the wager-based game; determining game play such that when the game play is less quick than the predetermined pace, changing at least one of a Return-To-Player (RTP) of the wager-based game and a bonus for the current stage; and when the game play is quicker than the predetermined pace, maintaining unchanged or increasing at least one of the Return-To-Player (RTP) of the wager-based game and the bonus for the current stage.
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
providing a wager-based electronic gaming device (EGD), the EGD comprising at least one processor, memory, a display, an input interface and a source of random numbers, the at least one processor being configured to execute computer-readable instructions stored in the memory for at least:
accepting money from a player via the input interface, and establishing an account balance using the received money;
displaying, on the display, a game environment configured to enable the player to participate, via the input interface, in a gaming session of a wager-based game comprising a plurality of stages;
enabling, for the gaming session, game play and wagers in a current stage of the plurality of stages of the wager-based game;
accessing random numbers from the source of random numbers and determining, at least in part, outcomes of the wagers using the accessed random numbers;
determining whether game play is progressing through the plurality of the stages of the wager-based game at a pace that is at least as quick as a predetermined pace;
when the game play is determined to be progressing through the plurality of stages at a pace that is less quick than the predetermined pace, changing at least one of a Return-To-Player (RTP) of the wager-based game and a bonus for the current stage;
and
when the game play is determined to be progressing through the plurality of stages at a pace that is quicker than the predetermined pace, maintaining unchanged or increasing at least one of the Return-To-Player (RTP) of the wager-based game and the bonus for the current stage.
2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein changing at least one of the RTP and the bonus for the current stage comprises increasing at least one of the RTP and the bonus for the current stage.
3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein changing at least one of the RTP and the bonus for the current stage comprises decreasing at least one of the RTP and the bonus for the current stage.