US 11,915,543 B2
Visual meter progression on symbol
Jennifer Mizzi, Round Rock, TX (US); Erick Ching, Cedar Park, TX (US); Peter Wasielewski, Austin, TX (US); and Tsung-Cheng Lin, Leander, TX (US)
Assigned to Aristocrat Technologies, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed by Aristocrat Technologies, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed on Feb. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/652,894.
Application 17/652,894 is a continuation of application No. 16/857,054, filed on Apr. 23, 2020, granted, now 11,288,914.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/923,264, filed on Oct. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0189240 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G07F 17/32 (2006.01); G07F 17/34 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/3213 (2013.01) [G07F 17/3267 (2013.01); G07F 17/34 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gaming device, comprising:
a display system including one or more displays;
an interface system including at least one network interface and at least one user interface; and
a control system including one or more processors, the control system being configured for:
receiving, via the interface system, user input for initiation of an instance of a wagering game, the wagering game comprising a slot game;
determining a game outcome and corresponding display symbols, the game outcome comprising an award determination, wherein at least one of the display symbols available for presentation in a main game area is a first metamorphic display symbol comprising a first progress indicator and a number of second progress indicator symbols, wherein the first progress indicator indicates progress towards attaining a first goal and the second progress indicator indicates progress towards attaining a second goal, wherein the goal is attained by a combination of the number of second progress indicator symbols in the first metamorphic display symbol and one or more matching symbols in one or more non-metamorphic symbols and wherein determining the game outcome involves determining that the first progress indicator and the second progress indicator will be updated;
controlling the display system to display the display symbols at a plurality of display symbol positions of the main game area on a display device of the display system and to display the first metamorphic display symbol with an updated first progress indicator and an updated second progress indicator, wherein the plurality of display symbol positions are arranged in a plurality of display symbol rows and display symbol columns; and
controlling the display system to present award effects corresponding to the award determination.