US 11,983,995 B2
Persistent symbol position arrays with array growth in both base game and feature game
Hanna Sanborn, Georgetown, TX (US); Jennifer Mizzi, Round Rock, TX (US); Jeffrey Uss, Liberty Hill, TX (US); Rogelio Decasa, Jr., Renton, WA (US); Nathan Warms, Austin, TX (US); Zachary Smith, Austin, TX (US); and Erick Ching, Cedar Park, TX (US)
Assigned to Aristocrat Technologies, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed by Aristocrat Technologies, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed on May 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/314,018.
Application 18/314,018 is a continuation of application No. 17/647,681, filed on Jan. 11, 2022, granted, now 11,645,892.
Application 17/647,681 is a continuation of application No. 17/248,504, filed on Jan. 27, 2021, granted, now 11,257,327, issued on Feb. 22, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0021052 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G07F 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/3267 (2013.01) [G07F 17/3213 (2013.01); G07F 17/3258 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising a game controller that includes one or more processors in communication with one or more memory devices, wherein the one or more memory devices store computer-executable instructions which, when executed, control the one or more processors to cause an array of symbol positions to be displayed on one or more displays, wherein the array of symbol positions is defined by a first dimension A and a second dimension B, and to, responsive to each receipt of a first input signal indicative of a game play of a main game:
cause the display, on the one or more displays and responsive to that game play of the main game, of one or more symbols from one of one or more sets of symbols associated with the main game in one or more symbol positions in the array of symbol positions,
determine whether any of the one or more symbols displayed in the one or more symbol positions in association with that game play of the main game is an array growth symbol or are array growth symbols that, in being displayed, at least partially meet an array growth condition,
cause, responsive to determining that the array growth condition is met, the second dimension B of the array of symbol positions to increment by 1, thereby causing a quantity of additional symbol positions equal to the first dimension A to be additionally displayed as part of the array of symbol positions, and additional symbols from the one set of symbols of the one or more sets of symbols to be displayed in the additionally displayed symbol positions,
determine whether any of the symbols displayed in the symbol positions in association with that game play of the main game is a feature game trigger symbol or are feature game trigger symbols that, in being displayed, meet a feature game trigger condition,
cause, responsive to determining that the feature game trigger condition is met, a feature game to be presented on the one or more displays using the array of symbol positions, inclusive of any of the additionally displayed symbol positions, and
determine, responsive to receipt of one or more second input signals and in association with the presentation of the feature game, an outcome of the feature game, wherein each second input signal is indicative of a feature game play of the feature game.