US 12,444,271 B2
Electronic gaming systems and methods with mixing and matching multiple metamorphics and bonus game pick feature enhancements
Kevin Walsh, Reno, NV (US); Daniel Marston, Reno, NV (US); and Jeffrey Uss, Liberty Hill, TX (US)
Assigned to Aristocrat Technologies, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed by Aristocrat Technologies, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed on Jul. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/222,812.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/375,183, filed on Sep. 9, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0087421 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. G07F 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/3267 (2013.01) [G07F 17/3213 (2013.01); G07F 17/3262 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic gaming system comprising:
at least one display device configured to display an electronic game that includes a base game, a bonus game, and metamorphics associated with pick feature enhancements for the bonus game;
an input device operable to receive a player input; and
a game controller in communication with the at least one display device and the input device, the game controller comprising at least one processor and at least one memory, the at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the game controller to:
determine that the bonus game is triggered based on a game outcome of the base game, the bonus game including display of pick icons;
activate at least one of the metamorphics for the bonus game based on the game outcome, the at least one activated metamorphic being associated with at least one of the pick feature enhancements;
cause display of a visual indication of the at least one activated metamorphic;
initiate a play of the bonus game and apply the at least one pick feature enhancement associated with the at least one activated metamorphic thereto;
receive, via the input device, the player input indicative of a selection of at least one of the pick icons during the play of the bonus game; and
cause display of an award associated with the at least one selected pick icon, wherein the award is determined based on the at least one pick feature enhancement applied to the play of the bonus game.