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Slot Design Report: February 2018

Review expanding reel set mechanics, like in DoubleU Casino's Undead Nation, if you are implementing more portrait view machines We continue to see more metagame-like mechanics built into single machines. High 5 Casino added a leveling mechanic with over 500 levels to Triple Double DaVinci Diamonds to drive retention

Wild Meter

GamePlay’s Wilds and the Beanstalk displays a miniature representation of the 3×5 game grid…and locked wilds placement…as players move up and down a stalk

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I love that there are arrows which push you down the beanstalk. Too often designers are afraid to put negative elements into a game. But this works very well. It gives the player an adversary, even if it is a fairly abstract one. The back and forth nature of the struggle to climb really makes the player feel like they’ve earned what they got. – Expert mathematician commentary

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  • To make players feel like they earned the bonus, consider a meter mechanic that is explicit about the award (in this case the arrangement of wilds)
  • Test more mechanics where the progression of value is not all positive as players progress upwards
  • Build in natural pinch points on the meter prior to the bonus triggers
  • Consider making the reels view-through so that players really understand up and down progression when climbing the meter

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