Meister Slots - Looking for bitchin' ideas

[Casinomeister]

I'm looking for ideas.

If I want to create the most bitchin' slots on the planet, what features should it incorporate?

I'm thinking that a good base game is a Thunderstruck/Springbreak etc. with a free spin feature that can be re-triggered. That could act as a template - but I'm looking for something innovative - something tweaky, something funky.

What sort of features could you image? Something that hasn't been done yet, or something that is tried and tested? Post your creativity here. Thanks!

[vinylweatherman]

You could try a hybrid game, both a slot that most players will understand, but with a "Fruit Machine" style feature bank that can be triggered on occasion.
Free Spins that can be retriggered are always a hit, but they should be designed to minimise the possibility of hitting nothing, perhaps by offering a consolation prize per spin as in Reel Strike.
The bonus feature could be something saved for by the player, such as is seen on Chief's Fortune. It could be made such that the player could take a lower feature right away, or save for what could be a better one. This would be like a "personal bank", and like Chief's Fortune, would belong to the individual player. Each feature should be different, and quote possible prize ranges such as the idols in Tomb Raider, the longer the wait, the higher the minimum prize and maximum prize. Each trigger of the bonus awards one step on the feature ladder, which the player could take or leave to play for the next step.

One extra feature that UK Fruit Machines have is a "hidden bonus", where a certain action that is not at all obvious (except to a Brit) leads to a certain win. A prime example is the hold after nudge on the average Fruit Machine. The player must IGNORE the hold, and the full win will spin straight in.
This would involve some mildly non-random elements to be accepted as part of the game engine, as with Fruit Machines. Rather than looking at the current lame excuses for fruit Machines, go back to the 1990's and see how it should be done.

[Simmo!]

How about one symbol on each reel that is a number in the range 1 - 5. If you get two or more in view, or maybe lined up, it adds them together for that amount of free spins. The multiplier is the number of those "numbers" in view. So if you get say a 2, a 1 and a 3 on three of the reels you get 6 spins at 3x. or if you get a 2, a 4, a 3 and another 4 in view, you get 13 spins at 4x. Etc. Obviously it must be able to retrigger. If you only get one number in view, it acts as a multiplier if it fits in a winning line.

I'd suggest making it a 9-line slot, with scatters and a wild on every reel, though the wild is superfluous if you use the above idea as the number becomes a wild.

[EasyRhino]

- Before any arbitrary spin, the player may elect which of the slot's symbols will be wild and scatter for that spin. The change is effective until they make a change again. (at the simple level, the change would be cosmetic, and wild/scatter would have the same odds of appearing no matter what the graphic. At the fancy level, the newly chosen wild/scatter would still appear with the same frequency as the base symbol (a JQK would appear often), but the payouts for the wilds/scatters would be adjusted so that the overall payout percentage is the same).

- The ability to choose your own bonus round, judging between risk and reward (a la the hitman slot asassination round).

- Boobs.

- A non-slotlike appearance. You seen those Konami slots where they aren't aligned in reels, but little hexagonal grids? Like that, but a new shape. Maybe 3D spheres. Preferably visualized so the game looks like it's out of Tron.

[Rusty]

I make my own slots but I always get bored before they are finished properly

I amke 5 reel ones now that play like RTG or MG only much better

I made a horse racing themed one and instead of having a certain number of free spins you enter a virtual race.

There are race horses numbered 1 to 6 as well as other symbols on each reel and there are most of number 6 and least of number one.

When you hit the scatters a virtual race begins in seperate window at the top between 6 horses.
Each time the reels spin the horses number that shows on the reels goes faster in the race. Wins are awarded as normal.
The race should last 8 spins on average but you can get as little as 4 and there is a max of 30 (most i ever got was 22) because of the amount of each horse symol on each real.
When the race is won the free spins end.
The free spin wins are multiplied by *6 if horse no1 wins,*5 for horse 2, *4 for horse 3 etc.
This makes not only the wins on free spins exciting but the race is too!
This really adds to a slots playability and makes the themes proper themes instead of just pretty symbols.

Hope that made sense to you all

[hobobiker]

One untried by most online casinos is .....not sure if anyone has come across this one .... a built in program which makes the machine payout a return to player win ...say like erm 94 or 95% of the wagered money ....you know then make it average this maybe once a year or so.....crazy idea i know .... but i think its not been tried before ....
yer never know it could be popular..

oh well dream on eh...

[KasinoKing]

Some excellent ideas already posted above! (except maybe Hobo who needs to come to the REAL world...)

I particularly like Simmo & VWM's ideas, but how about having the choice of many different features...
Say for example, you can choose:-
* 15 free-spins @ x3 (like you-know-what)
* Choice of different numbers of free-spins with variable multiplier (Like Dolphin Tale)
* Pick-em grid for prizes only (Like Mr.Rich)
* Pick'em grid for spins & Multiplier (Like Moonshine)
* Pure skill for bigger prizes or spins & multiplier (Harder than Horoscope, but easier than Alien Hunter - maybe like Reel Renovations...?)

Just think, if MG had a slot like this they could dump 50% of the garbage slots they have now & save everyone MASSES of hard-drive space & upgrade grief, eh VWM...?

KK

[Simmo!]

Originally Posted by Rusty

I make my own slots but I always get bored before they are finished properly ...Hope that made sense to you all

It did but I'm intrigued. What do you make them in and what for and how do they look etc. More detail

[Slotster!]

Exactly like you say - nine lines, scatters to trigger the feature and re-triggerable... But here's the thing... I want the scatters to trigger "Heaven or Hell" or "Accredited or Rogue" or something, you know - two extremes... Completely at random, and backed up with graphic representation - you descend visually into either Heaven or Hell!

Scenario one: One free spin at a gazillion times multiplier! (100x, 200x, 300x whatever, however the odds make it work - but seriously high) You get a BIG F*ck off glowing button, you have to press to activate "THE SPIN!!!" Consolation is five times your bet.

Scenario two: Fifteen free spins at 3x multiplier, but when the re-trigger hits - you might get the other one!! Vice-Versa on scenario one.

Gotta have wilds with BIG potential, that multiply the win 2x or 3x - and lose the two symbol low end wins.














And boobs.

[vinylweatherman]

Originally Posted by Slotster!

Exactly like you say - nine lines, scatters to trigger the feature and re-triggerable... But here's the thing... I want the scatters to trigger "Heaven or Hell" or "Accredited or Rogue" or something, you know - two extremes... Completely at random, and backed up with graphic representation - you descend visually into either Heaven or Hell!

Scenario one: One free spin at a gazillion times multiplier! (100x, 200x, 300x whatever, however the odds make it work - but seriously high) You get a BIG F*ck off glowing button, you have to press to activate "THE SPIN!!!" Consolation is five times your bet.

Scenario two: Fifteen free spins at 3x multiplier, but when the re-trigger hits - you might get the other one!! Vice-Versa on scenario one.

Gotta have wilds with BIG potential, that multiply the win 2x or 3x - and lose the two symbol low end wins.














And boobs.

I think Microgaming have provided enough of these for everyone