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Themes in Slot Game Production

Fri, 08 Mar 2024 10:48:26 +0000

The variety of online slot games is comprehensive, and it seems every month, more are added. Game providers compete for their share of the gaming dollar. When a game studio releases a successful slot game, other studios release games of a similar theme, look and style, hoping to grab market share. As a gaming industry veteran, I regularly identify a winning slot game and spot a ‘pretender’ weeks later. Game providers compete to make the most amusing, exciting, and innovative slots but rarely stray from popular themes. In the following article, I examine some of the most common themes and suggest why they are so popular and frequently used. Slot Games Based on TV Shows There are so many slots based on famous TV shows. IGT is the creator of several of these titles. For example, you can find the animated and funny show Family Guy, the romantic comedy Sex and the City and the competitive quiz show Jeopardy. These are all famous shows that most of us have heard of or watched; the slots are very much alike in design and functionality. The Family Guy slot game has the same entertaining atmosphere as the show. Peter, Stewie, and the crew crack jokes throughout the game. There are three amusing bonus games with background music from the show. Why are Slot Games Based on TV Shows Successful? For many of us, TV shows have been a big part of our lives, associated with high entertainment. While some of us like to relax and laugh at a comedy show after a hard day’s work, others prefer watching and pitting their wits on a quiz show like Jeopardy. We all have our personal favourites, and when we find slots based on these, we like to try them out and experience the same entertainment. Slot Games Based on Movies Movie themes are very prominent among successful online gambling slot games. Games providers such as Yggdrasil, Netent, IGT, Nyx and Scientific Games have released successful movie-themed slots. One of the most successful recently has been slot games based around the Jurassic Park movie franchise. One of the earliest movies to transition to online gambling games was Ghostbusters, and around the same time, the Terminator slot games were available to film buffs who wanted to gamble online. So, if you wish to shoot down ghouls or bad guys with Bill Murrey or Arnold Schwarzenegger, there is a slot game for you. No matter which movie-themed slot game you choose to play, if you have watched the movie, you will recognise the music, the characters and the atmosphere. Why are Slot Games Based on a Movie Successful? If you have not watched the movie on which the slot is based, you will probably recognise it unless you have been kept in the dark cupboard under the stairs. Marketing a movie, especially a successful franchise movie, will also provide marketing to the slot game. A game studio that bases a slot game around a film must have licensed the rights to the movie content. The movie will almost certainly have a significant film star as the lead character, and the slot game will be allowed to use that character’s likeness. Therefore, the slot game will draw fans of that actor. Another reason that slot games use movie franchises as themes is that the slot games get to launch other slot games as the studio launches another film in the franchise. Here are some examples of slot games based on movies: Jurassic Park, The Terminator, Star Wars, and Jumanji. Slot Games Based on Music NetEnt is a leading slot game producer, and the studio has released some of the most successful themed slots ever made. The top two are probably; Guns’ n’ Roses and Jimi Hendrix. In the Guns’ n’ Roses slot game, a player can choose the playlist that accompanies the gameplay. Other similar games include Motorhead, Elvis, Michael Jackson, Megadeath and Kiss. Why are Slot Games Based on Music Successful? Almost certainly, recognition plays the most significant part in the success of some of these titles. Even if the player is not a massive fan of the music, they will recognise the artist or band and, in doing so, will have trust in the title. The slot games draw fans of the music, and as they get more and more play, they will feature dominantly on the casino websites. Slot Games based on Cartoons and Cartoon Characters In recent years, some pretty big slot game titles have used cartoons and characters in their themes. For example, Playtech released the Pink Panther and Incredible Hunk slot games, and Yggdrasil released a slot game based on Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. 789bet has been The Simpsons, one of the biggest online slot games from the provider Scientific Games (subsidiary WMS). The player travels to different scenes in the game, such as casino night at the power plant and Moe’s Tavern. During gameplay, the characters will interact with the player by making comments. Why are Slot Games Based on cartoons Successful? As cartoons are graphics, game developers can integrate the characters into the gameplay. For example, it is easier to make a cartoon character comment on a player’s choice in-game than having an actor come to a studio and be filmed, then use video in the game. Also, as above, recognition is an essential factor. Most players will know the theme characters and cartoon shows and trust the game. A game such as The Simpsons is getting free marketing as the show is played on television and streaming globally every day. In my next article, I look at other themes such as Historical Events, Fantasy, Egypt, the Sea, Fruits, characters, and more. I also break down some gameplay and talk about game math.

How Isaac Newton could help you beat the casino at roulette

Fri, 08 Mar 2024 06:13:15 +0000

Imagine walking into a casino with a computer strapped to your chest. Solenoid electromagnets thump against your body telling you where to place your bet on the roulette table. Suddenly, you start getting electric shocks. You rush to the toilet to undertake emergency repairs, hoping that the casino staff do not realise what is happening. In the late seventies, graduate student Doyne Farmer and colleagues did just that – with purpose-built computers that could predict where a roulette ball would land. The project, described in the book The Newtonian Casino (published as The Eudaemonic Pie in the US), was, however, difficult and fraught with technical problems. The team never really found a reliable way of doing it. But decades later, is it any closer to becoming a reality? In a game of roulette, the croupier spins a wheel in one direction and a ball in the other direction. Players then place bets on where the ball will land by choosing either a single number, a range of numbers, the colours red or black or odd or even numbers. Our understanding of the physics behind the movement of the ball and wheel is pretty solid – governed by Newton’s laws of motion. As the ball slows, gravity takes hold and it falls into one of the numbered compartments. It is predictable when the ball will leave the rim. However once it does, the route it takes to a numbered slot is less so. This is because the ball bounces around as it strikes various obstacles. Every roulette wheel is slightly different. Atmospheric conditions continually change and the wheel itself has features that encourage randomness – such as the size of the frets between the numbers and the diamond-shaped obstacles that intercept the ball as it falls down to the wheel. This means that you cannot predict the exact number where the ball will land. But you only need to know which area of the wheel the ball will land and you can gain a massive advantage over the casino – more than 40%. This is a huge swing from the 5.26% margin that US casinos have over players – often referred to as the house edge. In 789bet is only 2.7%, as the wheel has only one zero (a US wheel has two zeroes). Sweaty experiments When Farmer and his team entered the casino for the first time, two people were wearing computers. One had a computer built into his shoes, with the task of inputting data by tapping switches under the toes. This computer performed two main functions. One was to adjust parameters for each wheel before a game, such as the rate at which the ball and wheel slowed down, and the velocity of the ball when it fell off the track. They also had to determine whether the wheel exhibited any tilt. The second job was during live play. The player with the shoe computer tapped the toe switches each time a certain point (typically the double zero) on the wheel passed by and also when the ball passed by. Using this information, the program could calculate the speed of both the wheel and the ball – thus knowing when the ball would start to fall. Knowing the relative positions of the ball and the wheel meant that a prediction could be made about where the ball would finally land. The computer then had to transmit the prediction to the person wearing the second computer. This was achieved by weak radio signals.

Themes in Slot Game Production

Fri, 08 Mar 2024 03:31:23 +0000

The variety of online slot games is comprehensive, and it seems every month, more are added. Game providers compete for their share of the gaming dollar. When a game studio releases a successful slot game, other studios release games of a similar theme, look and style, hoping to grab market share. As a gaming industry veteran, I regularly identify a winning slot game and spot a ‘pretender’ weeks later. Game providers compete to make the most amusing, exciting, and innovative slots but rarely stray from popular themes. In the following article, I examine some of the most common themes and suggest why they are so popular and frequently used. Slot Games Based on TV Shows There are so many slots based on famous TV shows. IGT is the creator of several of these titles. For example, you can find the animated and funny show Family Guy, the romantic comedy Sex and the City and the competitive quiz show Jeopardy. These are all famous shows that most of us have heard of or watched; the slots are very much alike in design and functionality. The Family Guy slot game has the same entertaining atmosphere as the show. Peter, Stewie, and the crew crack jokes throughout the game. There are three amusing bonus games with background music from the show. Why are Slot Games Based on TV Shows Successful? For 789bet of us, TV shows have been a big part of our lives, associated with high entertainment. While some of us like to relax and laugh at a comedy show after a hard day’s work, others prefer watching and pitting their wits on a quiz show like Jeopardy. We all have our personal favourites, and when we find slots based on these, we like to try them out and experience the same entertainment. Slot Games Based on Movies Movie themes are very prominent among successful online gambling slot games. Games providers such as Yggdrasil, Netent, IGT, Nyx and Scientific Games have released successful movie-themed slots. One of the most successful recently has been slot games based around the Jurassic Park movie franchise. One of the earliest movies to transition to online gambling games was Ghostbusters, and around the same time, the Terminator slot games were available to film buffs who wanted to gamble online. So, if you wish to shoot down ghouls or bad guys with Bill Murrey or Arnold Schwarzenegger, there is a slot game for you. No matter which movie-themed slot game you choose to play, if you have watched the movie, you will recognise the music, the characters and the atmosphere. Why are Slot Games Based on a Movie Successful? If you have not watched the movie on which the slot is based, you will probably recognise it unless you have been kept in the dark cupboard under the stairs. Marketing a movie, especially a successful franchise movie, will also provide marketing to the slot game. A game studio that bases a slot game around a film must have licensed the rights to the movie content. The movie will almost certainly have a significant film star as the lead character, and the slot game will be allowed to use that character’s likeness. Therefore, the slot game will draw fans of that actor. Another reason that slot games use movie franchises as themes is that the slot games get to launch other slot games as the studio launches another film in the franchise. Here are some examples of slot games based on movies: Jurassic Park, The Terminator, Star Wars, and Jumanji. Slot Games Based on Music NetEnt is a leading slot game producer, and the studio has released some of the most successful themed slots ever made. The top two are probably; Guns’ n’ Roses and Jimi Hendrix. In the Guns’ n’ Roses slot game, a player can choose the playlist that accompanies the gameplay. Other similar games include Motorhead, Elvis, Michael Jackson, Megadeath and Kiss. Why are Slot Games Based on Music Successful? Almost certainly, recognition plays the most significant part in the success of some of these titles. Even if the player is not a massive fan of the music, they will recognise the artist or band and, in doing so, will have trust in the title. The slot games draw fans of the music, and as they get more and more play, they will feature dominantly on the casino websites. Slot Games based on Cartoons and Cartoon Characters In recent years, some pretty big slot game titles have used cartoons and characters in their themes. For example, Playtech released the Pink Panther and Incredible Hunk slot games, and Yggdrasil released a slot game based on Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Another success has been The Simpsons, one of the biggest online slot games from the provider Scientific Games (subsidiary WMS). The player travels to different scenes in the game, such as casino night at the power plant and Moe’s Tavern. During gameplay, the characters will interact with the player by making comments. Why are Slot Games Based on cartoons Successful? As cartoons are graphics, game developers can integrate the characters into the gameplay. For example, it is easier to make a cartoon character comment on a player’s choice in-game than having an actor come to a studio and be filmed, then use video in the game. Also, as above, recognition is an essential factor. Most players will know the theme characters and cartoon shows and trust the game. A game such as The Simpsons is getting free marketing as the show is played on television and streaming globally every day. In my next article, I look at other themes such as Historical Events, Fantasy, Egypt, the Sea, Fruits, characters, and more. I also break down some gameplay and talk about game math.

Can maths help you win at roulette?

Fri, 08 Mar 2024 00:17:57 +0000

Albert Einstein supposedly once said: “No one can win at roulette unless he steals money from the table while the croupier isn’t looking.” Although I wouldn’t normally question Einstein, this statement isn’t true. In fact, you can use Einstein’s specialist subject, physics, to help you win. Or you can find a biased wheel that makes some numbers more likely to come up. What Einstein actually meant was that there is no mathematical trick that can help you win at roulette. Each spin is an independent trial and, in the long run, the casino will win. This is different to a game such as Blackjack where the probabilities change as cards are dealt. But some believe that it is possible to exploit the way the roulette wheel, and the betting cloth, is laid out to give themselves an advantage. The idea is that you can make bets on the layout in a way that you are guaranteed to win. But is this really possible? Roulette wheel layout Like a dartboard, the layout of a roulette wheel did not come about by accident. It was carefully planned and exhibits certain properties. In fact, there are two different layouts. An American wheel and a European wheel. The two layouts are shown below. American roulette wheel layout. Wikimedia Commons European Roulette Wheel Layout. Wikimedia Commons Notice that the American wheel has two zeroes. This is important as it doubles the advantage for the casino. On a European wheel you would expect to lose, in the long run, 2.7% of any money you bet with. On an American wheel you can expect to lose 5.26% (if you are interested in the mathematics of roulette, the video at the end will show you how these odds are calculated). The numbers are arranged in a different order on each wheel but there are some similarities in the patterns. On both wheels, the red and black numbers alternate around the wheel, although if you removed the zeroes, the American wheel would have consecutive reds and blacks. The wheels are also structured so that the low numbers (1-18) and the high numbers (19-36) should alternate as much as possible. On a European wheel, this is only violated where the 5 sits next to the 10 (both low numbers). On the American wheel, there are many examples where this rule is violated. It is for this reason that the American wheel is considered not as balanced as the European wheel. Both wheels also try to distribute odd and even numbers as evenly as possible. But again there are a number of violations of this rule on both wheels. On the European wheel there are two other interesting symmetries. First, all the low red numbers and black high numbers are on one side of the zero, and the high red numbers and low black numbers are on the other side. Second, the sequence 29-7-28-12-35-3-26-0-32 contains no numbers between 13 and 24 (the second dozen). You can place a bet on the whole of the second dozen, with odds of 2-1. So, can we beat the maths? A simple search on Google will return many (possibly millions) of systems for playing (and supposedly winning) roulette. Some easy, some complicated, some well described, some not so. A system should really be a combination of a playing strategy and a money management strategy. Perhaps the best known money management strategy is the Martingale system. This system is guaranteed to win money as long as you have enough of a bankroll to double your bet after every loss and you do not hit the table limit, which you will quickly do so. The Martingale system is probably the quickest way to bankruptcy known to man. Whatever betting strategy, and money management strategy, you choose, they all suffer from the same fate. Assuming that 789bet on the wheel has the same probability of being selected – meaning the wheel is not biased – the maths means the casino will always win. The system may look good, and may work in the short term, but when one of the numbers comes up that you have not bet on you will lose and the casino will move towards its win expectation (2.7% or 5.26%). Some systems involve betting on many numbers, perhaps 20. In this case, you will win quite often as you are covering more than half of the numbers. But when one of the numbers does not turn up (and it will almost half the time) you lose all of the 20 bets you have made. This will often wipe out any wins to date. Any system, so far devised, can be analysed to show that there is a win expectation for the casino. The following video shows the maths.

Themes in Slot Game Production

Thu, 07 Mar 2024 13:57:17 +0000

The variety of online slot games is comprehensive, and it seems every month, more are added. Game providers compete for their share of the gaming dollar. When a game studio releases a successful slot game, other studios release games of a similar theme, look and style, hoping to grab market share. As a gaming industry veteran, I regularly identify a winning slot game and spot a ‘pretender’ weeks later. Game providers compete to make the most amusing, exciting, and innovative slots but rarely stray from popular themes. In the following article, I examine some of the most common themes and suggest why they are so popular and frequently used. Slot Games Based on TV Shows There are so many slots based on famous TV shows. IGT is the creator of several of these titles. For example, you can find the animated and funny show Family Guy, the romantic comedy Sex and the City and the competitive quiz show Jeopardy. These are all famous shows that most of us have heard of or watched; the slots are very much alike in design and functionality. 789bet has the same entertaining atmosphere as the show. Peter, Stewie, and the crew crack jokes throughout the game. There are three amusing bonus games with background music from the show. Why are Slot Games Based on TV Shows Successful? For many of us, TV shows have been a big part of our lives, associated with high entertainment. While some of us like to relax and laugh at a comedy show after a hard day’s work, others prefer watching and pitting their wits on a quiz show like Jeopardy. We all have our personal favourites, and when we find slots based on these, we like to try them out and experience the same entertainment. Slot Games Based on Movies Movie themes are very prominent among successful online gambling slot games. Games providers such as Yggdrasil, Netent, IGT, Nyx and Scientific Games have released successful movie-themed slots. One of the most successful recently has been slot games based around the Jurassic Park movie franchise. One of the earliest movies to transition to online gambling games was Ghostbusters, and around the same time, the Terminator slot games were available to film buffs who wanted to gamble online. So, if you wish to shoot down ghouls or bad guys with Bill Murrey or Arnold Schwarzenegger, there is a slot game for you. No matter which movie-themed slot game you choose to play, if you have watched the movie, you will recognise the music, the characters and the atmosphere. Why are Slot Games Based on a Movie Successful? If you have not watched the movie on which the slot is based, you will probably recognise it unless you have been kept in the dark cupboard under the stairs. Marketing a movie, especially a successful franchise movie, will also provide marketing to the slot game. A game studio that bases a slot game around a film must have licensed the rights to the movie content. The movie will almost certainly have a significant film star as the lead character, and the slot game will be allowed to use that character’s likeness. Therefore, the slot game will draw fans of that actor. Another reason that slot games use movie franchises as themes is that the slot games get to launch other slot games as the studio launches another film in the franchise. Here are some examples of slot games based on movies: Jurassic Park, The Terminator, Star Wars, and Jumanji. Slot Games Based on Music NetEnt is a leading slot game producer, and the studio has released some of the most successful themed slots ever made. The top two are probably; Guns’ n’ Roses and Jimi Hendrix. In the Guns’ n’ Roses slot game, a player can choose the playlist that accompanies the gameplay. Other similar games include Motorhead, Elvis, Michael Jackson, Megadeath and Kiss. Why are Slot Games Based on Music Successful? Almost certainly, recognition plays the most significant part in the success of some of these titles. Even if the player is not a massive fan of the music, they will recognise the artist or band and, in doing so, will have trust in the title. The slot games draw fans of the music, and as they get more and more play, they will feature dominantly on the casino websites. Slot Games based on Cartoons and Cartoon Characters In recent years, some pretty big slot game titles have used cartoons and characters in their themes. For example, Playtech released the Pink Panther and Incredible Hunk slot games, and Yggdrasil released a slot game based on Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Another success has been The Simpsons, one of the biggest online slot games from the provider Scientific Games (subsidiary WMS). The player travels to different scenes in the game, such as casino night at the power plant and Moe’s Tavern. During gameplay, the characters will interact with the player by making comments. Why are Slot Games Based on cartoons Successful? As cartoons are graphics, game developers can integrate the characters into the gameplay. For example, it is easier to make a cartoon character comment on a player’s choice in-game than having an actor come to a studio and be filmed, then use video in the game. Also, as above, recognition is an essential factor. Most players will know the theme characters and cartoon shows and trust the game. A game such as The Simpsons is getting free marketing as the show is played on television and streaming globally every day. In my next article, I look at other themes such as Historical Events, Fantasy, Egypt, the Sea, Fruits, characters, and more. I also break down some gameplay and talk about game math.

How Isaac Newton could help you beat the casino at roulette

Thu, 07 Mar 2024 09:26:40 +0000

Imagine walking into a casino with a computer strapped to your chest. Solenoid electromagnets thump against your body telling you where to place your bet on the roulette table. Suddenly, you start getting electric shocks. You rush to the toilet to undertake emergency repairs, hoping that the casino staff do not realise what is happening. In the late seventies, graduate student Doyne Farmer and colleagues did just that – with purpose-built computers that could predict where a roulette ball would land. The project, described in the book The Newtonian Casino (published as The Eudaemonic Pie in the US), was, however, difficult and fraught with technical problems. The team never really found a reliable way of doing it. But decades later, is it any closer to becoming a reality? In a game of roulette, the croupier spins a wheel in one direction and a ball in the other direction. Players then place bets on where the ball will land by choosing either a single number, a range of numbers, the colours red or black or odd or even numbers. Our understanding of the physics behind the movement of the ball and wheel is pretty solid – governed by Newton’s laws of motion. As the ball slows, gravity takes hold and it falls into one of the numbered compartments. 789bet is predictable when the ball will leave the rim. However once it does, the route it takes to a numbered slot is less so. This is because the ball bounces around as it strikes various obstacles. Every roulette wheel is slightly different. Atmospheric conditions continually change and the wheel itself has features that encourage randomness – such as the size of the frets between the numbers and the diamond-shaped obstacles that intercept the ball as it falls down to the wheel. This means that you cannot predict the exact number where the ball will land. But you only need to know which area of the wheel the ball will land and you can gain a massive advantage over the casino – more than 40%. This is a huge swing from the 5.26% margin that US casinos have over players – often referred to as the house edge. In Europe it is only 2.7%, as the wheel has only one zero (a US wheel has two zeroes). Sweaty experiments When Farmer and his team entered the casino for the first time, two people were wearing computers. One had a computer built into his shoes, with the task of inputting data by tapping switches under the toes. This computer performed two main functions. One was to adjust parameters for each wheel before a game, such as the rate at which the ball and wheel slowed down, and the velocity of the ball when it fell off the track. They also had to determine whether the wheel exhibited any tilt. The second job was during live play. The player with the shoe computer tapped the toe switches each time a certain point (typically the double zero) on the wheel passed by and also when the ball passed by. Using this information, the program could calculate the speed of both the wheel and the ball – thus knowing when the ball would start to fall. Knowing the relative positions of the ball and the wheel meant that a prediction could be made about where the ball would finally land. The computer then had to transmit the prediction to the person wearing the second computer. This was achieved by weak radio signals.

Themes in Slot Game Production

Thu, 07 Mar 2024 06:36:56 +0000

The variety of online slot games is comprehensive, and it seems every month, more are added. Game providers compete for their share of the gaming dollar. When a game studio releases a successful slot game, other studios release games of a similar theme, look and style, hoping to grab market share. As a gaming industry veteran, I regularly identify a winning slot game and spot a ‘pretender’ weeks later. Game providers compete to make the most amusing, exciting, and innovative slots but rarely stray from popular themes. In the following article, I examine some of the most common themes and suggest why they are so popular and frequently used. Slot Games Based on TV Shows There are so many slots based on famous TV shows. IGT is the creator of several of these titles. For example, you can find the animated and funny show Family Guy, the romantic comedy Sex and the City and the competitive quiz show Jeopardy. These are all famous shows that most of us have heard of or watched; the slots are very much alike in design and functionality. The Family Guy slot game has the same entertaining atmosphere as the show. Peter, Stewie, and the crew crack jokes throughout the game. There are three amusing bonus games with background music from the show. Why are Slot Games Based on TV Shows Successful? For many of us, TV shows have been a big part of our lives, associated with high entertainment. While some of us like to relax and laugh at a comedy show after a hard day’s work, others prefer watching and pitting their wits on a quiz show like Jeopardy. We all have our personal favourites, and when we find slots based on these, we like to try them out and experience the same entertainment. Slot Games Based on Movies Movie themes are very prominent among successful online gambling slot games. Games providers such as Yggdrasil, Netent, IGT, Nyx and Scientific Games have released successful movie-themed slots. One of the most successful recently has been slot games based around the Jurassic Park movie franchise. One of the earliest movies to transition to online gambling games was Ghostbusters, and around the same time, the Terminator slot games were available to film buffs who wanted to gamble online. So, if you wish to shoot down ghouls or bad guys with Bill Murrey or Arnold Schwarzenegger, there is a slot game for you. No matter which movie-themed slot game you choose to play, if you have watched the movie, you will recognise the music, the characters and the atmosphere. Why are Slot Games Based on a Movie Successful? If you have not watched the movie on which the slot is based, you will probably recognise it unless you have been kept in the dark cupboard under the stairs. Marketing a movie, especially a successful franchise movie, will also provide marketing to the slot game. A game studio that bases a slot game around a film must have licensed the rights to the movie content. The movie will almost certainly have a significant film star as the lead character, and the slot game will be allowed to use that character’s likeness. Therefore, the slot game will draw fans of that actor. Another reason that slot games use movie franchises as themes is that the slot games get to launch other slot games as the studio launches another film in the franchise. Here are some examples of slot games based on movies: Jurassic Park, The Terminator, Star Wars, and Jumanji. Slot Games Based on Music NetEnt is a leading slot game producer, and the studio has released some of the most successful themed slots ever made. The top two are probably; Guns’ n’ Roses and Jimi Hendrix. In the Guns’ n’ Roses slot game, a player can choose the playlist that accompanies the gameplay. Other similar games include Motorhead, Elvis, Michael Jackson, Megadeath and Kiss. Why are Slot Games Based on Music Successful? Almost certainly, recognition plays the most significant part in the success of some of these titles. Even if the player is not a massive fan of the music, they will recognise the artist or band and, in doing so, will have trust in the title. 789bet draw fans of the music, and as they get more and more play, they will feature dominantly on the casino websites. Slot Games based on Cartoons and Cartoon Characters In recent years, some pretty big slot game titles have used cartoons and characters in their themes. For example, Playtech released the Pink Panther and Incredible Hunk slot games, and Yggdrasil released a slot game based on Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Another success has been The Simpsons, one of the biggest online slot games from the provider Scientific Games (subsidiary WMS). The player travels to different scenes in the game, such as casino night at the power plant and Moe’s Tavern. During gameplay, the characters will interact with the player by making comments. Why are Slot Games Based on cartoons Successful? As cartoons are graphics, game developers can integrate the characters into the gameplay. For example, it is easier to make a cartoon character comment on a player’s choice in-game than having an actor come to a studio and be filmed, then use video in the game. Also, as above, recognition is an essential factor. Most players will know the theme characters and cartoon shows and trust the game. A game such as The Simpsons is getting free marketing as the show is played on television and streaming globally every day. In my next article, I look at other themes such as Historical Events, Fantasy, Egypt, the Sea, Fruits, characters, and more. I also break down some gameplay and talk about game math.