jelsinor
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September 10th, 2019 at 6:00:52 AM permalink
Hello,
I'm a developer and a client hired me to make an online casino.
I'm looking for books, tutorials, guides or tools for a fast generation of online slot reels... Do you have something to recommend?
DRich
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September 10th, 2019 at 10:51:58 AM permalink
Quote: jelsinor

Hello,
I'm a developer and a client hired me to make an online casino.
I'm looking for books, tutorials, guides or tools for a fast generation of online slot reels... Do you have something to recommend?



I usually start with an existing game par sheet and modify it from there.
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September 10th, 2019 at 11:47:02 PM permalink
I've coded an application to help me placing symbols on reel strips.
The application will build several strip segments with special symbols like wild, scatter, bonus.
Then build strip segments about your features like the stack, expanding wild....etc.
Last, combine all rest symbols and segments to complete a reel strip.

It may take times to code one, but save times once you have one.
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Dobrij
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September 11th, 2019 at 5:28:23 AM permalink
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Zcore13
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September 11th, 2019 at 10:08:41 AM permalink
Quote: jelsinor

Hello,
I'm a developer and a client hired me to make an online casino.
I'm looking for books, tutorials, guides or tools for a fast generation of online slot reels... Do you have something to recommend?



Chances are you won't be back or back for long, but it sounds like you shouldn't have accepted the job.


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spinswizard
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February 24th, 2020 at 5:56:25 AM permalink
How do you decide ho to place the symbols on the strips? Can you give me some practical advise?
charliepatrick
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February 24th, 2020 at 8:09:55 AM permalink
It's a personal matter whether you like stacked symbols, want never to have too many multiple wins (i.e. Red 7 never follows Cherry on any reel except first). In the end it probably doesn't really matter as long as the return comes from the total number of symbols on the reel. The layout might affect the variance if you had multiple wins on one result rather than individual ones on different results. Similarly you'll need to decide whether things like features are symbols on reels 1 - 3 (or similar) or any 3 from all 5 reels.
spinswizard
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February 25th, 2020 at 1:33:46 AM permalink
But how do you construct the reels, randomly or using some algorithm?
BigDad
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February 25th, 2020 at 4:47:02 AM permalink
It was always interesting for me how developers write online games.
CrystalMath
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February 25th, 2020 at 5:20:32 AM permalink
I lay them out randomly. It’s tedious, so I did write a program to help me. Then, if there’s something I don’t like, I adjust it manually. Once you’ve done several games, then you can start reusing old reels.
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DRich
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February 25th, 2020 at 8:04:54 AM permalink
Quote: CrystalMath

I lay them out randomly. It’s tedious, so I did write a program to help me. Then, if there’s something I don’t like, I adjust it manually. Once you’ve done several games, then you can start reusing old reels.



That is also how I have done them.
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February 25th, 2020 at 11:23:58 AM permalink
Quote: jelsinor

Hello,
I'm a developer and a client hired me to make an online casino.
I'm looking for books, tutorials, guides or tools for a fast generation of online slot reels... Do you have something to recommend?

This sounds a pretty major piece of work and you may be out of your depth if you are developing all aspects. Most on-line casinos buy in game functionality under license with revenue share arrangements.
Don't try to reinvent the wheel.
If you design and implement any part of the games or payment systems badly, the casino could suddenly lose a fortune. I wouldn't want to be in your shoes then.
Do you have the maths and stats skills as well as the programming skills?

Spinswizard: Are you working with Jelsinor? You have similar Internet address.
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