The Shift Towards Story-Based Online Slots

March 19, 2015

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One of the things about online slots is that they're almost always viewed on a spin-by-spin basis. Nobody has really thought about the games in a larger basis than this until fairly recently. Instead of looking at each spin as an independent event, you can think of the sessions themselves as events to change your perspective quite a bit. When you make this shift, you can start thinking about telling a story across several spins or even several sessions, and this opens things up a lot when it comes to the overall thought process on how to develop a game.

Story-based online slots are becoming a pretty big deal these days because it's one of the natural ways to let things unfold over the course of several spins or several sessions. The basic idea is that the plot advances based on things that happen in the game you're playing. For example, you could have a bank heist-themed game and have various stages including the planning, gathering supplies, entering the building, busting open the safe and escaping. Each stage can have different symbol sets and chances for bonus features, and that really adds a lot to the replay value of the game since you're being hit with fresh content over and over.

This also brings online slots more in line with current trends in video games and casual gaming with the ability to add in things like achievements and hidden features. So what can happen is that you essentially end up with multiple types of slots in one, and you can even change up the basic format of the game if you want. A good example of this is in a recent release in the past year that used a 243-ways format, but it switched to 1,024-ways for another part of the game.

More and more games are starting to center around stories that unfold through your gameplay, and this is changing the face of online slots as a whole. The point here is that you're going to be drawn to play the same game for longer because you get into the story and want to see what happens next. Not only does this provide you with a better and more interesting experience, but it also makes it easier for online casino software companies to string together games with coherent sequels that players are more interested in.

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