Santa’s Factory

Santa’s Factory Overview

Santa’s Factory is the first in this year’s Game Art releases with a festive angle. This yuletide game comes in a 7x7 configuration with a cluster pays pay system. The game takes you to Santa’s Grotto, or in this case, Factory, where Santa is packing everything ready for the big day. It’s a warm and cosy game that puts you in the festive spirit for sure, especially considering the payouts on offer here. In addition, there is plenty of bonus content and an adequate RTP of 96.32%. To learn more about this new slot from Game Art, read on.

The features in this game mostly depend on the influence of the cascade mechanic, which is one of the most used features in cluster pay slots. This feature means that with every win, the winning symbols are removed from the reels and replaced by new ones to give players extra chances of scoring wins from the same spin.

Triggering multiple cascades will fill the bonus meter that you can see on the left, the more cascades you trigger, the higher the meter will rise and the more modifiers you will unlock. These include expanded symbols, removal of symbols, and wild replacements. There are also several random modifiers available.

Theme and Symbols

The theme for this game is Christmas and all of the festive traditions that come with this time of the year. This particular game is about Santa’s toy factory and all the industrious action that goes on to make Christmas happen. Much of the tone and the thematic tools used in this game are visual in nature – the mistletoe on the reels, the reindeer on the board and of course, the big fella himself standing to the right-hand side of the reels. However, the audio also helps to lend a Christmassy spirit with a soundtrack laden with sleighbells and jingles, too.

The background for this slot is the interior of Santa’s Factory. The wooden cabin (as you’d imagine Santa lives in) has a charming snowflake design on the wallpaper and shelves full of toys and gifts. The eves of the roof have been decorated lavishly in lights, mistletoe and various wreaths, all giving the right connotations of Christmas and its jovial nature. However, the highlight for the background is, of course, Santa himself, who stands sack in hand, to the right of the reels looking jolly and prepared for his long journey into the night.

The board looks to have been designed to look like a Christmas calendar, with each symbol representing a door.
The symbols for this game are split into low-value, high value and special symbols. The low-value symbols are the four different coloured presents with different bows and box colours. The maximum payout for any of these (15 symbol clusters) is 2x the stake.

On the other hand, the higher value symbols are the various characters that you will see on the reels. These begin with the reindeer, which pays out at a maximum of 6x the stake for the top combination. This symbol is then followed by the elf paying 10x the stake for the top combo. Then there is the gingerbread man worth 20x the stake for 15+ symbols. However, the highest paying regular symbol is the snowman worth 60x the stake for the top combination. The only special in this game is the wild icon, Santa.

Game Play

Santa’s Factory is played on a 49 position cluster pay board. To win combinations, players must land clusters of at least five matching symbols – these symbols need to be touching either vertically or horizontally.

The betting range for Santa’s Factory is 25p to £37.50 per spin. To adjust their bet levels, players can toggle their stake up and down using the tool located at the bottom left-hand side of the screen.

Further information, including a short tutorial and a display of the paytable, can be found via the menu button in the right-hand corner of the screen. The spin and auto spin buttons are located in the centre of the screen.

Volatility for this slot is rated in the medium range. The return to player percentage for Santa’s Factory is 96.32%, which is above average. The biggest payout that players can win on one spin is 6,404x your stake.

Features

The first feature included in this game is the cascade feature that comes into play every time players trigger a win. All winning symbols are removed from the reels and instantly replaced by new ones from above, creating another chance to score a win from the same spin. The process will repeat if the new set also triggers a win. These cascades and the symbols that form them are collected in a reel to the left-hand side of the reels. Filling this meter to various thresholds then triggers other features, which we will move on to later.

Secondly, this game has a wild bonus. The Santa icon is the wild in this game. He can appear anywhere and substitutes for other regular symbols to help form more wins. These wilds also appear in two features:

The gift return feature: If triggered, this feature highlights a low-value symbol by turning it into ice. Any winning cluster that uses this symbol will leave two wilds when it is destroyed.

The random gifts feature: This feature occurs on random winless spins. It will add up to eight wilds in random positions, giving you extra chances to score wins.

The meter features are called the Santa’s Box features. Depending on how much you charge the meter will determine which features become active. These are listed below:

The Explosion feature: This modifier adds up to eight wilds to the board, and adjacent symbols to them are removed to help start cascades.

The Slice and Dice bonus: A wild is deposited in the centre of the reels. Two diagonal lines are then drawn with a matching random symbol.

Destruction feature: All low-level symbols are removed, and a cascade is triggered.

Swap Shop bonus: One low-value symbol is chosen, and all iterations are turned into a different matching symbol.

Santa Bonus: A wild 3x3 giant symbol is added to the reels. It then splits into smaller symbols as subsequent wins are registered.

Conclusion

Feature-rich, festive, and a hell of a lot of fun, Santa’s Factory is a riot of colour and excitement perfect for the party season. If you are looking for a Christmas themed slot that delivers paydays, you won’t find many better than this one.