Just as slot games play the most important part of the online casino market, jackpot games illustrate the potential of this market like few others. Jackpot titles demonstrate the huge wins on offer to entice players, but it’s not just the prizes alone that make these stand out. Ultimately, it’s the visual design of these games that makes them enticing, drawing a constant reminder to players of the heights of what might possibly be reached.
Connecting the idea of these prizes to the consciousness of players takes many audio/visual forms, each of which contributes to making up more than the sum of their parts. As games, these start with direct control and usability which guides players on their way.
User Interface and User Experience
As with any app on mobile or desktop, the maximum level of enjoyment that a user can have is dictated first by a game’s interactive potential. This is why a strong relationship between UX and visual design is so important in these titles, as can be seen with the jackpot games at SkyCity. These titles, like Mega Moolah and Sisters of Oz build their foundation on the fundamental necessities of user experience. No matter how impressive and engaging the final visual design is, control, navigation, and use always remain first-class, and on this, the rest of the titles can better shine.
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Engagement Through Audio/Visual Flair
Visual design aspects are important in any casino game and apply more in jackpot games than most others. In jackpot titles, the visual storytelling takes the form of building bonuses and games, where the player grows increasingly familiar with how the bonuses work and how they’re accessed. While the odds of hitting jackpots are still dictated by RNG as explained at FreeCodeCamp, the immersive graphics and gameplay are designed to generate a feeling of progress.
For example, collecting a bonus symbol might add to a building bar, with each symbol changing the bar’s colour, adding sound effects, and making it shake with excitement. The theme of the game might kick into high gear, with animal roars playing out or car engines racing to build excitement. Any system like this makes the player feel more connected to the game, and the potential of jackpots.
Borrowing from the Veterans
Building a high-quality and immersive jackpot casino game can be a challenge, but there are precedents in other forms of media which can help guide the process. Many of the same aspects of framing and progression of a scene as noted at StudioBinder have decades of evolution and understanding that guide them. Jackpot games need to incorporate these with more interactive elements, but with the expertise of industry veterans, this is an achievable challenge.
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It’s no simple task to create a jackpot game that can deliver everything the slot genre demands. Achieving the visual demands alone is a complicated job, which requires input from user interface and experience design, as well as storytelling in a way that meshes with the theme and player expectations. Still, it’s a process game developers are becoming increasingly confident with, as the continual growth of the market demonstrates.
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