The world of online slots has seen its fair share of themed games based on popular movies, TV shows, or even music genres. However, not many have taken inspiration from a classic British comedy film like "Chicken Run." Developed by a prominent slot game provider, this title is set to entertain fans of the animated film while offering an engaging gameplay experience.
Theme and Design
The theme of Chicken Run slots revolves around Chicken Run the beloved characters from Aardman Animations’ 2000 film. Players are transported into the world of claymation as they join Ginger, a plump and fiery chicken, on her quest to help the farm’s hens escape the clutches of Farmer Feathers.
Upon launching the game, players will be greeted by an animated background depicting the farmland setting. The reels themselves feature well-designed symbols inspired directly from the film, including Ginger herself, as well as other main characters like Maurey Goose and Moss. These symbols are accompanied by colorful farm equipment, birds in flight, and various items reminiscent of a rural English countryside.
The game’s design is visually appealing, with each element blending seamlessly to create an immersive atmosphere that complements the lighthearted nature of its theme.
Symbols
Chicken Run slots boast 5 reels and 15 paylines for players to explore. Each reel hosts symbols arranged in 3 rows, resulting in a total of 243 ways to win in every spin.
Players can expect to encounter low-to-medium value symbols represented by various farm items like baskets, pitchforks, and hens’ nests (3, 4 or 5 matching symbols). The mid-range payouts are offered by characters such as Mrs. Tweedy’s kitchen utensils (shears, rolling pin) while the highest-value symbols will be Ginger herself, Maurey Goose, Farmer Feathers and Babs in that order of paying out.
Payouts
The paytable for Chicken Run slots features various payout ranges depending on whether 3 or more matching symbol combinations appear. Here is a list showing some key payouts:
- Low Value Symbols (basket): up to x20 the bet
- Mid-value symbols (rolling pin): up to x60 the bet
- High value symbols:
- Maurey Goose and Farmer Feathers will payout between 80x and 2000x your stake for five consecutive rolls depending on where you land them in a line
- Babs’ highest paying symbol is also included with potential prizes ranging from $400 up to the top prize of $10,000
Wilds
Maurey Goose takes center stage as the game’s Wild. His multiple instances can substitute for any other standard icon on the reels except scatters.
If a player lands 3-5 Maurey Gooses, his Wild will expand horizontally and vertically across entire rows or columns respectively to greatly boost possible wins in those areas.
Scatters
Mrs. Tweedy serves as both high value paying symbol (as explained above) but is more important since she doubles up as Scatter.
Mrs. Tweedy appears anywhere on the grid of reels with any number appearing 2,3 or even all five times triggering a series of bonuses related to free spins depending upon her frequency within those spinning slots in that single playthrough session.
Bonus Features
The bonus game, triggered by at least three Scatters (Tweedys), consists of multiple rounds based on an original short film featuring Ginger saving farm animals from being cooked.
During this feature:
- For the first time since launching Chicken Run slots players get to benefit from ‘multiplier’ elements where all standard and Wild symbols double up in their respective payouts, increasing potential winnings
- At any point throughout each additional round bonus rounds awarded also see two extra multipliers applied giving away triple or quadruple the reward amount
Free Spins
An exciting feature of Chicken Run slots is that it offers both regular free spins triggered by 3+ Tweedys and Wilds.
As a result, if Maurey Goose lands in spots where he acts as an additional Wild symbol along with appearing three times elsewhere at least two types will have been unlocked simultaneously.