Questions about creating a slot

[Dubblar]

Hello!
I am a computer science student and have been thinking about trying to program and design my own slots. I have some experience with game programming and creating platformers from scratch so I think I have a pretty solid basis for also creating simple casino games. However, my main concern is that I have trouble finding info about how to approach the rng. Does anybody have insights in what casinos require in terms of rng to accept a slot in their library? Also any other requirements, restrictions etc in how I would need to go about doing this would be very appreciated.

 

 

[pinnit2015]

Very few casino games are simple - the maths, mechanics etc. There are a set of guidelines that slot games must adhere to - I can’t remember the name of the guidelines but once you read that you’ll see how difficult it would be for you to design any games for a casino..that’s even before we factor in testing and quality assurance.

 

Best option would be to go and work for an established software company - chances of you selling your own slot to them would be pretty low :-p

 

I’ll have a look for the name of the technical guidance.

[ValDes]

Hello!

I am a computer science student and have been thinking about trying to program and design my own slots. I have some experience with game programming and creating platformers from scratch so I think I have a pretty solid basis for also creating simple casino games. However, my main concern is that I have trouble finding info about how to approach the rng. Does anybody have insights in what casinos require in terms of rng to accept a slot in their library? Also any other requirements, restrictions etc in how I would need to go about doing this would be very appreciated.

 

Hello there and welcome to AskGamblers. 

 

Quite a difficult task for a single programmer must admit... It's not a challenge finding and/or implementing true/pseudo Random Number Generator, this is in fact you least concern. But meeting all regulatory requirements.. now that's a tough one. No coincidence best casino suppliers have hundreds of developers.  

 

Here's the link to iTech Labs - one of the most famous and reputable casino software  company where you could find plenty of useful info.

 

https://itechlabs.com/

[Dubblar]

Thank you for your answers!

I realize I might have been a bit naive about this project. My main goal would be to create a slot and make it as viable as possible for commercial use. If its impossible for me to make it "good enough" due to regulations, costs or simply too timeconsuming and complex for a single noob developer then thats fine. Atleast I hope it can be a good learning experience for me.

Thank you for that link I found alot of useful information!

 

Any other resources that could help me in my quest would be highly appreciated 

[ValDes]

Happy to hear we've managed to help you.  

 

Other useful links: 

 

https://www.ecogra.org/ata/introduction.php

 

https://www.mga.org.mt/legislations-regulations/#directives

[pinnit2015]

Thing is, slots have input from lots of people with various skills (I'm not trying to dampen your quest!):

 

You need to be a mathematician in many respects,

You need to be a visual artist,

You NEED - and this one i cannot emphasise enough - to understand what players like/want. So many slots are obviously designed by people who have never played one,

You need a bit of sound engineering (though i mainly play mine muted)

 

All it all it takes a little bit of everything but for me, the key to making a good slot is how the pays are distributed in the game. Too high - you'll lose 75% of your player base or more and Too Low - I'm bored, I don't want to play it. 

[drogerman]

Well maybe you could create a simple slot as your first one. Something stupid llike Shoot the guy or whatever was name of that MG slot that had only 5 possible winning combinations ? Surely that one shouldnt be hard to program ?

 

for more serious slots, its all about getting variance part right. And thats where like 99% slots fail so...

 

edit: not to mention, its expensive. Like very, very expensive to create your own slot for commercial use. Emphasis on commercial use because testings are not cheap. You would probably have much easier time if you were to join one of, now many slots developers that have cash and experience when it comes to slots creation (magic?)