Marimbo · slot game studio
Marimbo is a small, independent slot studio. We hand-craft bright, playful games with their own twist: easy to read, fast to play, full of character. Three originals with up to 25,000x max win are on their way.
The line-up
Three original slots, each built around a core rule of its own. None of them is released yet: this is a first look at the preview builds.
Clusters float up, the koi leaps the waterfall and every leap pushes the TORII METER higher.
6x6 clusters of 5+ pop and everything floats UP. The KOI wild rises with them; when it reaches the top it leaps through the torii and adds +1 to the TORII METER, which multiplies the whole spin.
Clusters of 5 or more touching symbols pop, everything below floats up and new symbols rise from the pond
The KOI is WILD, never pops and keeps rising; at the top it leaps through the torii: +1 on the TORII METER
The TORII METER multiplies the win of the whole spin
6 or more LAMPIONS (1x to 100x) start the LAMPION BONUS with 3 respins; a koi swimming up doubles every LAMPION it passes
GOLD LAMPION collects all other values, LOTUS LAMPION places 2 to 4 new ones; a full board adds the GRAND of 1,000x
LAMPION RAIN and CURRENT can strike on any base spinFree spins 4 / 5 / 6+ lanterns start 10 / 12 / 15 FREE SPINS; 4+ lanterns during free spins add 5 more (max 50). Koi and TORII METER stay for the whole round, LAMPIONS fill the LAMPION POT for the LANTERN FESTIVAL at the end.
7 modes: KOI SHOAL switched on with ACTIVATE, 5 feature rounds from the FEATURES menu
Land 6 or more pumpkins for respins. Touching pumpkins grow together with vines and score their total times their count.
5x4, 20 lines. Pumpkins carry values from 1x to 100x. 6 or more start respins with 3 lives; touching pumpkins join by vine and score sum x count (2+5+1+3 = 11, four pumpkins = 44x).
Pumpkins carry a value: 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 8x, 10x, 20x, 50x or 100x
6 or more pumpkins anywhere start RESPINS with 3 lives; a new pumpkin resets the lives to 3
Touching pumpkins grow together with a vine: each vine scores its total times its number of pumpkins
SUPER RESPINS: vines also join diagonally and new pumpkins land more often
9 or more pumpkins at the start: ULTRA RESPINS with 4 lives and diagonal vines
WILD lantern in a vine wreath stands in for every symbol except the pumpkinBOOST: respins start about three times as often (about 1 in 67 spins)Respins 6+ pumpkins start RESPINS (3 lives); 8 pumpkins from the SUPER RESPINS mode play SUPER RESPINS (diagonal vines); 9+ pumpkins play ULTRA RESPINS (4 lives, diagonal vines). Ends when the lives run out or all 20 cells hold a pumpkin.
4 modes, all switched on with ACTIVATE
Every balloon paints a 3x3 splash and adds +1 to the multiplier. Same colours clash and multiply.
Clusters of 5+ win and tumble. Paint balloons burst, paint a 3x3 area in their colour and add +1 to the multiplier; a COLOUR CLASH with same-colour paint from this spin doubles it instead. Now and then a rainbow flood turns the board into one colour.
Clusters of 5 or more touching symbols win, fall away and new symbols tumble in
Every paint balloon bursts, paints a 3x3 area in its colour and adds +1 to the multiplier
COLOUR CLASH: new paint touching the same colour from this spin doubles the multiplier
Rainbow flood: now and then the whole board turns one colour
The gold balloon paints the golden palette, the top symbol
WET PAINT: painted fields stay wet and colour every new symbol that lands on themFree spins Paint tins start the FREE SPINS: the multiplier never resets during the round and keeps growing. WET PAINT: painted fields stay wet and colour every new symbol that lands on them.
Real captures from preview builds of all three games, demo mode.
What we do
A small studio, the whole stack: we shape the math, create the art, animate the symbols and ship the HTML5 build.
01 · Math
Base game, boost and feature modes are modelled together and tuned to the same RTP in every mode. Outcomes are simulated ahead of time and shipped as books with a lookup table per mode.
02 · Art
Key art, symbols and UI for 6x6 and 5x4 boards on small screens. Bright, bold and full of character.
03 · Animation
The Golden Brush of PAINT RIOT: handle, ferrule, bristles and the paint drop are separate layers, animated live in the game. So is every balloon that bursts into a 3x3 splash.
04 · HTML5
Portrait, landscape and desktop from one lightweight HTML5 build.
05 · Delivery
06 · Mechanics
Operators, aggregators and platforms: ask us about our titles, release timing and integration. Just write to us directly.
info@marimbo.de
