The slot is a farm-themed online casino game developed by Microgaming, one of the leading software providers in the industry. This game takes inspiration from the 2000 film "Chicken Run," which tells the story of a group of chickens who hatch an escape plan to save their farm from a sinister farmer named Mr. Tweedy.
Theme and Design
The Chicken Run slot features colorful graphics and animations, creating an immersive experience for players. The game is set on a farm with rolling hills, barns, and trees in the background. The symbols include various farm animals such as chickens, pigs, cows, sheep, and horses, along with traditional fruit machine symbols like 7s, bars, and cherries. The design is reminiscent of classic video slots but incorporates modern elements to keep it engaging.
Symbols
The game features a mix of low-paying and high-paying symbols. The low-paying symbols include the traditional fruits (cherry, lemon, orange) and numbers (7s). These pay out smaller amounts for 3-5 matching symbols in a row on an active line, ranging from 1x to 50 times the bet.
Payouts
The payouts are standard fare, with no multipliers or bonus rewards associated with the low-paying symbols. However, things change when it comes to the high-paying symbols:
- Chicken Run’s protagonist Ginger is a wild symbol that can replace any other symbol on reels 2-4 (except the scatter).
- The "Egg" is both an additional Wild and also pays out handsomely for matching 3 or more in a row, with rewards up to 1000x bet.
High paying symbols award higher payouts starting from 500 times for five of a kind.
Wilds
In , the Ginger character acts as both a standard wild symbol and also as an additional Wild (on reels 2-4 only) that can substitute other characters to form winning combinations. This helps to increase player chances on each spin.
The game’s Egg is a special high-payouting Wild which can appear in place of any symbol except the scatter.
Scatters
There are two main scatters:
- "Free Spins" Scatter, when three or more land anywhere on reels 1-5 and trigger up to 20 Free Spins with either Double prizes or Treble Prizes for every win.
A single Scatter awards one free spin in the main game.
Bonus Features
The bonus features of are triggered by landing specific combinations:
- "Farmer’s Market" Bonus: land three scatter symbols to get 20 Free Spins with double your wins. Reels change from original paytable and a random multiplier applies on all free-spins.
This doubles winnings, as each winning combination is multiplied two times.
Free Spins
There are no specific "free spin multipliers" like some other slots offer but in the case of an "Egg Wild Scatter", you get 20 Free Spins with Treble prizes (3x multiplier).