Reel Buddies Introduction
Social media is the theme for Reel Buddies, a pokie from Games Warehouse on Odobo’s famous software platform. Considering how much of an impact social media has had on our lives, it’s surprising that there aren’t more online games that take on this theme, but Reel Buddies is a cheerful game that has taken up this challenge.
Games Warehouse is a UK-based developer that specialises in video entertainment terminals, but they have started making their games available on the Odobo software platform for the online market. Odobo has even made it possible for you to access Games Warehouse games like Reel Buddies on your mobile device so you can play on your smartphone or tablet wherever you are.
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Theme
Reel Buddies uses a simple design to provide you with an effective game that is easy to play and easy to win. The symbols are all represented by Games Warehouse’s take on emojis and emoticons, with different colours of smiley faces grinning, sticking out their tongues, or pouting. There are eight colourful symbols used in this game, four of which are used to represent the card values of J, Q, K, and A - which will hopefully put a smile on your face, too.
Format
With five reels, three rows, and 20 fixed paylines, Reel Buddies is very flexible with its betting, allowing you to stake anything from $0.20 per spin all the way up to $40. The wild symbol and the bonus symbol are the same thing: a thumbs up icon that we all now recognise as a “Like” symbol. The thumbs up is the highest-value symbol and is worth 25x your bet if you can land five of them on a payline. It’s also your way to trigger the game’s bonus free spins feature.
Free spins
If you can get three or more of the bonus thumbs up symbols anywhere on the reels, you’ll trigger the free spins feature. It’s the only bonus game that Reel Buddies contains, but it’s a good one that can really pay out and is relatively easy to trigger. If you get three thumbs up symbols, you’ll win five free spins. Four thumbs up symbols will get you seven free spins, while five of these bonus symbols will give you 10 free spins to play with.
This might not seem like much, but when the bonus feature starts, there are some new symbols on the reels that will award extra spins if you can land them. These are thumbs up symbols with “+1 spin”, “+2 spins”, and “+3 spins” written on them. Additionally, during the free spins bonus round, you’ll notice a “Viral” metre on the right hand side of the reels.
This will fill up one bar for each free spin you have, progressing through the “New” section to the “Trending” section until it finally reaches the “Viral” zone. If you can fill the metre until you get to the “Trending” zone, all of the symbols on the centre reel will turn wild. If the “Viral” metre is full, all of the symbols on reels 2, 3, and 4 will turn wild, and consequently, every spin will generate big winning combinations.
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