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[andy-1]

File Name: Casino Crazy Keys 1024 DX
File Submitter: andy-1
File Submitted: 16 Sep 2012
File Category: Scorpion 4

Here is my first DX release it's Casino Crazy Keys 1024 DX
Set on 30p play £25 Jackpot 92% payout

Thanks go to baz for the base art and reel images used the rom provider and DAD for letting me use his cash decals and to the playtesters Tommy C and DAD

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[thunderstorm]

Thanks.
It's very tight though, it took in £30 before i got a win and it was only a quid lol

[vectra666]

cheers for this

[Daryl]

Thanks, and congrats on your first layout

[cja272]

Thank you

[mickjones]

thanks for this....... 150 in 25 out, are the roms for this taken from a gala bingo machine? if so, im glad i dont play in those bingo halls! lolol

[22Barmypluto]

ffffffffs put about £300 in this before i got my first jackpot. lmao.

[jim2311]

I love the sound on these "Crazy" type games. As mentioned in other posts, its a bit tight for a 92% payout. £100 in and only £12 out.
Good first DX
Cheers

[andy-1]

I have tried to change the percentage but it's just as bad. Gala Bingo Machines

[cashbox1]

ha ha this was my first solo dx, it was a pleasure to do,but yes it was tight as a crabs arse cheers budd

[paulMCS]

thks for this one,......... isnt there a law stating businesses like gala cant lower the percentage of machines like this????,..... this aint a good advert for gala though!!! lol

[russ8s]

I remember seeing massive features on these in gala's a bout 8 years ago, 300+ is possible

[Bencrest]

That's right, basically the machine will still pay out it's target percentage of say 78%, just in a different way. It's not different to the way that many machines came with a 'hard' or 'soft' setting. Soft settings typically allowed more small to mid range wins, whereas Hard settings would give less small to mid range wins in order to pay a jackpot faster. In the end, over say 10000 plays, you can expect both machines to reach the same percentage payout.

Don't forget people - percentage payout doesn't mean 'I can put £10 in and expect 78% of that back' - it's worked out over a HUGE amount of plays.

I'm sure that the non-Gala ROMs could be found at some point, however in some ways, I think it's nice these ROMs came out. I like the idea of a large streak on my emulated lo-techs

Edited by Bencrest, 12 October 2012 - 11:47 AM.

[Bencrest]

Having had a quick play on the layout (working on an insane RAM file, wanting to see if I can get it to pay £500 in the space of about £20 of credits), and a couple of things spring to mind

[edit] - just realised this is your first DX, so congratulations on that! I don't intend the below to be a 'bashing', just some pointers for future work!

1) There isn't really any need for the bottom of the machine cabinet to be visible on a 1024 layout, unless the base art is really bad, and I don't feel it is in this case.
2) The bottom of the machine (which isn't needed) is flashing in attract mode - which is strange, I'm sure it would normally be lit by fluorescent tube - if anything it would be better permanently on.
3) Most of the lamps haven't been placed correctly. If you open the layout in MFME, then drag the window bigger and smaller horizontally, you see the lamps jumping all over the place.

To solve :

1) - on '1024' layouts space really is at a premium. I'd suggest giving more space to 'useful' parts of the machine, to increase reel size / lamp size.
2) Think about the real machine, and try to be fairly accurate. It's OK to put your own twist on things, but a flashing belly glass in this case just isn't needed
3) Before you release the layout, check things like lamp positions by dragging the window bigger and smaller as mentioned above. I normally do it after placing each lamp, because a lamp that is out of place should 'jump' about. Basically keep moving it, or adjust the X and Y coordinates of it in edit mode, until it stops jumping.

Apart from those little things, it does exactly what it should do, and thanks for releasing it - I just feel it's best you learn these things early

Edited by Bencrest, 12 October 2012 - 12:50 PM.

[andy-1]

Thanks Bencrest the I onlt lit the bottom glass like that because I struggled to lamp just the casino crazy keys sign like the top of the machine I followed a layout guide by baz so the base art was already resized to 1024 for me. But I will take these pionts on boaed for when I do my next DX

[Bencrest]

Thanks Bencrest the I onlt lit the bottom glass like that because I struggled to lamp just the casino crazy keys sign like the top of the machine I followed a layout guide by baz so the base art was already resized to 1024 for me. But I will take these pionts on boaed for when I do my next DX

No worries, thanks for taking the comments in the way I'd intended

If you ever get stuck or need help / advice, feel free to chuck me a PM (or any of the other designers, I'm sure they wouldn't mind!!)

[andy-1]

As far as i'm concerned I will listen to all advice given to me by designers can only help me improve in future layouts.
If i'm stuck I usually do ask for help as you will see on all my layouts the designers I usually ask are Tommy C, DAD, Hitthesix

[Bencrest]

Hmm... having looked at it without the belly glass, it would look a bit odd. I'd be fine with it but it definitely looks strange, so I can see why you included it!

Got my RAM to £625 in for only £75 out. Anyway, I then put £100 through it (making it £725 played in total) and it paid out £560 over those £100 credits. Quite a good laugh, might try knocking it back even more

[edit]

Now... this is only my opinion, but this is how I feel a '768' layout should look. I've just changed my monitor down to 1366x768, and thrown together a quick background in GIMP. I feel that removing the bottom glass brings your eyes to the reels (the most important part in this game!). Obviously the left hand one is unlit and quickly adjusted just for a comparison.

I do like the belly glass artwork, and in a 1600x1200 layout or similar, there's plenty of room for it to be included, but on '768' pixel tall layouts, for laptops e.t.c., I feel it's worth sacrificing bits of the machine that don't do any thing, to allow the designer to maintain quality of more relevant bits.

Obviously using the flyer on this site, you'd need to change the decals manually (not particularly difficult, but you'd need someone with Photoshop, GIMP or Paint Shop Pro to sort that for you, unless you have them yourself )

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Edited by Bencrest, 12 October 2012 - 05:09 PM.