Chicken Run is a casino video slot game developed by Red Tiger Gaming, inspired by the 2000 animated comedy film of the same name directed by Nick Park and Peter Lord. The movie follows the story of Ginger, an intelligent and determined chicken who must lead her fellow hens to escape from their evil farmer.
Gameplay Overview
Chicken Run is a five-reel slot game featuring 20 fixed paylines and numerous bonus features that enhance gameplay excitement. To begin playing, players set their preferred coin value between £0.10 and £2 per spin, adjusting the Chicken Run number of lines they wish to engage with (up to twenty). A single button allows automatic spinning at designated intervals.
Theme and Design
The game’s setting is an English farmhouse where Ginger leads her flock in a daring escape plan. The colorful graphics are reminiscent of classic animated movies from Studio Ghibli or Disney, complete with vibrant colors, intricate details on buildings and characters’ models. In-game animations also demonstrate impressive visual quality by making the farm’s objects come alive, blending humor with high production values.
Symbols
The slot features 16 symbols which include various chicken breeds in different poses as well as other farm-related icons (including an eggplant, a farm fence post), card letters A-J from classic poker suit. Each breed carries unique value and contributes to the total payout depending on combinations formed across the five reels during normal gameplay.
Payouts
Standard payouts occur by matching two or more adjacent symbols starting at either end of any active line in ascending order (three, four and a straight).
- A-K symbols pay out:
- Three symbols: x2
- Four symbols: x5
- Five consecutive cards: x10
High-value poultry characters offer the following multipliers when matched three times or more:
- Speckled Leghorn pays out:
- 3x symbol: x15
- 4x symbol: x50
- All five of a kind, with two scatter symbols awarded (more on that below)
- Brahma is worth:
- Three symbols in line awarding one extra free spin with added multiplier over the normal three times value
- Four to six additional scatter combinations unlock more rewards
Wilds
Here are some key characteristics of wilds within Chicken Run:
- Regular Wild
- Any symbol (even blank), including high-pays chicken, replaces the missing regular character so they don’t disrupt paying combos.
- Regular appearances occur 10%, while stacked vertical representations cover each reel position on an individual spin or even more often up to thirty-seven percent times in a session
Scatters
Each game includes two types of scatters:
- A hen coop with white letters signifying higher-than-regular multiplier (four to twelve times); its maximum effect takes place when combined simultaneously across different lines.
- Eggs can randomly pop, triggering additional gameplay elements discussed below:
Bonus Features
Chicken Run introduces three unique features that greatly enhance the experience for players.
Egg-Splosion Bonus : Whenever an Egg lands on any position it creates 2-5 Wild eggs which expand its impact by activating ‘frenzy’ and spreading all free spin-winning combination possible within multiple spins following; depending upon your win line count. Free Spins
Free Spin Round Three, four or five of these symbols will trigger this mini-game giving players their chosen number according to placement:
- Single Line Mode: Three scatter awards one extra turn.
- Multi-Lines Bonus : a. When combined in 4 or more lines along the reels give you five free turns (not thirty), each filled with enhanced multipliers: fifteen to fifty, for three additional combinations that pay x5 to eleven
- The Free Spin round also offers increased multipliers – thirty-five on both sides; even if there aren’t high-paying chicken present during extra spins it will award the highest available value.
