Pumpkin Patch is a progressive video slot which features 5 reels and 25 paylines. The game is inspired with the Halloween season but it doesn’t look that scary. Its design is filled with rich colors and has a kind of cartoon vibe to it. The game is packed with action and has some interesting awards including one progressive jackpot.
How to Play Pumpkin Patch Slot
This calm and peaceful meadow is waiting for you to come trick-or-treating, but if you already have your costume on, all that is left is to get down the control details before you knock on the first door.
- By clicking on Coin +/- and Bet Level +/- you can set the coins size.
- Bet Max is used to set the maximum bet allowed and spin the reels automatically at that bet.
- Play will get the reels moving at the chosen bet.
- And if you decide you want to turn the reels automatically without interruption for a chosen number of times, hit Autoplay.
Slot Features
The dance kicks off with a cheerful pumpkin that can award both on its own and when it substitutes in a win. Both the Dancing Pumpkin and the Wild symbol can substitute for all the other symbols in the game.
Pumpkin Feature
Any Crow symbol landing adjacent to the Pumpkin symbol will cause the Pumpkin to expand into Wild that will cover all positions on the reels before paying out. If a Squirrel runs onto the reels adjacent to Pumpkin symbol, it will cause the exact same thing. If there are multiple combos appearing, they will be performed in a random sequence.
Free Games
The Dancing Pumpkin can appear on the reels during the base game, but if the 3 of them appear anywhere on the reels, excluding Wilds, they will dance you straight to the Free Games feature, and award you 8 spins.
The good things that these happy rascals will triple all the wins you gain during the feature.
Any Corn symbol appearing in the win combo during the base game will be added to the Free Games Pending count. Should you get lucky and manage to harvest 30 of these or more, you will trigger the Free Games.
If the Corn appears in the winning combo in the feature, it will be added to the Free Games Left count. Corns are saved for each bet configuration and the count starts at 8. At the end of the Free Games Feature, the count for Corn is reset to 8 for the bet configuration.
Summary
Pumpkin Patch slot is inspired by Halloween but it shouldn’t prevent you from playing it during any other season, holiday or otherwise. It is nicely animated and filled with numerous treats to suit even the most demanding tastes.
Aah, one more game on pumpkin, but it isn’t Halloween-themed, as other pumpkin games would usually be. Then there’s also bees and squirrels, corn and acorn, but no hive of the bee. Ah well, it’s a patchy game by its name anyway, so let’s not worry. All I care and know is that such games on pumpkins and bees have never been good to me, hehehe.
Looking deeper into this Pumpkin Patch game by Habanero, I could see some acceptable things and some that are not. Playing with 25 playlines, with a starting bet of $0.25, is fine with me. Getting 5 Wilds and paying 40x the total bet is kinda low, so all the other symbols in the game can only follow the flow. Those 8 free spins to get nice wins is not sufficient at all, and with only a 3x multiplier to boost all wins, you can’t expect to get much at all. Nevertheless, the free spins can be retriggered, so that’s not too bad after all.
What, how to trigger the free spins game, you’re asking? Nope, don’t go looking for scatter symbols, there simply aren’t any, just get those Wild Pumpkins anywhere on the reels, in threes or many. What if you get 4 or 5 Wild Pumpkins? You’d still get only 8 free spins, but a little bit more of money. Alternatively, collect 20 of those Corn symbols during the base game play and that would trigger the free spins feature too, savvy? (That’s Pirates of the Caribbean slang if you’re wondering what the dang, hahaha.)
Oh, before I forget, get a Bee adjacent to a Pumpkin symbol, and the Pumpkin becomes a full Wild Reel. Get a Squirrel beside it and the Pumpkin turns into a single Wild symbol. These are extra Wilds in the game, but they don’t always create new wins. Come to think of it, those Pumpkin Wild symbols can be just the same too. “Hey, I’m here for you…but sorry…no wins for you” thingie. Can really suck at times! Hahaha.
Okay, so what do I think of this Pumpkin Patch game, right? Well, to be very honest, the game plays quite okay, but the smallish wins are not. I have yet to get anything more than my best 76x win, but then again, I have already said earlier that pumpkin games have never been good to me. Hope you can get more out of this game that I ever could.