Theme and Design
Coin Up: Hot Fire is a visually striking online casino slot machine developed by game studio Red Tiger Gaming. The game’s theme revolves around flames, heat, and burning coins, which might seem counterintuitive given that it’s a casino slot machine designed to take players’ money. Upon closer inspection, the fiery design elements are actually meant to evoke excitement, energy, and unpredictability – hallmarks of a thrilling gaming experience.
The background features a stylized cityscape at dusk or dawn, with towering skyscrapers and instant play billboards illuminated by neon lights. In contrast, flames dance across the reels, casting an otherworldly glow over the entire scene. The reel grid itself is set against a dark blue gradient, adding depth to the visual composition.
Symbols
The game’s symbol roster includes various elements that fit its scorching theme: flames, fire embers, hot coals, heat symbols (appearing as arrows with flames on either side), and finally, a blazing fiery wheel of fortune. These are complemented by standard slot machine icons – diamonds, hearts, clubs, spades, the numbers 10 to A.
Each symbol has its unique design style, while maintaining an overall consistency in appearance that ties everything together seamlessly.
Payouts
Coin Up: Hot Fire offers a wide payout range across its various symbols. As is typical for slot machines, payouts increase with each additional matching combination of identical icons. Winning combinations pay from left to right and top to bottom, but not vice versa.
Here’s an approximate breakdown:
- Low-value symbols (diamond, heart, club, spade) offer x0.05, x0.1, or x0.2 the player’s stake per 5 adjacent coin wins.
- Mid-ranking icons like numbers yield between x10 to x20 times stakes for matching pairs, depending on their frequency of appearance in winning combinations.
Wilds
Red Tiger Gaming introduces a wild symbol that takes the form of burning coins – quite fitting given this slot machine’s name. It replaces other symbols within winning combinations (except bonus and scatter), potentially triggering increased payouts by increasing chances to score multiple consecutive wins or creating new winning lines.
Interestingly, the wild icon only appears on reels 2 through 5 – likely a design choice intended to introduce an element of unpredictability while maximizing player engagement.
Scatters
The game’s Hot Wheel of Fortune bonus symbol represents scorching hot streaks in gaming. Landing three Scatters anywhere across reels rewards players with up to twenty free spins, which may be activated by the same Hot Wheel at various points during gameplay. Winning combinations scored during these free rounds use multipliers applied to stakes – as much as 10x for 5-adjacent wins.
Bonus Features
When two bonus symbols (the Hot Wheel) land anywhere on reels 2 and 4 simultaneously, Coin Up: Hot Fire offers the scorching bonus feature. It’s presented in an intuitive interface showing current bets with total winnings so far. During these bonuses you earn 6-12 Free spins at stake size multiplier x1 -x5 according to the random chance value displayed when spinning hot wheel symbols.
Free Spins will award increased multipliers (up to 20 times original bet) on your first spin every two rounds thereafter until ending with the total multiplier cap reaching ten!