Cascading Wins, Quantumeters and Charge Features
Dr Toonz might not work on the Cluster Pays mechanic of its sibling games but it does utilise our old friends the Cascades and Quantumeter, a charge meter that will trigger features when filled.
Cascades occur after every winning spin – winning symbols are removed from the reels and new ones drop in to replace them. If a new win is triggered, then the process repeats. And so on, until no more wins occur.
A win sends a charge to the QuantumeterMeanwhile, the Quantumeter sits to the left of the reels, a glowing orb that hovers beneath the Dr who himself is sitting atop some kind of hovering contraption. The orb will be in one of three colors, each representing one of three charge features. At the start of each spin the color of the orb is set, changing each time.
To unlock the feature, the meter must have 3 charges. It starts with between 0 and 2 on each spin, and with each Cascading Win, so 1 more charge is added. You’ll see that the orb grows in size with each extra charge.
The colors of the orb and their charge features are as follows:
- Blue is a Quantum Wild Charge – when activated, 2 to 6 wilds are added
- Yellow is a Metamorphosis Charge – when activated, 5 to 8 symbols (excluding wilds and scatters) are transformed into one other symbol. This was the most common charge in testing.
- Red is a Disintegration Charge – when activated, all low value one-eyed symbols are removed and 2 wilds are added to the reels.
A fully charged Quatumeter unleashes Metamorphoses
Free Spins With Multiplier Reels
There is a free spins round too, unlocked by landing 3, 4, 5 or 6 Scatters, a kind of swirling multi-colored ribbon. That gets you 10, 15, 20 or 25 free plays – a generous amount I think.
There is nothing too complicated going on here – the rules remain the same EXCEPT that the Quantumeter now starts at 1 or 2 charges on every spin rather than 0, 1 or 2. So, there is more chance of charging it up and unlocking the feature.
But most importantly, between 1 and 6 reels will now have a 2x multiplier appearing at the top, to be applied to all wins that pass through their reel. If all 6 have 2x multipliers, you are in dreamland because you have a 64x multiplier in play at all times (2x2x2x2x2x2).
