Skulls Up is a Flaming Good Testament to Quickspin’s ‘Portrait First’ Focus

Pirates, parrots, the high seas and big booty are a few of the ingredients needed to create a swashbuckling slot adventure. Add in an expanding reel engine and many more ways to win and you’ve got yourself a corker. Swedish slot specialist Quickspin have packed all this and more into the brand-new Skulls Up release – the very first slot of 2020 to be developed with their ‘portrait first’ focus.

To be honest, the software developer has always created slots with a clear focus on mobile devices, however, they plan to ramp this up even further in the year ahead. There’s no fear of walking the plank or getting drunk on too much rum here, the aim of the game is to extract as much treasure from the oceans as you possibly can.

Typically, pirate themed slots deliver a dark theme with stormy seas and an evil captain at the helm – take Pirate Kingdome Megaways by Iron Dog Studios for example; you’ll find a scar-faced male at the wheel with evil crew waiting to rob ships that in the night…

…Skulls Up is nothing like this, despite its high roller), all wait to spring into action.

Flaming Good Stuff

A simple slot strategy is required to play this one; select your bet and set the reels in motion. Wins are generated when matching symbols appear on consecutive reels from left to right. Standard stuff to be honest. However, the number of ways you can win can increase from 243 to a staggering 1,944 during the flaming re-spins feature.

Daniel Lindberg, Quickspin CEO: “We’re really excited to kick-start 2020 with our first release! We’ve got a diverse roap planned out for the year, and we’ll continue to push the boundaries with one innovative, high-quality slot per month, with a clear focus on mobile devices. Skulls UP! is a great testament to our strategy. Making full use of our new portrait mode, it’s a beautiful example of a game that was developed with our ‘portrait first’ approach.”

During the base game, the 5×3 reel engine sees symbols dropping into position instead of spinning. This adds a little more excitement and anticipation to gameplay. Red hot wild skulls appearing will trigger the re-spins feature which could see the reel engine expand to 6 symbols high (double the usual height). This is turn delivers the maximum number of ways to win.

Three golden chests…

…will kick-start the bonus spins where six free games are played. Any reel positions unlocked during the feature will remain open for the entire bonus. There are two wild symbols to keep your eyes on; the skull and the flaming skull – both have features other than substituting other symbols to create wins.