Tesla’s Invention

Tesla's Invention: Slot Overview

Mention the word Tesla these days, and more often than not, the first thoughts fly towards eccentric billionaire businessman Elon Musk's electric vehicles and reusable rockets. However, Tesla Inc. was named after Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla, who invented, among other things, AC (alternating current) power. It appears the master of electricity has been honoured by developer Relax Gaming in the online slot Tesla's Invention. In this game, players are tasked with collecting power-ups to charge features such as multipliers and symbol upgrades, which are available during rounds of free win spins.

One of the most arresting elements of Tesla's Invention is its music. The tunes that waft forward via speaker or headphone are extraordinarily dramatic and would make the ideal accompaniment to a driven scientist, darting about his or her workshop, dramatically pulling levers or winding dials in an attempt to harness the forces of nature in a way no one has ever managed to do before, while lightning flashes and rain pelts the windows of a top tower floor chamber. By comparison, Tesla's Invention's visuals were somehow lacking. You know, they're okay, but there's something off about them as well, and this off feeling permeated a lot of Tesla's Invention as if it wasn't forged by Relax Gaming's master craftspeople.

Clicking the coins button allows players to choose a bet amount of 20 c to $/€100 per spin. Gambling this way has an RTP of 96.41%, though when buying free spins, the value increases to 96.64%. With a highly volatile math model, Tesla's Invention's active gaming area is a 6-reel, 5-row matrix with 15,625 ways to win.

Graceful cursive script J-A card ranks are Tesla's Invention's low pay symbols, paying out 0.4 to 0.5 times the bet for a 6 OAK hit, then 4 pieces of electric equipment are the 4 high pay symbols. A winning way of 6 high pays is worth 0.8 to 1.5 times the bet. Lastly, should wilds land in view, they can be used to substitute any regular pay symbol.

Tesla's Invention: Slot Features

One of the main aims of Tesla's Invention is to collect power-ups to help enhance the round of free win spins once triggered - they may also be bought. Also, keep an eye out for Oscillator Respins.

Electric Dreams Collection Elements

There are 4 elements that can be boosted in the base game. Electric boosts appear on any symbol, powering the 4 collection elements. Power-ups are stored until the free win spins feature is triggered. Once triggered, all collected power-ups are activated for the full duration of the round. Upgrades include:

• Win Spins – increases the number of win spins when the feature triggers.
• Multiplier – increase the multiplier to be applied to each win spin.
• Wilds – the more wilds collected, the more wilds added to the reels for win spins.
• Symbol Upgrade – each upgraded symbol collected swaps a low pay symbol for the corresponding high pay one.

Electric Dreams Win Spins

In the base game, hitting scatter symbols on the leftmost and rightmost reel triggers 6 win spins plus any extra win spins that were collected. As the name suggests, each free spin is guaranteed to generate a win. Collected wilds are added to the reels before the feature starts, and the stored multiplier applies to each win spin. When win spins end, all collection elements are restored to a random state. Buying the win spins feature costs 88 times the bet and starts a round with random state values.

Oscillator Respins

Landing at least 6 coins anywhere on the reels triggers 3 Oscillator Respins. Coins come with values of 1x to 10x the bet, while Tesla Power Pot symbols display the Minor, Midi, Major, or Mega prizes worth 10x, 25x, 250x, or 10,000x the bet, respectively. Addition symbols disabling the figures +1, +2, +3, +4, or +5 may land as well. When they do, they add their value to each coin in view. Landing new symbols resets the spin counter back to 3, and the feature ends when there are no spins left or no remaining space.

Tesla's Invention: Slot Verdict

Do you get the feeling Relax Gaming tagged in its secondary squad for Tesla's Invention? The game just didn't have the same sparkling polish or sensory-grabbing visuals as they usually do from Relax. Couple that impression with a pay table punctuated with spelling mistakes and an idea formed of Relax Gaming's all-stars getting the day off when Tesla's Invention was invented. Okay, fair enough, not every single slot the team drops can have the same amount of resources poured into it as a Money Train 5 might do, but still, the lack of attention to detail and lukewarm passion made Tesla's Invention stand out from the vast array of top-shelf Relax Gaming releases.

Nah, Tesla's Invention sits alongside slots like Los Cuatro Esqueletos or Deep Descent, leaning closer to filler than flagship. Its highlights include the quad collection system, potentially making those free win spins a more electrifying experience. Like all win spins, though, a guaranteed win doesn't mean a guaranteed big win, but with a maximum payout figure of 10,000x the bet, possibilities are technically on the cards for something electrifying to happen. Oscillator Respins feel a tad extraneous, though, almost like a pointless add-on, grabbing RTP that might have been better utilised squeezed into win spins. Ah well, hold 'n wins are popular, so eh, why not?

Eh was a sensation which followed Tesla's Invention from start to finish. Not as in, eh, why not give the game a go? but eh, good enough, let's ship it as is. Tesla's Invention is an okay contraption, though one that fell short of Relax Gaming's typically high standard.