PG Soft’s Lucky Mischief: a little devil with fire turns every surrounding cell wild
A rundown of PG Soft’s new release Lucky Mischief. The key points are the Summoning Wild that turns surrounding cells wild on a 5×5 grid and multipliers up to 100x during free spins. RTP 96.75%, max win 5,000x, high volatility, 25 paylines.
Key takeaways
- On September 14, PG Soft released Lucky Mischief, starring a little devil.
- Wins are calculated on a 5×5 grid with 25 paylines.
- When the Summoning Wild triggers, the cells around every wild turn wild.
- Multipliers up to 100x attach in free spins. RTP 96.75%, max win 5,000x.
PG Soft released Lucky Mischief on September 14. The star is a little red devil holding a trident. A mischievous grin as he lounges sideways on a throne fills the opening screen. The first line of the announcement is “Step into a world where rules are meant to be broken.”
A 5×5 grid with 25 paylines
The grid is 5 reels by 5 rows, and wins are calculated on 25 paylines. It is closer to a square than the vertical grids PG Soft often uses. This shape ties in with the game’s core feature, since cells need to be evenly connected on all sides for wilds to spread well around them.
The announcement described the presentation at length: a start screen surrounded by flames and magic sigils, rich colors and smooth animation, and playful yet tense background music. Flashy audiovisuals are something PG Soft games have in common.
The little red devil
The character design is the face of this game. A little red-skinned devil with white hair and small horns holds a golden trident. The background is a purple underground palace lit by candles. Even with a devil theme, the direction goes for cute rather than scary. The PG Soft team explained that every detail, from character design to screen transitions, was built to heighten a sense of unpredictability.
PG Soft builds its games around smartphone screens from the start. This title also supports iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, and web HTML5. It opens right in the browser with no app installation.
“Mischief” in the title is an English word meaning playfulness or trouble. The announcement introduced the game with the line “Anything can happen, and often does.” It stresses that although this is a payline game that follows fixed lines, where and how far wilds spread differs on every spin.
Wilds summon wilds
The core mechanic is the Summoning Wild. It can land on any spin and summons additional wilds onto the board. When the Summoning Wild feature triggers, every cell around all wilds turns wild before wins are calculated. The Summoning Wild itself is included in this.
Order matters. The Summoning Wild first calls in wilds, and then the cells around all wilds, including the newly summoned ones, are converted. Since the expansion happens after the wild count has grown, the area covered is wider than you might expect.
Because the surrounding cells change too, a single wild grows into a cluster. Even with just two or three scattered wilds, a large part of the 5×5 grid ends up covered in wilds. Most of the 25 paylines pass through this cluster, so several lines hit at once.
100x in free spins
In the free spins feature, multipliers attach to the Summoning Wild. The cap given in the announcement is 100x. The game’s max comes when a big multiplier stacks on a scene where wilds cover the board widely. PG Soft has not disclosed the free spins entry conditions or how multipliers increase. You can check the detailed rules in the demo’s game info.
A max win of 5,000x sits in the middle of PG Soft’s lineup. The game leans toward frequently showing wilds blanketing the board and hitting many lines at once, rather than one huge number.
By the numbers
RTP is 96.75%, about average for PG Soft games. The max win is 5,000x and volatility is high. If you enjoyed games that grow the board around wilds, like PG Soft’s Wild Bandito, you will find a similar feel here. PG Soft says all of its games are dual-certified by BMM and GA.
PG Soft puts out a new game almost every two weeks. In summer there was Tornado Rampage, featuring a weather reporter in a storm, and in autumn Thunder Reckoning and Grimm’s Bounty followed. You can find the other titles in our PG Soft free slots collection.
Source: PG SOFT official news