Startup Valley - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Introduction

Startup Valley from TrueLabs has a unique theme that ensures it will stand out from the rest of the myriad of slots on the market. The theme here is Silicon Valley, and the game is based around the idea of a startup tech firm. You might not have come across TrueLabs before, but the development team have come up with a fun and original slots game here. There are two modes of free spins - personal free spins and IPO free spins - and some fun features, such as the ability of each of the game's characters to deliver extra wins or multipliers. With its decent RTP of 96.48%, this slot is definitely worth your time. You'll find other parody slots here.

Theme, Graphics & Soundtrack

The Silicon Valley theme is an original one and one we certainly haven't come across before in the online slots world. The game reels are set against the backdrop of a desk where someone (presumably a developer) is working away. The reels are actually on a sheet of paper on the desk. The game graphics are excellent - smooth, fast and flawless. It's definitely an attractively designed game, and the gameplay never lags or slows. The soundtrack works well with the game, and it's nice to find a slot where the music and effects are clearly created especially for that game rather than generic additions. There's background music and lots of old-school computer sound effects, as well as extra sound effects when you land a win or trigger a special feature. Some of the symbols become animated when they form part of a winning combo. If you like the look of this, take a look at other TrueLabs demo slot games.

How to Play Startup Valley

This might appear a little complicated at first, mainly because of the bonus bars at the bottom of the reels, but you'll soon discover it's actually very simple and intuitive. This is a 15-line slot with fixed paylines, so the only thing you need to do is change your bet size. Here are step-by-step instructions to get you started.
    
1. Launch the slot and locate the cash bet display at the bottom of the reels.

2. Using the plus and minus buttons on either side of the bet display, scroll through the available bet size. Choose your desired bet size.

3. Hit the spin button and watch the reels spring into life.

That's it! Don't be distracted by all the extra displays, as there is actually only one setting you need to change. If you want to set up a number of spins, you can use the autoplay function. Press the autoplay button and a pop-up window will appear. You can adjust various settings in this to set up your desired number of spins. Once you activate the autoplay function, you can of course stop it at any time.

Bonus Features

There are a few different bonus features in this game, including two different types of free spins. We'll get to the free spins in a moment, but first let's go over the main characters and their features. There are five characters in the game, and each one is associated with one of the game reels. Each character has an experience bar alongside them, and these bars fill up with experience points each time the experience symbol lands on the relevant reel. All the characters have different special features; these are as follows:

Richard - adds 3 -5 wilds on a random line
Gilfoyle - adds mystery symbols
Dinesh - awards 10 - 100 extra coins per wild
Dunn - awards a 4x multiplier
Elrich- adds 3-9 random wilds.

Now on to the game’s free spins.

Free Spins

There are two types of free spins - personal and IPO.

Personal free spins are triggered when the experience bar of any of the characters (as explained above) reaches 100. You'll be awarded three free spins, and the activating character's special power (as above) will be active for the duration of the free spins round.

IPO free spins are triggered by three scatter symbols landing on the reels in the base game. You'll be awarded 10 free spins with all characters present. Dinesh and Dunn's special powers will be active for the duration of the free spins round, while the remaining three characters will be able to activate their special powers during each spin. It's not possible to activate all these characters on the same spin, but each can be activated several times over the course of the IPO free spins round. If you want to play some other tech type games, take a look at our Rocket Men slot demo.

Our Verdict

9/10. This is a great slots game with a unique theme and excellent graphics and gameplay. The free spins feature (when you eventually trigger it) has the potential to be highly lucrative, but it's a shame the free spins can't be re-triggered. In fact, this is probably our only gripe with this game, as it's excellent in most respects.

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