Mancala Gaming: Portal Master

Mancala Gaming seems really serious about creating a brand of unique games. In this slot, the Portal Master herself will take you into a mystical place. But compared with the previous releases of Mancala, this game has more anime vibes.

Portal Master slot design

Portal Master’s theme is inspired by fantasy with a mix of space or cosmic vibes. The gameplay’s story is set with the Portal Master who can create energy spheres that give bonuses and bigger wins. The game has a combination of dark blue and emerald colors.

Its reels look like a semi-transparent grid that is placed in front of a large platform. Depending on your imagination, it may look like a sort of mystical place in a different dimension. Overall, the design of the Portal Master is pretty impressive and its visuals are pleasing to the eyes.

Portal Master features

Portal Master is a video slot with 5 reels and 4 rows game area. This slot pays the winning symbols from left to right which can include 2 special symbols. The grid includes a Wild symbol and a Scatter symbol that can help activate Portal Master’s features.

Wild Symbol

The Wild symbol in this slot is represented by the Portal Master herself. The Portal Master Wild symbol can replace all symbols in the game to help you create winning combos. However, it can’t replace the Scatter symbols to form a winning combo.

The Portal Master Wild symbol can appear during the Base Game but it can land on the 3^rd reel only. Once this Wild symbol showed up in the 3^rd reel, the Portal Master expands to cover the entire reel. At the same time, this special symbol gives an Energy Sphere that will be added to your Sphere Collection Rock.

During the Bonus Round, the Portal Master Wild symbol can land on more than one reel on each spin. Specifically, it can land on the middle reels from the 2^nd reel to the 3^rd and 4^th reels. However, the Portal Master Wild symbol has a different function during the Bonus Round. Instead of giving an Energy Sphere like in the Base Game, it will give you an additional Bonus Spin every time it appears.

Scatter Symbol

If there is a Wild symbol, of course, we can’t miss the Scatter symbol which is one of the game’s special symbols. In this game, the Scatter symbol is represented by the Crystal symbol which can also be a part of winning combinations. The Crystal Scatter symbols can even combine with the Energy Spheres to form a winning combo and boost your winning opportunities.

But compared with the Wild symbol, the Crystal Scatter symbol can appear on all reels in the grid. Also, this Crystal Scatter symbol pays 30x your total stake for getting 5 matching symbols on a pay line. On the other hand, this Scatter symbol can’t activate the Bonus Spins like how most Scatters function.

Energy Sphere

The Energy Spheres look similar to the Crystal Scatter symbols and you can get this every time the Portal Master appears. Every Energy Sphere you get will be added to your Collection Rock that is located on the left side of the reels. The sphere collector looks like a huge green stone with 6 slots that can contain 3 kinds of Energy Spheres:

• Low-Level Energy Spheres = this kind of Energy Sphere can occupy 3 slots in the Collection Rock. Each sphere that is added to the last row of the collector can be used to transform Scatter symbols into random regular symbols. This applies once on every low-level sphere and each Scatter symbol can be exchanged once only.
• Mid-Level Energy Spheres = this Energy Sphere can occupy 2 slots in the Collection Rock. The same with the low-level spheres, you can also use this sphere to transform a Scatter into a regular symbol. However, it can transform an entire 5-of-a-kind line of symbols to guarantee you a win which makes it better.
• High-Level Energy Spheres = you can get this kind of Energy Sphere that can occupy 1 slot by trading the mid-level spheres. As the most valuable Energy Sphere that you can collect, this one gives a random number of Bonus Spins as your reward.

The Scatter symbols are merely on the grid to be useful with the Energy Spheres. After all, the only way to activate the Bonus Round is to trade your mid-level spheres to get the high-level spheres. 

Bonus Spins

As mentioned above, you need the mid-level spheres to reach this round. As soon as you trade your Energy Spheres, the Bonus Round starts to give you a certain number of Bonus Spins. These extra spins vary from 10, 15, 20, to 25 Bonus Spins.

The Portal Master Wild symbols can appear on the 2^nd, 3^rd, and 4^th reels during this round. But, the Wild symbols in this round don’t give Energy Spheres. Instead, these Wild symbols appear to give you additional Bonus Spins.

Portal Master RTP, betting and prizes

Portal Master is a low-medium volatile slot that has 1,024 ways to win. The minimum bet you can spend in this game is £0.10 but you can increase your bet up to £9 on each spin. This means that the coin’s value ranges from 10 to 900. You can hit a win by matching 3 or more matching symbols that are lined up on adjacent reels. These paid symbols start from the leftmost reel to the last reel on the right.

Portal Master has 8 regular symbols that you can see on the grid. There are 4 symbols that represent the Card Suits: Heart, Diamond, Spade, and Clubs that pay x0.1, x0.2, and x0.3 the stake. The remaining 4 other regular symbols depict different animals/creatures that include the Bull, Stingray, Owl, and Dragon. These symbols pay x0.5 to x250 depending on the matching symbols you get.

The highest paying symbol among the 4 is the Dragon which pays x5, x20, to x250 for 3 to 5 matching symbols on a pay line. The lowest paying symbol is the Bull which pays x0.3, x0.5, x0.8 per spin. For the special symbol, the Scatter symbol pays  x0.3, x3, to x30.

Thus, the Scatter is the second to the highest paying symbol in this game. With medium volatility, we can consider Portal Master as a user-friendly slot. It has 95% RTP like other Mancala Gaming titles. Also, this slot has a 28% hit frequency and x250 maximum jackpot.

Portal Master conclusion

Following the success of Starwins, Portal Master is an out-of-this-world slot for everyone. With its gorgeous Portal Master as the main character in the game, this game opens up for a wide range of players. Whether you’re a male or female player, the overall design of this game can be appealing. Even its soundtrack helped it become a more immersive game.

Portal Master Slot has an affordable betting range that suits its level of volatility. Even though its maximum payout is low, it has an average RTP and hit frequency. Lastly, you don’t have to be afraid of losing big money since it has low-medium volatility.