Fire Hopper

Fire Hopper is a pond-side slot from Push Gaming played on a large 7x7 grid with cluster pays. Gems in six colours make up the paytable, and the star of the show is a frog wild that leaps across the grid to collect fireflies.

Every frog carries a multiplier that starts at 1x and grows by one with each leap, while bonus fireflies collected by a frog unlock seven free spins. Clusters need at least five matching gems, and 20 or more red gems pay up to 20,000 coins. With medium volatility, a 96.3 % RTP, stakes from 0.1 € to 100 € and a top win of 500000 €, it suits players who like inventive mechanics on a big grid.

The grid sits over a small pond decorated with leaves and flower-shaped gems. It is a calm, nature-inspired setting with a bright colour scheme that makes the gem symbols easy to pick out at a glance.

The command bar sits at the bottom of the screen, keeping stake and spin controls within easy reach, and a soundtrack plays throughout. The graphics load smoothly in a web browser, and because the game is built in HTML5 it is also easy to play on a mobile phone.

Fire Hopper is a medium-variance slot. Small wins come at a steady pace, while the larger payouts require patience. That balance makes it suitable for newcomers who are trying a cluster-pays game for the first time as well as for experienced players.

All the regular symbols are gems, split by colour into two tiers:

• Red, yellow and pink gems: the premium symbols. A cluster of 5 pays from up to 50 coins, and 20 or more pay up to 20,000 coins.
• Purple, green and blue gems: the low-paying symbols. A cluster of 5 pays from up to 20 coins, and 20 or more pay up to 2,500 coins.
• Frog: the wild, with its own growing multiplier.
• Firefly and bonus firefly: non-paying symbols that start the leaping frog feature.

Players set their stake in the command bar before spinning. The payout table lists stakes from 0.1 € to 100 € per spin, so the game works for small and large budgets alike. Autoplay can run a series of spins at a fixed stake.

There are no paylines. Wins form when five or more matching gems connect in a cluster on the 7x7 grid, which gives each spin many potential combinations.

The red gem is the most valuable symbol: a cluster of 20 or more pays up to 20,000 coins. The frog wild can join clusters of any colour, helping smaller groups grow into bigger wins.

The bonus mechanics are built around the frog and the fireflies:

• Frog wild: substitutes for every symbol except the firefly and bonus firefly.
• Frog multiplier: each frog that lands carries a multiplier that starts at 1x and increases by 1 every time it leaps during the leaping frog feature.
• Leaping frog feature: triggered whenever a firefly lands together with a frog. The firefly itself does not pay but sends the frog jumping.
• Bonus firefly: a variant that triggers the same leaping frog feature.
• Free spins: when a frog collects a bonus firefly, it is gathered to show that seven free spins have been activated.

A frog that leaps several times carries a large multiplier into the clusters it joins, which is where the game's 500000 € maximum comes from.