CATEMPLE

ELK Studios presents Catemple, a unique online slot that combines feline worship with innovative gameplay mechanics. This medium to high volatility game offers a 5×7 grid with scatter pays, a collect zone feature, and multiple bonus games.

Catemple draws inspiration from zoolatry, the worship of animals, specifically focusing on feline adoration. The game's visual design features a four-armed kitty ornament atop the gaming grid, which appears to lean away from players like a pinball table. The background showcases kitty statues supporting blue feline figures, creating a visually striking and thematically consistent environment.

The slot's atmosphere blends semi-Asian and semi-religious elements, accompanied by a slinky, exotic soundtrack. This unique combination results in a distinctive gaming experience that stands out in the crowded online slot market.

Core Game and Mechanics

Catemple utilizes a 5×7 grid with a scatter pays system, requiring 7 or more identical symbols anywhere on the grid for a win. The game's symbols include lower-value disks depicting a mouse, fish bones, a bell, and a paw print, as well as higher-value purple, blue, green, and red gems.

• Scatter Pays: Wins occur with 7 or more matching symbols anywhere on the grid.
• Symbol Removal: Winning symbols and collected symbols are removed, causing remaining symbols to tumble down and fill empty spaces.
• Collect Zone: The bottom row of the grid serves as a collect zone for various special symbols and features.
• Betting Range: Players can wager between 0.20 and 100 currency units per spin.
• RTP and Volatility: The game offers a theoretical RTP of 94% with medium to high volatility.

Bonus Features

Catemple boasts a variety of bonus features that enhance the gameplay experience:

Golden coins that reach the Collect Zone trigger various effects:

• Multiplier coins pay their displayed value instantly
• Bonus and Super Bonus coins are collected to trigger respective bonus games
• Multiplier coins add their values to the global multiplier
• The global multiplier applies to all wins, including coin wins
• Each new base game resets the global multiplier to x1
• A MAX WIN coin awards the remaining amount needed to reach the game's win cap

Mystery symbols can reveal various feature symbols:

• Wild: Substitutes for any paying symbol
• Hot Wild: Spawns 1 to 3 new wild or Hot Wild symbols, with each new Hot Wild spreading further
• Paw Strike: Removes all non-winning pay symbols, moving wilds, Golden coins, and feature symbols to the Collect Zone
• Multiplier, Bonus, Super Bonus, or Coin symbols

Bonus Game

• Triggered by collecting a bonus symbol when no more wins are possible
• Awards 3 free drops initially
• Collecting 2, 3, or 4 bonus symbols awards 5, 7, or 9 free drops, respectively
• Additional bonus symbols during the Bonus Game award +1 extra drop
• The Collect Zone expands to 2 rows
• Free drops without wins increase the global multiplier by +1
• A Super Bonus symbol in the Collect Zone upgrades the round to the Super Bonus Game and awards +1 drop

Super Bonus Game

• Triggered by collecting a Super Bonus symbol when no more wins are possible
• The Collect Zone expands to 3 rows
• Other rules are similar to the Bonus Game

X-iter Feature Buys

• Bonus Hunt (3x bet): Increases the likelihood of triggering a Bonus Game
• Mystery Symbols (10x bet): Guarantees at least 3 Mystery symbols in a game round
• Coin Row (25x bet): Fills a random row with instant pay coins
• Bonus Game (100x bet): Activates the Bonus Game with 7 free drops
• Super Bonus Game (500x bet): Activates the Super Bonus Game with 9 free drops

One of the most intriguing aspects of Catemple is the inclusion of the MAX WIN coin. This special coin, when collected, instantly awards the remaining amount needed to reach the game's 10,000x win cap. This feature adds an element of excitement and unpredictability to the gameplay, as players know that a single coin has the potential to deliver the maximum payout at any moment.