Shark School features efficient animation and ragged looks that make the main theme stand out all the better. The background landscape depicts tropical waters and a bunch of rocky islands here and there. Underneath the surface is an actual school, where sharks are being taught, where they participate in classes and are leading a regular high school life. The most intriguing part of the main screen, however is at the very center of the water, right underneath the scarlet title of the game – a pool of blood, where the sharks have had their latest meal.
The gameplay revolves around 5 reels, 4 rows and 50 paylines. Coin sizes vary from 1 cent to 1 dollar. The maximum possible bet is 250 dollars. The game offers a wild, a scatter, a big paytable with generous payouts and numerous bonus features.
The Student Sharks Pay Well
The scatter of the game is the School and it pays with multipliers increasing the total bet – 2 times for 3 symbols, 5 times for 4 symbols and 100 times for 5 symbols. The highest paying symbol of the game is the Shark with the football jersey, which offers 10, 150, 400 and 1500 credits for 2, 3, 4 and 5 matching symbols. The hammer shark brings 4, 125, 300 and 1250 credits for the same winning combinations. The junkie shark with the face piercing awards 3, 100, 200 and 1000 credits. The brown, depressed-looking shark grants 2, 50, 100 and 500 credits.
In addition, there will be a mixed shark symbol, which will involve any of the aforementioned 4 sharks appearing in one symbol. That symbol gives 2, 5 and 25 credits for 3, 4 and 5 symbols. The fish that is disguised in between the seaweeds delivers 50, 150 and 750 credits, the purple fish – 30, 100 and 500 credits, the fish with the backpack and the golden fish with the glasses both pay 20, 75 and 400 credits. The other symbols are the regular card letters and numbers – The Ace and the King provide players with 15, 40 and 300 credits, the Queen and the Jack – with 12, 30 and 250 credits and the 10 and the 9 – with 10, 25 and 200 credits.
Three Features – Three Generous Hunts
The wild Teacher doesn’t pay through combinations of its own but it can replace all the other symbols in the game. At least 3 Schools activate a Pick a Feature bonus. The three possible features are “Swim Fishy, Swim!”, “Bad Sharky!” and “Don’t Eat the Teacher!”.
In “Swim Fishy, Swim!” a shark is chasing a poor, little fish. During it, players will receive free spins up until the point when the little fish is brutally eaten or escapes (possible after the twenty-fifth spin). If the fish does escape a prize of 200 times the bet will be awarded. Everything that is won during the free spins is tripled. “Bad Sharky” can bring between 3 and 10 re-spins with one of the sharks covering the third reel. Every time a Shark eats a fish, the Shark symbol will replace it.
In “Don’t Eat the Teacher” the free spins have a multiplier of 2 times. When a Shark and a Teacher appear on the fifth reel, the Shark will try to eat the Teacher. If the Teacher survives, the free spins will be continued and the multiplier will be increased with 1. The spins will continue until spin 25, when the Teacher will escape or until the point when the Teacher gets eaten. If the Teacher survives a prize of 100 times the bet will be awarded.
Shark School Slots has a striking appearance and its gameplay presents gamblers with a thrilling, profitable and entertaining war between sharks and its prey, while delivering stunning prizes.
