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This is written by a person who has been developing game mechanics for several large online casinos since 2019 — so I think I can open up the kitchen to you a little deeper than is usually visible on the surface. As stated in https://starofmysore.com/the-role-of-software-developers-in-online-casinos/ — developers here are far from being “a technical appendix to the game designer’s ideas,” as it may seem at the start. Especially if you are in a product team, and not just an outsource. Let’s start with the most important thing: most game features (from banal free spins to complex bonus progressions with multipliers and “levels”) must be technically implemented in such a way that they not only work, but are as responsive as possible, visually “juicy” and… most importantly — honest. And this is where the role of the developer becomes not just important — it is critical. Because if the slot slows down or has bugs when the bonus drops, that's it — the user is disappointed, may even leave a report or leave altogether. But this is money. And the second point, which is often not obvious: the girls do not just "code a feature according to the technical specifications". In our studio, for example, there is always close work in a bundle: game designer - analyst - developer. There were cases when it was the programmer who suggested how to better implement the mechanics so that the player would reach the bonus more often, but without violating the RTP. We even conduct A/B tests with several versions of the same algorithm — and the developer does not just sit as an "observer", but adapts the code to the retention metric, watches the behavior of players with the analyst, suggests options. So here it is more of a hybrid: a technical specialist with a game designer's mindset.