Under the Sea: How Online Casino Games Use the Ocean for Inspiration

Approximately 71% of the world is water. So, it makes sense that when seeking ideas to craft games around, choosing something related to the water would be optimal. Indeed, the scope of using the sea, rivers, and underwater ideas in gaming works twofold. It helps ground the audience, who come to expect certain things from water-related titles, it also helps use the unknown aspect of what could be lurking beneath the depths to create gaming content. But how is the water used as an endless source of gaming inspiration?

The Surface of the Water
 
Choosing a theme that reflects what we know to exist just below the water’s surface is already a fully conceptualized theme for audiences to engage with. The online casino industry has harnessed this theme to create some games that blend creative animation with recognizable themes.

For instance, those who play Fishing Frenzy online will already know how a fishing expedition has been transformed into a Megaways slot game. Most useful for both developers and potential players is that the gameplay, which may be new to some, is wrapped up in an understandable theme. So, much as the bait works in fishing, potential players will find the appeal of the fishing-related game.  

Into the Depths

Elsewhere in the online casino world, we begin to move towards the open ocean. These games blend the real and knowable – fish and stormy weather – with the complete unknown of the open sea. The artistic license available to developers for such games helps to craft a unique story around a theme that players know but may want to see a new take on.

For instance, the Rage of the Seas slot game features sea creatures and pirates, using the reality of what happened with the pirates of yore with modern interpretations of what pirates may be like. The slot game is grounded in reality – the creatures are merely hammerhead sharks – but the pirate theme is taken to a fictionalized extreme.

Leagues Under the Sea

Developers are really able to unleash their creativity as we move further into the ocean. While we know some of what happens down in the Marianas Trench and other deep sea beds, a mere five percent of the world’s oceans have been explored and charted. So, there could be the possibility of something else lurking beneath their depths. While many think a species of sea monsters is unlikely, it isn’t completely ruled out.

For example, the Age of the Gods: Ruler of the Seas slot game takes the theme of Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea. Back in the days of Ancient Greece, the sea was far more mystifying than it is now. So, it made sense that while there were specific gods for aspects of land-living (such as agriculture and hunting) there would be one for the ocean. This theme is borrowed to suggest what may be far deeper under the sea – with the slot game referring to Poseidon’s domain in the ocean.

Choosing water-based themes for online slot games help ground them in reality for players. It also increases the scope for other aspects of what may be out at sea, under the water, or mythology attached to the ocean itself.