Diamond Vortex

The game is played on a hexagonal grid arranged as 4-5-6-7-6-5-4 symbols, split into three rings around a centre position. Wins are cluster-based: six or more matching crystals must touch each other directly to pay. Winning symbols disappear, new ones drop in and the rings rotate before the next cascade is checked. That rotation matters because it moves non-winning symbols, Sticky Wilds and each ring’s Spot around the board.

There are four low crystal symbols and four premium crystals. The top premium pays 100x for a cluster of 35 or more, so the paytable is not built around single neat hits. It wants long cascade chains, ring transforms and a Core Wild connection.

The centre symbol is the Core Wild, and it sits there for the whole game. Regular wild substitution is only the first layer. Sticky Wilds can land during spins, and when a Sticky Wild is part of a winning cluster it stays on the grid and moves one ring closer to the centre after rotation. If it reaches the Core Wild, the Consume mechanic triggers.

Each consumed Sticky Wild adds +1 to the Core Wild multiplier, up to 20x. The catch is important: the multiplier applies to wins involving the Core Wild, not every win on the board. In the base game, the multiplier resets on a new paid spin. That keeps the feature from becoming too generous, but it also means many promising chains die before the centre wild can actually cash them properly.

Free spins do not trigger through the usual “three scatters anywhere” setup. A Bonus symbol has to be rotated into a Zone. One Bonus symbol in a Zone awards five free spins, two can award 10 and three can award 15. The same rule remains active inside the feature, so another Bonus symbol reaching a Zone adds five more spins.

The important upgrade is persistence. During free spins, the Core Wild multiplier does not reset between spins, and Spots do not return to their starting positions. That makes the round much more coherent than the base game because the board keeps building instead of constantly clearing its progress. Weak bonuses are still possible, but the rules at least give the feature a reason to exist.

Each of the three rings has a fixed Zone and a moving Spot. The Zone stays in place; the Spot rotates with its ring after winning clusters. When a Spot lands inside its matching Zone, the Transform feature changes every symbol in that ring into the same paying symbol.

This is the mechanic that can make the board suddenly look dangerous. One transformed ring can create a decent cluster. Two or three rings transforming in the same sequence can fill a huge portion of the grid with matching crystals. It is also visually easier to understand than the Consume system: Spot meets Zone, ring changes, cascade continues.

Stake controls are old-school Play'n GO: no Ante Bet, no Bonus Buy and no shortcut into the free spins. The listed range is 0.20 to 100 credits, which maps to roughly CA$0.30 to CA$160 using current exchange levels; a Canadian operator may still present its local stake ladder differently. That absence of a buy option suits the design because the base game is where the board builds its logic. Play'n GO is licensed in Ontario, so the title can appear in iGaming Ontario casinos. The provider also received an Alberta licence in 2026 as that regulated market moves toward launch.