MIST
ROLES
Tools Programmer
DESCRIPTION
MIST: The Math Interactive Simulation Tool.
A hybrid demo/simulation tool used by Light & Wonder math teams to rapidly prototype and validate game math for slots.
YEAR
Ongoing
GENRE
Standalone Tool
Professional
PLATFORM
Windows
.NET 7.0
KEY FEATURES
MODULAR DESIGN
MIST is designed to work directly with the multiple proprietary game math formats used by Light & Wonder. It contains pre-built modules for loading and simulating all major gameplay mechanics used by the company. The tool is designed to support the workflows of both the iGaming and land-based divisions of the company.
MULTI-THREADING
MIST was built with speed in mind. It uses a custom multi-threading system capable of running hundreds of thousands of virtual pulls per second. It can simulate trends in player bankrolls over time, and produces valuable statistics such as average session length, pulls per hit, feature-specific RTPs, and breakdowns of pay/combo frequency.
DEMO LAYER
Sometimes, looking at numbers simply doesn't tell you enough. MIST allows users to feel how the game plays by providing a full virtual demo. This is automatically built as they write code. An extensive library of wrapper methods are provided to reduce the process of creating, adding, and managing UI elements down to single lines of code.
ENGINEERING FOR NON-ENGINEERS
The end users of this tool aren't software engineers by trade. They are mathematicians who simply use code as a means of validating their math. MIST was created with this in mind: end users typically need to write no more than a couple hundred lines of code per game. It performs extensive validation and verbose exception handling to allow users to focus on making games, rather than dealing with errors.