So, when I already have a large collection, how many coins do I need to be sure of getting a new character from the machine?

Watch Sam Boyer spend 7,300 in game coins, winning some new characters in the process. By the time you have, say, 50 or 60 of the characters, winning a new one is a rarity.

But as the player collects more of these characters, the chances of receiving one you already have increases. The little characters drop randomly from the machine, so initially, every spin pretty much guarantees a new character to play with. The reasons why the game is set up like this is set out in an interesting interview with the Matt Hall and Andy Sum, who made the game. As you play the game, you amass coins, and these can be spent in the virtual vending machine at 100 coins per spin. The rest can either be purchased for 99 cents each, or else won for free via an 8-bit animated vending machine. You can even play as humans in the form of the game’s three creators.Įight Fourteen of these characters are only unlockable by playing the game. At the time of writing there are 72 104 characters: farm-yard animals, jungle frogs, ghosts, zombies, robots, aliens and fauna from the Australian outback. You begin playing as a chicken, and you have to cross a road and other obstacles.įor extra fun, the game offers additional characters to replace the chicken. It’s been described as ‘endless frogger‘. ( Jump to the full table.)Ĭrossy Road is a game for iOS and Android. To be 95% certain of getting the last character you need from the Crossy Road vending machine, you’ll need 26,800 coins.

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