NowNow Gaming API: Cape Town slots on your wallet

Where NowNow Gaming comes from

NowNow Gaming was founded in Cape Town in early 2024 by Sandro Borrelli. In South African English, "now now" means soon, or right away, and the studio uses it as a promise of fast, punchy gameplay aimed at a younger generation of players.

The first year moved fast. In September 2024 the studio launched RoboSpin, an instant-win game built together with BGaming. On 2 December 2024 Hacksaw Gaming announced NowNow Gaming as the third studio to join its platform for independent studios, with Shadow Treasure as the debut title and 8-Bit Quest, a retro game set in 1980s America, next in line.

The NowNow games operators see first

The catalogue is young and still growing, but it already has a clear personality: bold colours, strong themes and quick sessions. These are the titles most operators encounter first.

• Shadow Treasure, the studio's debut on the Hacksaw Gaming platform.
• 8-Bit Quest, a retro pixel-art adventure for players who grew up on arcade machines.
• Sugar Park, a candy-bright cluster-style slot.
• Street Knockout, a gritty street-fight theme with an action-game feel.
• RoboSpin, the instant-win game made with BGaming in 2024.
• Local titles such as Sesfikile Spins, Shaka's Riches, Citrus Burst and Desert Fortunes, which draw on African themes and language.

The local titles are an interesting point for African operators: a game whose name and theme speak the players' own language stands out in a lobby dominated by European and Asian themes.

How to trial a young studio without risk

The simplest way to judge a new studio is to put a few of its titles live and watch the numbers. With SoftAggregator, adding NowNow is a lobby decision: no contract talks, no extra development, no separate wallet.

1. Pick two or three titles with different themes, for example 8-Bit Quest, Sugar Park and one local game.
2. Offer demo play where play_for_fun_supported is true, using getGameDemo, so curious players can try before they stake.
3. Place the titles in a "new studios" or "fresh from Africa" row rather than burying them in the full list.
4. After a few weeks, compare their bets, wins, RTP% and GGR with other slots in your back office, which reports per game, per player and per period.
5. Keep what works, swap what does not. No integration work is lost either way.

The technical side, briefly

NowNow games use exactly the same four API calls and the same wallet callback as the rest of our catalogue. If you already run one studio through SoftAggregator, you already run NowNow; if not, the API docs walk you through every field.

The calls: getProviderList for the studio key, getGameList for the titles (id_hash, name, game_type, image, demo flag), createPlayer with a fixed currency, and getGame with gameid, lang, device, country and homeurl for the iframe URL. Every request is a POST with a JSON body carrying your api_login, api_password and the method name.

For money, we send GET requests to your callback: action=debit for a stake, credit for a win and balance for a balance check. Amounts are whole numbers in minor units, so R5.00 arrives as 500. Key your ledger on call_id so a retried call never books twice; round_id groups the legs of one spin, and game_id repeats the id_hash exactly. Bonus features can pay credits with no debit alongside, and a call with rb=1 reverses an earlier one. Check that key equals md5 of the timestamp plus your salt_key and that the timestamp is fresh (30 seconds). Return HTTP 200 with error 0, 1 (with the balance) or 2, and never decide anything from the type field.

Currencies for NowNow audiences

ZAR is native, which suits the studio's home market. For wider African and international audiences, the native list also covers ETB, TND, EUR, USD, GBP, BRL, INR, TRY and more. Where your players use a currency outside our native list, run the account in USD or EUR and convert on your side; we are happy to look at your currency if you get in touch.

Why add NowNow Gaming through SoftAggregator

Young studios are where many surprises come from, but few operators can justify integrating each one separately. Our casino game aggregator API gives you NowNow and 200+ other providers under one account, so a new studio costs you a lobby tile, not a sprint.

You keep full control: balances stay on your platform, players see only your brand, and you work from prepaid credit with a live credit bar and low-balance alerts. Several websites can share one account with their own keys and callbacks. If you also run a sportsbook for South African football and rugby fans, the sports betting API shares the same wallet. Support runs 24/7 on Telegram at @mentionso. The catalogue changes continuously, so the definitive list is always the one the API returns.

NowNow Gaming: what operators ask

Sources and last update

NowNow Gaming facts come from the studio's website and Hacksaw Gaming's announcement.

• Hacksaw Gaming news, "New Studio Alert" on NowNow Gaming, 2 December 2024
• NowNow Gaming website, games page, consulted September 2026
• SoftAggregator API documentation, September 2026

Last reviewed: 24 September 2026.

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