3 Buzzing Wilds

{
  "game": {
    "name": "3 Buzzing Wilds",
    "provider": "Pragmatic Play",
    "studio": "Pragmatic Play only — no sub-studio branding found on preview.png, base_game.png footer, or paytable_p7.png (last info page). All three show only 'PRAGMATIC PLAY' text.",
    "theme": "Cute cartoon bee-hive / honey garden theme. A boy-bee 'beekeeper' character with a long wooden beekeeper's tool with a flared end (a plain wooden handle, NOT a weapon) and a green leaf is the hero symbol. Other insect characters (ladybug, caterpillar, butterfly) live in a bright green jungle/garden with honeycombs, vines, and flowers. Free-spins rounds move the action to a sunlit sunflower-field background.",
    "documentation_purpose": "Exhaustive accessibility documentation (blind/low-vision screen-reader users, deaf/hard-of-hearing, color-blind of all types, motor-impaired) built from 35 desktop screenshots (1280x800) + OCR ground truth + direct pixel inspection/zoom crops.",
    "method_notes": "All screenshots opened and read directly (most text is large and crisp, so full-resolution reading was sufficient; one grid was zoomed 2x to recount WILD tiles precisely). Numbers taken verbatim from on-screen text. Items that remained unclear are listed in 'unreadable_or_uncertain'.",
    "language": "English",
    "title_naming_note": "The number '3' in the title refers to the THREE selectable special-wild feature variants (Random / Expanding / Surrounding Wilds) offered when the Free Spins round triggers — it is NOT the reel count, row count, or line count. Grid is 5x4 and paylines are 20 (see technical_summary)."
  },
  "color_palette": {
    "base_game_background": "Bright green jungle/garden scene with large tropical leaves, vines and colorful flowers (pink, purple, yellow, blue) framing the reels; soft warm sunlight glow from the top.",
    "frame": "Rounded wooden-plank reel frame (light brown wood grain) with green vine garlands and small golden honeycomb clusters decorating the top corners.",
    "reel_cells": "Dark maroon/burgundy semi-transparent cells on a faint dark-red honeycomb (hexagon) pattern, separated by thin dark dividing lines.",
    "free_spins_background": "Shifts to a bright blue-sky sunflower field (large orange/yellow sunflowers in the foreground, small birds/butterflies in the sky) with the reel cells turned dark navy blue (also honeycomb-patterned).",
    "title_logo": "'3 BUZZING WILDS' wordmark: bold rounded letters in orange-to-yellow gradient with a thick brown/red outline and a light-green outer glow, sitting on a wood-plank banner with a small honey-drip and leaf decoration above it.",
    "accent_colors": "Gold/amber (WILD honey-drip lettering, coin/scatter symbol, win banners), green (CHOOSE buttons, confirm checkmark, active toggle switches, panel headers), red (cancel X button, ladybug body, card-suit A), purple/magenta (ladybug face, butterfly body, Q letter cards vary), blue (J letter, free-spins info panels), teal/turquoise (win-amount plaques, Nice/Superb win backdrops)."
  },
  "symbols": {
    "note": "All identities and payouts read directly from paytable_p1.png (page 1/7, header 'GAME RULES'). Dollar payouts are printed at the paytable's demo anchor bet of $2.00 total bet (confirmed by bet_menu_anchor.png). Multiplier-of-total-bet values are derived by dividing by $2.00 and are provided for accessibility cross-reference; the game itself only displays dollar amounts.",
    "bet_anchor": "$2.00 total bet (BET multiplier 20x, BET=2, COIN VALUE=$0.05)",
    "high_value": [
      {
        "name": "Beekeeper boy (bee-boy mascot)",
        "appearance": "Portrait card (blue rectangular frame) of a cheerful YELLOW bee-faced boy (insect head, not a human face), tufted brown hair, translucent insect wings, a red sweater with white cuffs, holding a long plain wooden beekeeper's tool with a flared end (NOT a weapon of any kind) and a green leaf",
        "payouts_usd": {
          "5": "$100.00",
          "4": "$30.00",
          "3": "$10.00"
        },
        "payouts_x_bet": {
          "5": "50x",
          "4": "15x",
          "3": "5x"
        },
        "rank": "highest-paying regular symbol"
      },
      {
        "name": "Ladybug",
        "appearance": "Smiling purple/magenta-bodied ladybug with a red-and-black spotted shell, thin black antennae and legs, on a purple glowing card",
        "payouts_usd": {
          "5": "$40.00",
          "4": "$10.00",
          "3": "$5.00"
        },
        "payouts_x_bet": {
          "5": "20x",
          "4": "5x",
          "3": "2.5x"
        }
      },
      {
        "name": "Caterpillar",
        "appearance": "Smiling pale-green/yellow segmented caterpillar with blue eyes and curled orange antennae, on a green glowing card",
        "payouts_usd": {
          "5": "$30.00",
          "4": "$7.50",
          "3": "$4.00"
        },
        "payouts_x_bet": {
          "5": "15x",
          "4": "3.75x",
          "3": "2x"
        }
      },
      {
        "name": "Butterfly",
        "appearance": "Purple/pink butterfly with large lavender wings and a small yellow flower on its head, on a purple glowing card",
        "payouts_usd": {
          "5": "$20.00",
          "4": "$6.00",
          "3": "$3.00"
        },
        "payouts_x_bet": {
          "5": "10x",
          "4": "3x",
          "3": "1.5x"
        }
      }
    ],
    "royals_low_value": [
      {
        "name": "A",
        "color": "red/orange letter with a honey-drip texture on top",
        "payouts_usd": {
          "5": "$10.00",
          "4": "$4.00",
          "3": "$2.00"
        },
        "payouts_x_bet": {
          "5": "5x",
          "4": "2x",
          "3": "1x"
        }
      },
      {
        "name": "K",
        "color": "orange/amber letter with a honey-drip texture on top",
        "payouts_usd": {
          "5": "$8.00",
          "4": "$2.50",
          "3": "$1.00"
        },
        "payouts_x_bet": {
          "5": "4x",
          "4": "1.25x",
          "3": "0.5x"
        }
      },
      {
        "name": "Q",
        "color": "green letter with a honey-drip texture on top",
        "payouts_usd": {
          "5": "$5.00",
          "4": "$1.00",
          "3": "$0.50"
        },
        "payouts_x_bet": {
          "5": "2.5x",
          "4": "0.5x",
          "3": "0.25x"
        }
      },
      {
        "name": "J",
        "color": "blue letter with a honey-drip texture on top",
        "payouts_usd": {
          "5": "$5.00",
          "4": "$1.00",
          "3": "$0.50"
        },
        "payouts_x_bet": {
          "5": "2.5x",
          "4": "0.5x",
          "3": "0.25x"
        }
      }
    ],
    "scatter": {
      "name": "SCATTER (honey beehive)",
      "appearance": "Golden woven beehive/skep with a dark round entrance hole, on a purple-outlined square card",
      "payouts_usd": {
        "5": "$100.00",
        "4": "$20.00",
        "3": "$4.00"
      },
      "payouts_x_bet": {
        "5": "50x",
        "4": "10x",
        "3": "2x"
      },
      "rules": "'This is the SCATTER symbol. It appears on all reels.' 3, 4 or 5 scatters anywhere trigger the Free Spins feature (paytable_p2.png).",
      "source": "paytable_p1.png / paytable_p2.png"
    },
    "wild": {
      "name": "WILD",
      "appearance": "Red rectangular plaque with the word 'WILD' rendered in thick orange/gold letters dripping honey, gold outline",
      "payouts_usd": {
        "5": "$100.00",
        "4": "$30.00",
        "3": "$10.00"
      },
      "payouts_x_bet": {
        "5": "50x",
        "4": "15x",
        "3": "5x"
      },
      "rules": "'This symbol is WILD and substitutes for all symbols except for SCATTER.' Base wild also has its own line-pay values shown above (regular in-reel WILD, distinct from the three special free-spins wild variants below).",
      "source": "paytable_p1.png"
    },
    "special_surrounding_wild_symbol": {
      "name": "SURROUNDING WILD (special base-game trigger symbol)",
      "appearance": "Portrait of a golden queen-bee character wearing a small red/gold crown, with the word 'WILD' in orange dripping-honey letters beneath her",
      "payouts_usd": {
        "5": "$100.00",
        "4": "$30.00",
        "3": "$10.00"
      },
      "rules": "Documented on paytable_p2.png as a distinct trigger symbol: 'On random base game spins the SURROUNDING WILD symbol can hit, which substitutes for all symbols except for SCATTER. All positions on the game grid around this WILD will transform into WILD symbols.' Seen live on free_spins_surrounding_2.png (last free spin of the Surrounding Wilds round) sitting on reel 5 row 1, with a neighboring cell on reel 4 mid-transformation (blurred yellow splash effect).",
      "source": "paytable_p2.png, paytable_p3.png, free_spins_surrounding_2.png"
    }
  },
  "technical_summary": {
    "grid": "5 reels x 4 rows, fixed rectangular grid (confirmed by base_game.png and the 20-payline diagram on paytable_p4.png).",
    "bet_mechanic": "lines",
    "paylines": 20,
    "paylines_source": "bet_menu_anchor.png header 'BET MULTIPLIER 20x'; paytable_p4.png shows a diagram of 20 numbered payline patterns (1-20) over a 5x4 grid.",
    "rtp_percent_base": "96.02% (minimum) to 96.03% (maximum)",
    "rtp_percent_buy_feature": "95.99% (minimum) to 96.02% (maximum) when using 'BUY FREE SPINS'",
    "rtp_source": "paytable_p4.png, verbatim: 'The maximum RTP of this game is 96.03% / The minimum RTP of this game is 96.02% / The maximum RTP of the game when using \"BUY FREE SPINS\" is 96.02% / The minimum RTP of the game when using \"BUY FREE SPINS\" is 95.99%.'",
    "volatility": "High — paytable_p4.png header shows a 'VOLATILITY' badge with 5 of 5 filled lightning-bolt icons, and the printed sentence directly below reads: 'High volatility games pay out less often on average but the chance to hit big wins in a short time span is higher.' (Decided by the sentence text, per project convention, not just the bolt count.)",
    "bet_min": "$0.20",
    "bet_max": "$240.00",
    "bet_source": "paytable_p4.png: 'MINIMUM BET: $0.20 / MAXIMUM BET: $240.00'. Independently confirmed on-screen: bet_menu_min.png shows BET=1, COIN VALUE=$0.01, TOTAL BET=$0.20 with the '-' stepper visibly greyed out/disabled; bet_menu_max.png shows BET=10, COIN VALUE=$1.20, TOTAL BET=$240.00 with the '+' stepper greyed out/disabled. No ante-bet toggle or plaque is present anywhere in the captured screens.",
    "demo_default_bet": "$2.00 (paytable anchor bet, also visible on base_game.png)",
    "demo_credit": "$100,000.00",
    "max_win": "Capped at 5,000x total bet ('5000X bet'). Stated identically twice: paytable_p3.png ('The maximum win amount is limited to 5,000x bet during the base game and any feature. If the total win reaches 5,000x bet the round immediately ends, win is awarded and all remaining features are forfeited.') and paytable_p6.png ('The maximum win amount is limited to 5000X bet...').",
    "max_win_source": "paytable_p3.png, paytable_p6.png",
    "win_rules": "All symbols pay left-to-right on adjacent reels starting from the leftmost reel, on the 20 fixed paylines. Only the highest win per payline is paid; wins on multiple paylines are added together. All values are expressed as actual wins in coins. Free spins win is awarded to the player after the round completes; the free-spins total win in the history contains the whole win of the cycle.",
    "win_rules_source": "paytable_p1.png (pay direction), paytable_p4.png (line-pay rules)",
    "bonus_buy": "'BUY FREE SPINS' — instantly triggers the Free Spins round for 100x the current total bet (measured: $200.00 at the $2.00 anchor bet; $20.00 at the $0.20 minimum bet per the side plaque note in bet_menu_min.png; $24,000.00 at the $240.00 maximum bet, confirmed on bet_menu_max.png side plaque). Purchasing does NOT select a specific wild variant by itself — after payment the player is shown a separate choice screen (bonus_choice_screen.png) to pick one of the three variants. This is a single purchase price with a post-purchase choice, not three separately priced purchases.",
    "bonus_buy_source": "paytable_p3.png ('BUY FREE SPINS: The FREE SPINS ROUND can be instantly triggered from the base game by buying it for 100x current total bet.'), bonus_buy_confirm.png, bonus_choice_screen.png",
    "keyboard": "SPACE and ENTER start/stop the spin (paytable_p4.png). Holding SPACE also triggers turbo spin (on-screen hint 'HOLD SPACE FOR TURBO SPIN' visible on every base-game frame).",
    "currency_view": "CREDIT and BET labels can be clicked to switch between coins view and cash view (paytable_p5.png)."
  },
  "features": {
    "special_wilds_overview": {
      "summary": "Paytable_p2.png introduces three 'SPECIAL WILDS' that can occur as RANDOM BASE-GAME EVENTS independent of the Free Spins feature, and the SAME three names are reused as the three selectable Free Spins variants (with dedicated, stronger versions of each mechanic). Base-game random occurrences: 'RANDOM WILDS - On random base game spins WILD symbols can appear on random positions on the screen.' 'EXPANDING WILDS - On random base game spins WILD symbols that stop on the screen can expand to fill the whole reel vertically.' 'SURROUNDING WILDS - On random base game spins the SURROUNDING WILD symbol can hit, which substitutes for all symbols except for SCATTER; all positions on the game grid around this WILD will transform into WILD symbols.'",
      "source": "paytable_p2.png"
    },
    "free_spins": {
      "trigger": "3, 4 or 5 SCATTER (honey beehive) symbols hit anywhere in the base game award the Free Spins feature.",
      "pre_round_choice": "Before the round starts, the player chooses ONE of 3 options on a dedicated choice screen (bonus_choice_screen.png): RANDOM WILDS (10 free spins), EXPANDING WILDS (8 free spins), SURROUNDING WILDS (6 free spins). Each option is shown as a hanging wooden plaque with a colored card (red/purple/green respectively), the mechanic name, a short rule summary, the free-spin count, and a 'CHOOSE' wood-button below it.",
      "variants": {
        "random_wilds": {
          "spins_awarded": 10,
          "mechanic": "At every free spin, random WILD symbols can be added in random positions on the screen. Any WILD symbol added this way remains sticky on the screen until the end of the round (wilds accumulate spin over spin).",
          "retrigger": "Feature cannot be retriggered.",
          "special_reels": "Special reels are in play during the round (background shifts to sunflower-field theme).",
          "observed_result": "Captured playthrough (free_spins_random_intro.png through free_spins_random_win_total.png): 10 free spins, sticky WILD tiles accumulated progressively across spins (3 WILDs visible by spin with 7 spins left, up to 8 WILDs by the last free spin — see 'observed_wild_count_discrepancy' below), intermediate celebrations 'NICE!' ($29.50) and 'SUPERB WIN' ($119.50), final round total $252.50 in 10 Free Spins (free_spins_random_win_total.png: 'YOU HAVE WON $252.50 IN 10 FREE SPINS').",
          "source": "paytable_p2.png (rules), free_spins_random_*.png (gameplay)"
        },
        "expanding_wilds": {
          "spins_awarded": 8,
          "mechanic": "Any WILD symbol that hits during the feature expands vertically to fill the whole reel and remains sticky on the screen until the end of the round.",
          "retrigger": "Feature cannot be retriggered.",
          "special_reels": "Special reels are in play during the round (background shifts to sunflower-field theme).",
          "observed_result": "free_spins_expanding_2.png shows a full-reel WILD occupying all 4 rows of reel 2 (letters W/I/L/D stacked vertically). Round total: $17.00 in 8 Free Spins (free_spins_expanding_win_total.png: 'YOU HAVE WON $17.00 IN 8 FREE SPINS').",
          "source": "paytable_p3.png (rules), free_spins_expanding_*.png (gameplay)"
        },
        "surrounding_wilds": {
          "spins_awarded": 6,
          "mechanic": "For each SURROUNDING WILD symbol that hits during the feature, WILD symbols are placed on all positions on the game grid AROUND that WILD (the 8 neighboring cells, clipped by grid edges). All SURROUNDING WILDs and the WILDs placed this way remain sticky on the screen until the end of the round.",
          "retrigger": "Feature cannot be retriggered.",
          "special_reels": "Special reels are in play during the round (background shifts to sunflower-field theme).",
          "observed_result": "free_spins_surrounding_2.png (last free spin) shows the SURROUNDING WILD (queen-bee portrait) landed on reel 5 row 1, with a neighboring cell on reel 4 mid-transformation. Round total: $14.00 in 6 Free Spins (free_spins_surrounding_win_total.png: 'YOU HAVE WON $14.00 IN 6 FREE SPINS').",
          "source": "paytable_p3.png (rules), free_spins_surrounding_*.png (gameplay)"
        }
      },
      "observed_wild_count_discrepancy": "Manifest note for free_spins_random_last.png claimed '9 sticky WILD на поле'. Direct pixel count on the captured frame (verified with a 2x zoom crop) shows 8 WILD tiles on the 5x4 grid: row1 columns 1 and 5; row2 columns 1, 2 and 5; row3 columns 1 and 4; row4 column 2. This documentation uses the verified count of 8, not the manifest's 9.",
      "source": "paytable_p2.png, paytable_p3.png"
    }
  },
  "screens": {
    "preview": {
      "type": "preview",
      "content": "Standard Pragmatic Play loading screen on a solid black background: white 'PRAGMATIC' wordmark and orange 'PLAY' wordmark inside a circular orange ring with a small orange crown above it and an orange oval accent inside the ring (stylized 'P' emblem). An orange horizontal progress bar sits below the logo, partially filled. No game name, key-art, promo text, or max-win claim is shown on this frame.",
      "color_blind_notes": "High-contrast white/orange text and bar on black — legible without color discrimination."
    },
    "base_game": {
      "type": "base_game",
      "overall_layout": "5-reel x 4-row grid centered on screen inside a rounded light-brown wooden-plank frame decorated with green vines and small golden honeycomb clusters at the top corners.",
      "title_banner": "Top-center: '3 BUZZING WILDS' wordmark in bold orange/yellow gradient letters with a brown/red outline and light-green glow, on a small wood-plank banner with a leaf and a drop of honey above it.",
      "background": "Bright green jungle-garden scene with large leaves, vines and colorful flowers (pink, purple, blue, yellow) around the frame; soft warm light glow at the top.",
      "reel_cells": "Dark maroon/burgundy semi-transparent tiles on a faint dark-red honeycomb pattern.",
      "symbols_on_this_frame": "Transient random mix (changes every spin) — visible on the captured frame: caterpillar, beekeeper-boy portrait (x2), ladybug, royal letters A/K/Q/J, butterfly. NOTE: the exact per-cell layout is a random snapshot, not a fixed game property, and is not enumerated cell-by-cell.",
      "left_side_plaque": "A pink/purple wooden plaque on the left edge of the reels reading 'BUY FREE SPINS $200' in yellow text on a dark background with a decorative vine border — clickable to open the bonus-buy confirmation dialog.",
      "bottom_bar": {
        "far_left": "Round hamburger MENU button (three horizontal lines) above a round SOUND button (speaker icon), both white glyphs on dark translucent circles; a round 'i' INFORMATION button sits just to their right (opens the 7-page info/paytable booklet).",
        "balance_labels": "Center-left, yellow text: 'CREDIT $100,000.00' and 'BET $2.00'. Clickable to toggle coins/cash view.",
        "center_hint": "'HOLD SPACE FOR TURBO SPIN'.",
        "right_controls": "Large round SPIN button (two white curved arrows forming a circle) center-right; an oval '−' (decrease bet) to its left and oval '+' (increase bet) to its right; an 'AUTOPLAY' button (with a small quick-spin icon) below the spin button.",
        "branding": "'PRAGMATIC PLAY' in small grey text at the very bottom-left."
      },
      "color_blind_notes": "Controls are white glyphs on dark circles (shape-based, not color-coded). Bet +/- distinguished by the +/- glyph, not color. CREDIT/BET are yellow on dark."
    },
    "paytable": {
      "pages": [
        {
          "page": "1 of 7",
          "type": "paytable",
          "header": "GAME RULES",
          "content": "'All symbols pay from left to right on adjacent reels starting from the leftmost reel.' Grid of all paying symbols with 5/4/3-of-a-kind payouts (see 'symbols' section): beekeeper-boy, ladybug, caterpillar, butterfly, A, K, Q, J, then SCATTER (honey beehive) and WILD (red honey-drip plaque) with their own rule captions below each icon.",
          "navigation": "Bottom-left: three green nav controls — left triangle (previous, inactive on page 1), a green X (close, center), a right triangle (next). Page indicator 'Page 1/7' bottom-right. A separate 'X' top-right also closes the booklet.",
          "color_blind_notes": "The three green nav controls are differentiated by SHAPE (left triangle / cross / right triangle), not color alone."
        },
        {
          "page": "2 of 7",
          "type": "paytable",
          "header": "SPECIAL WILDS / FREE SPINS",
          "content": "Explains RANDOM WILDS, EXPANDING WILDS and SURROUNDING WILDS as random base-game events (see 'features.special_wilds_overview'), shows the SURROUNDING WILD queen-bee symbol with its 5/4/3 payouts ($100/$30/$10), then a 'FREE SPINS' section: '3, 4 or 5 SCATTER symbols hit in the base game awards the FREE SPINS feature. Before the round starts, the player has the option to choose one out of 3 possible options', followed by the RANDOM WILDS variant description (10 free spins, sticky random wilds, no retrigger, special reels in play)."
        },
        {
          "page": "3 of 7",
          "type": "paytable",
          "header": "EXPANDING WILDS / SURROUNDING WILDS / MAX WIN / BUY FREE SPINS",
          "content": "EXPANDING WILDS variant (8 free spins, reel-filling sticky wilds, no retrigger); SURROUNDING WILDS variant (6 free spins, neighbor-transforming sticky wilds, no retrigger); MAX WIN section (5,000x bet cap, round ends immediately and forfeits remaining features once reached); BUY FREE SPINS section (100x current total bet to instantly trigger the round)."
        },
        {
          "page": "4 of 7",
          "type": "paytable",
          "header": "GAME RULES",
          "content": "VOLATILITY badge (5/5 lightning bolts) with 'High volatility games pay out less often on average but the chance to hit big wins in a short time span is higher.' A diagram of the 20 numbered paylines over the 5x4 grid (lines 1-20). Text: 'All symbols pay from left to right on selected paylines. All wins are multiplied by bet per line. All values are expressed as actual wins in coins. Only the highest win is paid per line. When winning on multiple paylines, all wins are added to the total win. Free spins win is awarded to the player after the round completes. Free spins total win in the history contains the whole win of the cycle. The maximum RTP of this game is 96.03%. The minimum RTP of this game is 96.02%. The maximum RTP of the game when using \"BUY FREE SPINS\" is 96.02%. The minimum RTP of the game when using \"BUY FREE SPINS\" is 95.99%. MINIMUM BET: $0.20. MAXIMUM BET: $240.00. SPACE and ENTER buttons on the keyboard can be used to start and stop the spin. Malfunction voids all pays and plays.'"
        }
      ]
    },
    "rules": {
      "note": "Info-booklet pages 5-7/7 are logged as manifest type=rules (page 1-3 within that type); the underlying provider booklet numbers them 5/7, 6/7, 7/7 (same booklet as the paytable pages above).",
      "p1_how_to_play": {
        "page": "5 of 7 (rules p1)",
        "header": "HOW TO PLAY / MAIN GAME INTERFACE",
        "content": "'Click the + or - buttons to change the bet value and open the bet menu. Select the bet you want to use in the game. Press the SPIN button to play.' Then icon-by-icon UI legend: hamburger-menu icon opens SETTINGS; a cycling icon cycles spin speed (normal/quick/turbo); speaker icon toggles sound and music; 'i' icon opens the Information page; CREDIT/BET labels show balance and current total bet and toggle coins/cash view when clicked; +/- change the bet and open the bet menu (bet denominations); the round-arrows icon starts the game; AUTOPLAY button opens the automatic play menu (click again to stop it)."
      },
      "p2_settings_menu": {
        "page": "6 of 7 (rules p2)",
        "header": "SETTINGS MENU / INFORMATION SCREEN / BET MENU / MAX WIN (repeat)",
        "content": "SETTINGS MENU: INTRO SCREEN toggles the introductory screen; AMBIENT toggles ambient sound/music; SOUND FX toggles sound effects; GAME HISTORY opens the game history page. INFORMATION SCREEN: left/right green arrows scroll info pages, green X closes it. BET MENU: shows the bet multiplier and current total bet in coins and cash; +/- buttons in BET and COIN VALUE fields change the values. Restates: 'The maximum win amount is limited to 5000X bet. If the total win of a round reaches 5000X bet the round immediately ends, win is awarded up to the cap and all remaining features are forfeited.'"
      },
      "p3_autoplay": {
        "page": "7 of 7 (rules p3)",
        "header": "AUTOPLAY",
        "content": "'Click on the buttons showing the number of possible auto-spins to start Autoplay.' 'SKIP SCREENS option auto-skips the feature introduction and end screens after a short period of time.'"
      }
    },
    "settings": {
      "type": "settings",
      "title": "SYSTEM SETTINGS",
      "panel_style": "Dark semi-transparent panel centered over the dimmed base game, closed via an 'X' at the top-right of the panel.",
      "left_side": "'GAME HISTORY' link with an external-link icon; a 'TOTAL BET' stepper: white round '−' button, value field showing '$2.00', green round '+' button.",
      "right_side_toggles": "Three labelled on/off toggle switches, each with a description line: 'BATTERY SAVER — save battery life by reducing animation speed' (shown OFF, white handle on grey track), 'AMBIENT MUSIC — turn on or off the game music' (shown ON, white pause-bar icon on a green track), 'SOUND FX — turn on or off the game sounds' (shown ON, green track).",
      "color_blind_notes": "Toggle state is shown by BOTH switch handle position (left=off / right=on) and track color (grey=off / green=on) — position is the non-color cue."
    },
    "autoplay": {
      "type": "autoplay",
      "title": "AUTOPLAY SETTINGS",
      "layout": "Dark panel overlay on the dimmed reels; 'X' close button top-right.",
      "options": "Three unchecked square checkboxes in a row: 'TURBO SPIN', 'QUICK SPIN', 'SKIP SCREENS', white labels.",
      "autospins_selector": "'NUMBER OF AUTOSPINS' label above a horizontal slider (green filled track up to a round pause-icon handle) with the value '100' shown to the right.",
      "action": "Large green 'START AUTOPLAY (100)' button spanning the bottom of the panel.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Checkboxes use an empty-square/check-mark shape distinction, not color alone; the primary action button carries explicit text."
    },
    "bet_menu": {
      "type": "info",
      "title": "Bet Multiplier panel (opened via the +/- buttons next to SPIN)",
      "header": "'BET MULTIPLIER 20x' at the top of the panel — this is the same number confirmed as the paylines count.",
      "fields": "BET (a whole-number stepper, coin units, with round grey '−' and green '+' buttons), COIN VALUE (dollar stepper), TOTAL BET (dollar readout, also has its own '−'/'+' pair), and a green 'BET MAX' button at the bottom to jump straight to the maximum bet.",
      "states_observed": [
        {
          "state": "minimum",
          "file": "bet_menu_min.png",
          "bet": 1,
          "coin_value": "$0.01",
          "total_bet": "$0.20",
          "note": "The BET '−' stepper button is visually greyed out/disabled (cannot go lower); the left plaque on the reels reads 'BUY FREE SPINS $20' (100x of $0.20)."
        },
        {
          "state": "anchor (paytable reference bet)",
          "file": "bet_menu_anchor.png",
          "bet": 2,
          "coin_value": "$0.05",
          "total_bet": "$2.00",
          "note": "This is the bet used for all paytable dollar values. Frame also shows a completed free-spins round in the background ('WIN $14.00 / FREE SPINS COMPLETED')."
        },
        {
          "state": "maximum",
          "file": "bet_menu_max.png",
          "bet": 10,
          "coin_value": "$1.20",
          "total_bet": "$240.00",
          "note": "Both the BET '+' and TOTAL BET '+' stepper buttons are visually greyed out/disabled (cannot go higher); the left plaque on the reels reads 'BUY FREE SPINS $24,000' (100x of $240.00)."
        }
      ],
      "color_blind_notes": "Disabled stepper state is shown by a dimmer grey fill vs. the bright green fill of active +/- buttons — a brightness/contrast cue, not hue alone, though it is still a subtle difference worth flagging for low-vision users."
    },
    "win_screen_base_game": {
      "type": "win_screen",
      "content": "A small in-line base-game win: three blue 'J' letters connected by a thin gold highlight line along payline 19 (a zig-zag pattern: top row, middle row, top row, middle row, top row across the 5 reels). Bottom bar shows 'WIN $0.50' in large yellow text and 'LINE 19 PAYS $0.50' beneath it, plus the three winning J symbols repeated as small icons at the very bottom next to the payout text.",
      "color_blind_notes": "The winning payline is traced with a bright gold outline box around each winning cell — shape/outline based, not reliant on symbol color."
    },
    "bonus_buy_confirm": {
      "type": "bonus",
      "content": "A hanging wooden sign-board (suspended by two vines from the top of the screen) reading 'BUY FREE SPINS' in cream/white letters and '$200' in yellow below it. Two buttons beneath: a red square button with a white 'X' (cancel) on the left, a green square button with a white checkmark (confirm) on the right. Below the board, 'TOTAL BET' with its own −/+ stepper and '$2.00' value is shown, allowing the bet (and therefore the buy price) to be changed before confirming.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Cancel vs confirm is distinguished by BOTH color (red/green) AND icon shape (X vs checkmark) — safe for color-blind users."
    },
    "bonus_choice_screen": {
      "type": "bonus",
      "content": "Three tall wooden plaques hang side-by-side on green vines against a dark blurred background of the reels, with a 'BONUS ACTIVE' sign partly visible on the far left edge. Each plaque has a colored top card, a mechanic title in yellow, a short white rule description, a large free-spin-count number, and a matching-colored 'CHOOSE' wood-textured button at its base: (1) LEFT — red card with 'WILD' in dripping orange-honey letters, title 'RANDOM WILDS', text 'Wilds can appear at random during any free spin and remain sticky until the end of the round', count '10 FREE SPINS' in red, red 'CHOOSE' button. (2) MIDDLE — purple card with vertically-stacked dripping-honey letters spelling 'WILD' (one letter per line), title 'EXPANDING WILDS', text 'Any wild that hits expands vertically to the whole reel and remains sticky until the end of the round', count '8 FREE SPINS' in orange, orange 'CHOOSE' button. (3) RIGHT — green card with a portrait of a golden queen-bee wearing a small crown and 'WILD' in orange letters beneath her, title 'SURROUNDING WILDS', text 'Any wilds that hit will be surrounded by other wilds and will remain sticky until the end of the round', count '6 FREE SPINS' in teal/green, green 'CHOOSE' button. Bottom bar switches to a compact layout: sound icon, hamburger-menu icon and 'i' info icon at far bottom-left, then 'PRAGMATIC PLAY' branding, then 'CREDIT $99,798.50 / BET $2.00 / WIN $4.00' centered.",
      "purpose": "Player must click one of the three 'CHOOSE' buttons to commit to that variant before the Free Spins round begins; this choice cannot be changed once made (confirmed by paytable_p2/p3.png stating each variant 'cannot be retriggered').",
      "color_blind_notes": "Each option is distinguished by BOTH a distinct background color (red/purple/green) AND distinct title text AND a distinct free-spin number — safe for color-blind users; none of the three options rely on color alone to be told apart."
    },
    "free_spins_intro": {
      "type": "free_spins",
      "content": "A 'CONGRATULATIONS!' wood-plank banner (yellow 3D letters with a purple/magenta outline) at the top, decorated with leaves and honey drips. Below it, a large empty wooden picture-frame/curtain area (used to reveal the chosen variant's spin count) with 'PRESS ANYWHERE TO CONTINUE' text centered in it. A small animated bee character floats at the left edge; a 'BONUS ACTIVE' / 'LAST FREE SPIN' plaque sits on the far left depending on which intro is shown. Bottom bar shows CREDIT, BET, WIN and 'FREE SPINS LEFT n'.",
      "variant_specific": "The Surrounding Wilds intro (free_spins_surrounding_intro.png) shows the number '6' inside a small honey-drop icon directly on the wood board plus the caption 'FREE SPINS' below it, instead of the blank curtain used by the other two variants' captured frames."
    },
    "free_spins_gameplay": {
      "type": "free_spins",
      "content": "Same 5x4 reel grid, now on a bright blue-sky sunflower-field background (large orange/yellow sunflowers bottom corners, small birds in the sky, small butterflies). A left-side plaque reads 'FREE SPINS LEFT n' (or 'LAST FREE SPIN' on the final spin) in place of the base game's 'BUY FREE SPINS' plaque. Bottom-center shows 'WIN $x.xx' and sometimes a line-pay caption (e.g. 'LINE 5 PAYS $5.00') or 'WINNER'. The AUTOPLAY icon at bottom-right is replaced by a red-outlined square/skip icon during the round (used to skip the win-count animation).",
      "sticky_wild_accumulation": "In Random Wilds and Surrounding Wilds rounds, previously-landed WILD tiles (honey-drip 'WILD' plaques or the transformed neighbor cells) stay visible and highlighted with a bright gold cell outline on every subsequent spin, visually building up toward a wild-covered grid by the last spin.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Feature state is signalled by BOTH a full background palette shift (green jungle -> blue sky/sunflowers) AND text ('FREE SPINS LEFT', 'LAST FREE SPIN') — not color alone."
    },
    "celebration_overlays": {
      "type": "free_spins",
      "content": "Mid-round win-tier celebrations pause the action with a centered overlay: 'NICE!' in yellow-white 3D letters on a wood banner over a glowing teal starburst with a honey-jar icon (a wooden honey pot with a dipper stick, dripping golden honey), and the win amount in a teal honeycomb-patterned plaque below (observed: 'NICE! $29.50'). A higher tier shows only the win amount in giant yellow 3D digits over a torn/dripping honey-colored ribbon banner with no jar icon, captioned 'SUPERB WIN' in small text at the bottom (observed: '$119.50'). Both appear over the same sunflower-field background, dimmed."
    },
    "free_spins_win_total": {
      "type": "win_screen",
      "content": "A 'CONGRATULATIONS!' wood banner at the top (same style as the intro banner) above 'YOU HAVE WON' in white/cream text, a dark wood plaque with the dollar total in large gold 3D digits, then 'IN n FREE SPINS' in white/cream text, and 'PRESS ANYWHERE TO CONTINUE' beneath. Small animated bee characters float at both left and right edges. Observed totals: Random Wilds round = '$252.50 IN 10 FREE SPINS'; Expanding Wilds round = '$17.00 IN 8 FREE SPINS'; Surrounding Wilds round = '$14.00 IN 6 FREE SPINS'.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Win amount is large high-contrast gold text on dark wood — legible without color discrimination."
    }
  },
  "accessibility_observations": {
    "screen_reader": "Control positions are stable across all base-game/free-spins frames: menu+sound+info stacked or grouped at bottom-left, balance labels center-left, bet +/- flanking the central SPIN button, autoplay directly below SPIN. The info booklet is a strictly linear 7-page sequence navigated with left/right green triangle arrows and closed with a green X (or the top-right X); a 'Page n/7' counter is printed on every page.",
    "motor": "All primary targets (SPIN, CHOOSE buttons, confirm/cancel) are large. SPACE/ENTER also spin (keyboard-operable), and holding SPACE triggers turbo spin. Autoplay (with optional SKIP SCREENS) reduces the number of required clicks for repeated play and for skipping feature intro/end screens.",
    "color_blind": "Most affordances are non-color: nav arrows differentiated by shape/direction, toggle switches differentiated by handle position as well as track color, bonus-buy confirm uses X vs checkmark icons in addition to red/green, and the three free-spins variants are differentiated by title text and spin-count number in addition to card color. Residual risk: the royal-card letters (A/K/Q/J) and the special-wild plaques rely partly on color to feel visually distinct, but all are also uniquely identified by their printed letter/word, so identity is never color-only.",
    "deaf_hard_of_hearing": "No audio-only information was observed; AMBIENT MUSIC and SOUND FX are purely decorative toggles. Game state (win amounts, spins left, feature variant, multiplier-free mechanics) is conveyed entirely through on-screen text and imagery."
  },
  "manifest_note_discrepancies": [
    "free_spins_random_last.png: manifest note states '9 sticky WILD на поле' (9 sticky WILD tiles on the grid). Direct pixel count (verified with a 2x zoom crop) shows 8 WILD tiles: row1 cols 1 and 5; row2 cols 1, 2 and 5; row3 cols 1 and 4; row4 col 2. Documentation uses the verified count of 8.",
    "All other manifest notes checked against their frames (bet limits, RTP figures, max win, free-spin counts per variant, win totals, symbol identities) matched the pixels exactly — no further discrepancies found."
  ],
  "unreadable_or_uncertain": [
    "Exact spin index within each free-spins round (e.g. 'spin 3', 'spin 4' as guessed in some manifest notes) cannot be independently verified from a single frame — only the 'FREE SPINS LEFT n' countdown is a hard on-screen fact, and that value is used throughout this documentation instead of the guessed spin index.",
    "Whether the base-game random WILD/EXPANDING WILD/SURROUNDING WILD events (described on paytable_p2.png as happening 'on random base game spins') were actually observed live in the captured base-game frames is not established — no base-game frame in this capture set shows one of these events occurring; only the Free-Spins-feature versions were captured in play.",
    "[ПРАВКА ТЛ] The hero symbol was originally described with weapon similes ('shotgun-shaped', 'rifle-shaped'). A 4x zoom of the symbol shows a YELLOW BEE-FACED boy in white gloves holding a plain wooden beekeeper's tool with a flared end - there is no weapon in this game. The similes had leaked into the logo generator, which drew a child holding a shotgun twice in a row; wording corrected and the logo regenerated."
  ]
}