Alien Invaders

{
  "game": {
    "name": "Alien Invaders",
    "provider": "Pragmatic Play",
    "studio": null,
    "studio_note": "Footer on every in-game screen reads only 'PRAGMATIC PLAY' (small grey text, bottom-left). No distinct sub-studio brand observed anywhere in the 24 captured frames, so studio is left null/omitted rather than duplicating the provider name.",
    "theme": "Retro sci-fi 'alien invasion' comedy theme. A small brown/tan cartoon alien mascot with huge blue eyes, pointed ears, two antennae and a wide toothy grin pilots a white/chrome flying saucer (visible bottom-right of the base game and most overlay screens). Reel symbols are goofy cartoon 'monster' aliens (tongues out, big eyes) rendered in slime-like glossy colors, mixed with card-royal letters styled as gooey alien creatures. Backdrop: a purple/blue starry night sky over a reddish-orange rocky desert planet surface, with a ringed alien moon/planet visible in the upper-left and the game logo planet in the upper-right.",
    "documentation_purpose": "Exhaustive accessibility documentation (blind/low-vision screen-reader users, deaf/hard-of-hearing, color-blind of all types, motor-impaired) built from 24 curated desktop screenshots (manifest.json) plus visual re-verification of every key frame at full resolution and one zoomed crop (ante-disabled Buy Free Spins button).",
    "method_notes": "All numeric values below were read directly, verbatim, from the in-game rules booklet (8 pages), the live UI, and the bonus-buy dialogs. Nothing was inferred from web sources or memory. Where a value could not be confirmed on any captured frame, it is listed in 'unreadable_or_uncertain' instead of being guessed.",
    "language": "English",
    "release_date": "2025-07-10",
    "release_date_precision": "day",
    "series": null
  },

  "color_palette": {
    "base_game_background": "Deep indigo/purple starry sky at the top transitioning to a warm orange/red rocky desert planet surface at the bottom; small white stars scattered throughout; a faint blue/purple ringed planet in the far upper-left.",
    "reel_frame": "Heavy brushed steel/gunmetal-grey mechanical frame with olive-green glowing indicator lights down each side and orange warning-stripe pistons at the bottom corners; a blue LED screen bar across the top of the frame reading status text (e.g. 'WIN STARTS IN BASE GAME').",
    "reel_cells": "Dark near-black/navy semi-transparent tiles with no visible dividing grid lines; the bottom row is set off by a glowing cyan/blue horizontal line beneath it (the 'marked row').",
    "symbol_colors": "Fire monster = orange/red flame-textured; one-eyed monster = pale icy blue; four-eyed monster = pale blue-white; green monster (tongue out) = yellow-green; card letters rendered as gooey creature-style glyphs: A = red, K = green, Q = blue, J = mustard-yellow, 10 = magenta/pink. WILD = a dark purple/magenta horned monster face on a glowing purple card labelled 'WILD' with its multiplier in yellow. SCATTER = a burning grey/brown meteor/asteroid trailing orange fire, with the word 'SCATTER' in orange 3D letters.",
    "logo": "'ALIEN' in orange-to-yellow gradient letters, 'INVADERS' in green-to-teal gradient letters, both with dark outlines, set against a small purple ringed-planet emblem (upper right of every screen).",
    "ui_accents": "Cyan/blue for informational banners and neutral buttons; green for primary action buttons (BUY FREE SPINS, confirm checkmarks, ON toggles, SKIP SCREENS checkbox, START AUTOPLAY); red/pink for the alternate purchase option (BUY SUPER FREE SPINS) and cancel (X) buttons; gold/yellow for CREDIT/BET currency text and win multiplier value text; free-spins screens shift the reel-frame accent from cyan to purple (regular Free Spins) or the whole background to a daytime blue city skyline with UFOs and a green accent frame (Super Free Spins)."
  },

  "grid_and_mechanics": {
    "layout": "5 vertical reels. This is NOT a fixed rectangular grid: each reel independently displays 3, 4 or 5 symbols on every spin, chosen at random, so the visible shape of the board changes every spin (confirmed visually: base_game.png happened to show a full 5x5 board, while free_spins_play_01.png and super_free_spins_play.png show reels with only 2-3 visible symbols on the same spin).",
    "marked_row": "The bottom-most row of symbols is always highlighted with a glowing cyan line beneath it ('the bottom, marked row').",
    "win_trigger": "A win occurs only when 3 or more symbols of the same type land on the bottom marked row (i.e. the trigger is POSITIONAL - it must be on that specific row).",
    "payout_scope_once_triggered": "Once a symbol wins on the marked row, every reel that contributed a winning symbol becomes 'active', and ALL instances of that winning symbol anywhere on the active reels (not just the marked row) are counted into the winning combination and paid - so the payout itself is NOT positionally restricted, only the trigger is.",
    "source": "Verbatim rule quoted from paytable page 1/8 (GAME RULES header): \"The game is played on a grid of 5 vertical reels with 3, 4 or 5 symbols randomly hitting on each reel at every spin. The bottom row of symbols is always marked. Wins occur when 3 or more symbols of the same type hit on the bottom, marked row of the reels. When that happens, the reels that have winning symbols on them become active and all instances of the winning symbol on the active reels count for creating winning combinations.\"",
    "explicit_non_classification": "This mechanic is deliberately NOT labelled as paylines, ways-to-win, cluster pays or pure scatter-pays in this documentation, since none of those terms are used in the game's own rules and none precisely describes the positional-trigger + non-positional-payout behaviour above. No 'number of paylines/ways' figure is stated anywhere in the captured rules; the demo URL slug ('vs20alieninv') is an internal Pragmatic Play code, not a count of paylines.",
    "reel_count": 5,
    "rows_per_reel": "Variable, 3 to 5 (random each spin); no fixed row count.",
    "highest_win_only_per_combination": "\"Only the highest win is paid per winning combination. When winning with multiple combinations all wins are added to the total win.\" (paytable page 5/8, GAME RULES)."
  },

  "symbols": {
    "note": "Payout values are read verbatim from the paytable (page 1/8), where every paying symbol uses an identical linear model: 'Pays $X.XX for each symbol in the winning combination.' There are NO tiered values for 3-of-a-kind / 4-of-a-kind / 5-of-a-kind - the total payout is simply (price-per-symbol) x (number of instances of that symbol counted on the active reels, per grid_and_mechanics above). Prices below are quoted at the demo default bet of $2.00 (screenshots base_game.png / paytable_p1.png).",
    "payout_model": "linear_per_symbol_count",
    "high_value": [
      {
        "name": "Fire monster (highest-paying symbol)",
        "appearance": "Round orange/red flame-textured alien face with three closed 'sleepy' eyes (one on the forehead) and a wide grin, wreathed in fire.",
        "price_per_symbol": "$2.00",
        "source": "paytable page 1/8"
      },
      {
        "name": "One-eyed blue monster",
        "appearance": "Pale icy-blue rounded creature with one large single eye, small arms raised, standing pose, faint smile.",
        "price_per_symbol": "$1.00",
        "source": "paytable page 1/8"
      },
      {
        "name": "Four-eyed pale-blue monster",
        "appearance": "Pale blue-white fuzzy creature with four small eyes clustered together and a toothy grin.",
        "price_per_symbol": "$0.50",
        "source": "paytable page 1/8"
      },
      {
        "name": "Green tongue-out monster",
        "appearance": "Yellow-green creature with bulging eyes on stalks and a long pink tongue hanging out.",
        "price_per_symbol": "$0.50",
        "source": "paytable page 1/8"
      }
    ],
    "low_value_royals": [
      {"name": "A", "color": "red", "price_per_symbol": "$0.20", "source": "paytable page 1/8"},
      {"name": "K", "color": "green", "price_per_symbol": "$0.10", "source": "paytable page 1/8"},
      {"name": "Q", "color": "blue", "price_per_symbol": "$0.10", "source": "paytable page 1/8"},
      {"name": "J", "color": "mustard-yellow", "price_per_symbol": "$0.10", "source": "paytable page 1/8"},
      {"name": "10", "color": "magenta/pink", "price_per_symbol": "$0.10", "source": "paytable page 1/8"}
    ],
    "wild": {
      "name": "WILD",
      "appearance": "Dark purple/magenta horned monster face with glowing eyes on a purple-framed card, the word 'WILD' in yellow 3D letters across the bottom, and its current random multiplier (e.g. '2X', '25X', '3X', '100X') displayed next to/above the WILD text.",
      "substitution_rule": "Substitutes for all symbols for the purpose of winning combinations, EXCEPT for SCATTER.",
      "reel_restriction_base_game": "Can appear only on reel 3 during the base game.",
      "reel_restriction_free_spins": "Can appear on reels 2, 3 and 4 during the Free Spins feature.",
      "activation_rule": "The WILD is inactive (does not substitute) unless it is on, or reaches, the bottom marked row; above the marked row it is shown visually as inactive, and becomes active once it reaches the bottom row.",
      "multiplier_range_base_game": "Random multiplier of 1x, 2x, 3x, 5x, 10x or 25x.",
      "multiplier_range_free_spins": "Random multiplier of 1x, 2x, 3x, 5x, 10x, 25x, 50x or 100x (confirmed both in the rules text on page 3/8 and visually on preview_02.png, which shows an in-game example WILD carrying a 100X multiplier during Free Spins).",
      "own_payout_table": "A separate small payout list is printed directly beneath the WILD icon on paytable page 2/8: '3 - $0.30', '2 - $0.20', '1 - $0.10'. Arithmetically this is identical to the $0.10-per-symbol linear rate used for the low royals (0.10 x3=0.30, x2=0.20, x1=0.10), so the WILD appears to pay at the same $0.10-per-symbol rate as K/Q/J/10 when it forms/joins a combination. The explicit listing of counts of 1 and 2 (which cannot occur through the normal 3-on-the-marked-row trigger) is consistent with the SCATTER-explosion feature, which can create winning combinations of any size including 1 or 2 symbols (see features.scatter_explosion below).",
      "source": "paytable page 2/8"
    },
    "scatter": {
      "name": "SCATTER",
      "appearance": "In-reel symbol art: a burning grey/brown meteor or asteroid trailing orange flame, with the word 'SCATTER' in bold orange 3D letters beneath it. On the paytable page 2/8 it is shown as a round coin/medallion badge with a monster face and 'SCATTER' text.",
      "reel_restriction": "Can appear on all reels.",
      "own_symbol_payout": "No standalone per-symbol price is listed for SCATTER on paytable page 1/8; its function is the explosion/trigger mechanic below, not a fixed payout table of its own.",
      "explosion_rule": "Whenever a SCATTER symbol hits, or reaches, the bottom marked row, it explodes together with all symbols immediately adjacent to it - horizontally, vertically and diagonally (up to 8 neighbouring cells). Symbols exploded this way are treated as winning combinations and pay according to their own paytable price, however many of that symbol were exploded (including counts of 1 or 2, unlike the normal 3-on-marked-row trigger).",
      "free_spins_trigger": "3 or more SCATTER symbols across a base-game spin (including all resulting tumbles) award the Free Spins feature.",
      "source": "paytable pages 2/8 and 3/8"
    }
  },

  "features": {
    "tumble": {
      "name": "TUMBLE FEATURE",
      "rule": "After every spin, winning combinations are paid and all winning symbols disappear. Remaining symbols fall towards the bottom of the screen and empty positions are refilled with new symbols falling from above. Tumbling repeats until no more winning combinations appear as a result of a tumble. All wins from a base spin are added to the player's balance only after every tumble in that spin sequence has been played.",
      "source": "paytable page 2/8"
    },
    "win_multiplier": {
      "name": "WIN MULTIPLIER FEATURE",
      "rule": "Every spin starts with a multiplier of 1x, shown in a circular gauge labelled 'WIN MULTIPLIER' at the top-left of the screen. Every 10 symbols that explode during tumbles, or are exploded by a SCATTER, add +1x to the win multiplier. Any multiplier carried by a WILD symbol is also added to the win multiplier when that WILD reaches the bottom marked row. The current win multiplier applies to winning combinations as they happen.",
      "display": "Round blue-glass gauge, top-left of the screen, showing the current value in white text (e.g. '1X', '4X', '102X' as a promo example, '50X' at the start of Super Free Spins).",
      "source": "paytable page 2/8"
    },
    "free_spins": {
      "name": "FREE SPINS",
      "trigger": "3 or more SCATTER symbols across a base-game spin (and all tumbles resulting from it) trigger the Free Spins feature.",
      "spins_awarded": "7 free spins, plus an additional 3 free spins for each SCATTER symbol beyond the 3rd.",
      "reel_growth": "During the Free Spins round, every reel always starts with 3 symbols; after every spin, one randomly chosen reel might have its symbol count increase by 1, up to a maximum of 5 on that reel. Once a reel reaches its new size it stays at that size for the rest of the round.",
      "multiplier_persistence": "All increases of the win multiplier achieved during any free spin persist for the rest of the round (the multiplier does not reset between free spins).",
      "retrigger": "Any SCATTER symbol that hits, or reaches, the bottom marked row during the Free Spins round awards 1 additional free spin.",
      "wild_multiplier_in_feature": "The WILD symbol during Free Spins can carry a random multiplier of 1x, 2x, 3x, 5x, 10x, 25x, 50x or 100x.",
      "special_reels": "'Special reels are in play during the feature' (stated verbatim in the rules); observed visually as a background/frame-theme change (purple sci-fi tint for regular Free Spins won via natural trigger, and a daytime city skyline with flying saucers for the Super Free Spins variant bought directly - see bonus_buy below).",
      "source": "paytable page 3/8"
    },
    "ante_bet": {
      "name": "ANTE BET",
      "rule": "The player can select a bet multiplier that changes how the game behaves. Bet multiplier 25x: the chance to win the Free Spins round is naturally doubled and more SCATTER symbols are present on the reels, but the BUY FREE SPINS feature is disabled. Bet multiplier 20x: normal play (Ante Bet off).",
      "cost_multiplier_measured": "Turning Ante Bet ON multiplies the displayed BET by x1.25 (e.g. base bet $2.00 -> $2.50 with Ante ON, shown on base_game.png / ante_on.png; base bet $240.00 -> $300.00 with Ante ON on max_bet_normal_240.png/ante_on.png; in coins view, 200 coins base bet -> 250 coins with Ante ON on coins_view.png). This x1.25 factor is the practical multiplier the player pays; the rules text describes it internally as 'bet multiplier 25x vs 20x' (25/20 = 1.25), i.e. the same ratio expressed as internal multiplier units rather than a plain surcharge.",
      "ui_state": "A toggle labelled 'BET $2.50 / DOUBLE CHANCE TO WIN FEATURE' with an ON/OFF switch and a checkmark, located on the left side panel above the BUY FREE SPINS button.",
      "buy_free_spins_disabled_when_on": "Confirmed visually: with Ante Bet ON, the BUY FREE SPINS button (normally bright green) is rendered in a dark, desaturated green with dim grey-green text, i.e. visibly disabled (see zoomed crop of ante_on.png).",
      "source": "paytable page 4/8, plus visual confirmation on ante_on.png and max_bet_normal_240.png"
    },
    "bonus_buy": {
      "buy_free_spins": {
        "label": "BUY FREE SPINS",
        "price_at_bet_3": "$195.00",
        "multiplier_of_total_bet": "65x total bet",
        "verified": "At Total Bet = $3.00 (shown in the dialog itself), the price is $195.00, and $195.00 / $3.00 = 65x, matching the rules text 'Pay 65x total bet to trigger the FREE SPINS feature.' exactly.",
        "effect": "Instantly triggers the Free Spins round described above (7+ spins from a simulated 3-SCATTER trigger).",
        "dialog_color": "Blue/cyan-framed square button, left side of the two-option purchase dialog.",
        "source": "bonus_buy_dialog.png + paytable page 4/8"
      },
      "buy_super_free_spins": {
        "label": "BUY SUPER FREE SPINS",
        "price_at_bet_3": "$1,200.00",
        "multiplier_of_total_bet": "400x total bet",
        "verified": "At Total Bet = $3.00, the price is $1,200.00, and $1,200.00 / $3.00 = 400x, matching the rules text 'Pay 400x total bet to trigger the SUPER FREE SPINS feature.' exactly.",
        "starting_multiplier": "The WIN MULTIPLIER gauge starts at 50x for the whole Super Free Spins round (confirmed both in the rules text and visually: super_free_spins_play.png shows the gauge reading '50X' at 'FREE SPINS LEFT 3').",
        "effect": "Instantly triggers a Free Spins round (also awarding 7 spins on the captured attempt) with the 'special reels' visual theme changed to a blue daytime city skyline with flying-saucer silhouettes in the background, and a green-accented reel frame (vs. the default purple-tinted Free Spins theme).",
        "dialog_color": "Red/pink/magenta-framed square button, right side of the two-option purchase dialog, with the text 'MULTIPLIER STARTS AT X50' beneath the price.",
        "confirmation_dialog": "A second modal appears after selecting Buy Super Free Spins: red panel repeating 'BUY SUPER FREE SPINS $1,200.00' with a red 'X' (cancel) button and a green checkmark (confirm) button.",
        "source": "bonus_buy_dialog.png, buy_super_confirm_01.png + paytable page 4/8"
      },
      "purchase_flow_note": "Both purchase buttons are shown together in a single dialog (opened via the BUY FREE SPINS side-panel button in the base game); prices scale with the Total Bet set at the moment of purchase (captured at $3.00 total bet)."
    },
    "max_win": {
      "value": "5,000x bet",
      "rule": "The maximum win amount is limited to 5,000x bet. If the total win of a Free Spins round reaches 5,000x bet, the round immediately ends, the win is awarded (up to the cap) and all remaining features are forfeited.",
      "cross_confirmation": "Matches the promo splash text 'WIN UP TO 5,000 X BET' (preview_01.png).",
      "source": "paytable pages 4/8 and 7/8"
    }
  },

  "technical_summary": {
    "rtp": {
      "base": {"percent": 96.50, "source": "paytable page 5/8: 'The theoretical RTP of this game is 96.50%'"},
      "ante_bet": {"percent": 96.51, "source": "paytable page 5/8: 'The RTP of the game when using the \"ANTE BET\" is 96.51%'"},
      "buy_free_spins": {"percent": 96.49, "source": "paytable page 5/8: 'The RTP of the game when using \"BUY FREE SPINS\" is 96.49%'"},
      "buy_super_free_spins": {"percent": 96.51, "source": "paytable page 5/8: 'The RTP of the game when using \"BUY SUPER FREE SPINS\" is 96.51%'"}
    },
    "volatility": "High. Confirmed by text on paytable page 5/8: 'High volatility games pay out less often on average but the chance to hit big wins in a short time span is higher.' A 5-of-5 lightning-bolt badge labelled 'VOLATILITY' is also shown next to the text (and separately on the base game HUD and preview screens) and is consistent with the text, so there is no discrepancy to flag here.",
    "bet_range": {
      "minimum_bet": "$0.20",
      "minimum_bet_source": "paytable page 5/8: 'MINIMUM BET: $0.20'",
      "printed_maximum_bet": "$300.00",
      "printed_maximum_bet_source": "paytable page 5/8: 'MAXIMUM BET: $300.00'",
      "printed_maximum_bet_caveat": "This printed figure is NOT the ceiling of ordinary (Ante-off) play. It equals the Ante Bet ceiling: $240.00 x 1.25 = $300.00.",
      "real_normal_game_maximum_bet": "$240.00",
      "real_normal_game_maximum_bet_source": "Measured directly by pressing the '+' bet-increase control to its hard limit in the Settings > Total Bet stepper, with Ante Bet OFF: the value stops increasing at $240.00 (max_bet_normal_240.png). With the same $240.00 base bet, enabling Ante Bet shows $300.00 in the side BET panel (ante_on.png / max_bet_normal_240.png background panel), confirming the x1.25 relationship."
    },
    "demo_defaults": {
      "default_bet": "$2.00",
      "default_credit": "$100,000.00"
    },
    "coins_view": {
      "how_to_switch": "Clicking the CREDIT or BET labels in the bottom bar toggles between cash view (dollar amounts) and coins view (integer coin counts).",
      "observed_values": "With a $2.00 cash bet, coins view shows CREDIT 83,333 and BET 200 (coins_view.png). This implies a coin denomination of $0.01 per coin (200 coins x $0.01 = $2.00).",
      "ante_cross_check": "With Ante Bet ON at the same base bet, the ante side-panel in coins view reads BET 250 (200 x 1.25 = 250), which is consistent with the x1.25 Ante multiplier measured in cash view.",
      "payout_basis_conclusion": "Symbol payout prices quoted throughout this document (e.g. $2.00/$1.00/$0.50/$0.20/$0.10 per symbol) are the cash-view amounts shown on the paytable at the $2.00 demo default bet; they are multipliers of total bet expressed directly in dollars, consistent with the linear per-symbol payout model described above."
    },
    "keyboard": "SPACE and ENTER keys start and stop the spin (paytable page 5/8).",
    "malfunction_clause": "'Malfunction voids all pays and plays.' (paytable page 5/8)."
  },

  "screens": {
    "preview": [
      {
        "frame": "preview_01.png",
        "content": "Loading/splash screen. Top-right: the 'ALIEN INVADERS' logo (orange/yellow 'ALIEN', green/teal 'INVADERS') in front of a small purple ringed planet. Left side: a round blue-glass 'WIN MULTIPLIER' gauge reading '2X' as a promo example. Center: the full reel frame is visible behind translucent promo elements, showing a mixed board of monster symbols, royal letters, several SCATTER meteor tiles and falling burning-rock graphics. Bottom-center banner: 'WIN UP TO 5,000 X BET' in bold cyan/white text. Right side: the alien mascot (tan/orange creature with big blue eyes and antennae) riding a white flying saucer, with a rotating circular 'enter/replay' icon (two curved white arrows) overlapping its saucer. Below that: a 'VOLATILITY' badge with 5 filled lightning bolts. Bottom-right: a square checkbox labelled \"DON'T SHOW NEXT TIME\".",
        "purpose": "Entry splash shown before the base game loads; clicking anywhere / the circular icon proceeds into the base game.",
        "color_blind_notes": "Max-win callout and logo are large high-contrast text; the mascot/saucer icon and checkbox are shape-based, not color-coded."
      },
      {
        "frame": "preview_02.png",
        "content": "A second cycling promo panel (same overall layout as preview_01). Banner text changes to 'WILDS WITH RANDOM MULTIPLIERS UP TO 100X IN FREE SPINS'. The WIN MULTIPLIER gauge shows an example value of '102X'. Three example WILD symbols (dark purple horned-monster cards) are visible on the reels carrying example multipliers of 25X, 3X and 100X respectively, illustrating the WILD multiplier range.",
        "purpose": "Promotional callout describing the Free Spins WILD-multiplier feature before entering the game.",
        "color_blind_notes": "WILD multiplier values are printed as white/yellow numerals directly on each WILD card, legible independent of the purple card color."
      }
    ],
    "base_game": {
      "frame": "base_game.png",
      "layout": "5 vertical reels inside a grey mechanical/steel frame with glowing green side-lights, centered on the purple-to-orange planet-surface background.",
      "top_bar": "A blue LED status banner across the top of the reel frame (reads 'WIN STARTS IN BASE GAME' on this frame, changes contextually).",
      "left_side_stack_top_to_bottom": "Round blue 'WIN MULTIPLIER' gauge showing '1X'; green 'BUY FREE SPINS' square button; dark-blue 'BET $2.50 / DOUBLE CHANCE TO WIN FEATURE' Ante panel with a green 'OFF' toggle; a small two-part legend tile at the bottom showing a SCATTER meteor icon next to a plain magenta/pink square (likely a WILD color-key swatch).",
      "right_side": "'ALIEN INVADERS' logo top-right; the tan alien mascot riding its flying saucer bottom-right.",
      "bottom_bar": {
        "far_left_icons": "A round hamburger-menu icon ('=', opens System Settings) above a round speaker/sound icon; a round 'i' info icon to their right (opens the 8-page rules booklet).",
        "balance_labels": "'CREDIT $100,000.00' and 'BET $2.00' in yellow text, center-left; clickable to switch coins/cash view.",
        "center_hint": "'HOLD SPACE FOR TURBO SPIN'.",
        "right_controls": "Round '-' (decrease bet), a large circular SPIN button (two white curved arrows forming a circle) with an 'AUTOPLAY' label/button beneath it, and a round '+' (increase bet)."
      },
      "reel_cells": "Dark navy/near-black semi-transparent tiles; on this captured frame all 5 reels happen to show 5 symbols each (a full 5x5 board), but this is only one random outcome - other captured spins (e.g. free_spins_play_01.png, super_free_spins_play.png) show reels with as few as 2 visible symbols, confirming the variable 3-5 row height described in the rules.",
      "marked_row": "The bottom row is set off from the rest of the board by a glowing cyan horizontal line.",
      "footer_branding": "'PRAGMATIC PLAY' in small grey text, bottom-left corner.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Controls are white glyphs on dark circles (shape-based). CREDIT/BET are yellow-on-dark. The Ante toggle uses both switch position (left/right) and an ON/OFF word plus a checkmark icon, not color alone."
    },
    "paytable_and_rules_booklet": {
      "structure": "A single 8-page modal booklet, opened by the round 'i' info button. Every page shares the same navigation: a green left-pointing triangle (previous page), a green 'X' (close), a green right-pointing triangle (next page), bottom-left; and a 'Page N/8' counter, bottom-right. The live reels remain dimly visible behind the semi-transparent black modal panel on every page.",
      "page_1": {
        "frame": "paytable_p1.png",
        "header": "GAME RULES",
        "content": "The verbatim grid-mechanics rule quoted in grid_and_mechanics above, followed by the full 9-symbol paytable (fire monster, one-eyed blue monster, four-eyed pale monster, green tongue monster, A, K, Q, J, 10) each with its 'Pays $X.XX for each symbol in the winning combination' line - see 'symbols' section for exact values."
      },
      "page_2": {
        "frame": "paytable_p2.png",
        "header": "(continues GAME RULES, no repeated title)",
        "content": "TUMBLE FEATURE full text; WILD symbol icon with substitution/activation rules and its 3/2/1-count payout list ($0.30/$0.20/$0.10); SCATTER symbol icon with its explosion rule; WIN MULTIPLIER FEATURE full text."
      },
      "page_3": {
        "frame": "paytable_p3.png",
        "header": "FREE SPINS",
        "content": "Full Free Spins trigger/award/growth/retrigger/WILD-multiplier text quoted in 'features.free_spins' above, ending with 'Special reels are in play during the feature.'"
      },
      "page_4": {
        "frame": "paytable_p4.png",
        "header": "(continues rules, no title banner)",
        "content": "MAX WIN section (5,000x cap rule); ANTE BET section (25x vs 20x bet-multiplier explanation, Buy Free Spins disabled at 25x); BUY FREE SPINS section (65x total bet) and its SUPER variant (400x total bet, multiplier starts at 50x)."
      },
      "page_5": {
        "frame": "paytable_p5.png",
        "header": "GAME RULES",
        "content": "VOLATILITY badge (5/5 lightning bolts) with the high-volatility explanatory sentence; 'only highest win per combination, multiple combinations summed' rule; 'all wins x base bet, values in coins'; Free Spins round win awarded after round completion; the four RTP percentages; MINIMUM BET $0.20 / MAXIMUM BET $300.00; SPACE/ENTER spin controls; malfunction clause."
      },
      "page_6": {
        "frame": "paytable_p6.png",
        "header": "HOW TO PLAY / MAIN GAME INTERFACE",
        "content": "Explains the +/- bet controls and bet menu, the SPIN button, the hamburger Settings-menu icon, the spin-speed-cycle icon (normal/quick/turbo), the sound toggle icon, the 'i' info-page icon, CREDIT/BET coins-vs-cash toggling, and the AUTOPLAY button (opens/closes the autoplay menu)."
      },
      "page_7": {
        "frame": "paytable_p7.png",
        "header": "SETTINGS MENU / INFORMATION SCREEN / BET MENU",
        "content": "Describes INTRO SCREEN, AMBIENT, SOUND FX and GAME HISTORY settings toggles; the info-page navigation arrows/close icon; the BET MENU (bet multiplier and total bet in coins and cash, +/- controls for BET and COIN VALUE fields); repeats the 5,000x max-win cap rule."
      },
      "page_8": {
        "frame": "paytable_p8.png",
        "header": "AUTOPLAY",
        "content": "Explains that clicking a number-of-autospins button starts Autoplay, and that SKIP SCREENS auto-skips feature intro/end screens after a short delay."
      },
      "color_notes": "Body text is white on a plain dark/near-black modal panel (no ornate frame graphics, unlike some other PP titles); headers are white/bold; the three navigation glyphs are green and distinguished from each other by SHAPE (left triangle / X / right triangle), not color alone - safe for color-blind users."
    },
    "settings": {
      "frame": "settings.png",
      "title": "SYSTEM SETTINGS",
      "layout": "Centered dark panel over the dimmed base game; a white 'X' closes it, top-right.",
      "left_side": "'GAME HISTORY' link (with an external-link icon) and a 'TOTAL BET' stepper: round white '-' button, current value in a dark field (e.g. '$2.00' or, when at the ordinary-game ceiling, '$240.00' as seen in max_bet_normal_240.png), round green '+' button.",
      "right_side_toggles": "Four labelled on/off switches, each with a short description beneath: 'BATTERY SAVER' (save battery life by reducing animation speed, shown OFF/white here), 'AMBIENT MUSIC' (turn game music on/off, shown ON/green), 'SOUND FX' (turn game sounds on/off, shown ON/green), 'INTRO SCREEN' (show the intro screen before starting the game, shown ON/green).",
      "color_blind_notes": "Each toggle's state is shown by BOTH switch handle position (left=off, right=on) and fill color (grey=off, green=on) - position is the non-color cue, so it remains legible for color-blind users."
    },
    "bet_ceiling_and_ante_info": {
      "frames": ["max_bet_normal_240.png", "ante_on.png", "coins_view.png"],
      "content": "Three info captures documenting the bet-ceiling investigation: (1) max_bet_normal_240.png - Settings > Total Bet stepper stopped at $240.00 with Ante off, while the Ante side-panel visible behind the modal already reads $300.00 for the same base bet, proving the printed $300.00 'MAXIMUM BET' in the rules is the Ante-inflated figure, not the ordinary ceiling; (2) ante_on.png - Ante Bet toggled ON (switch reads 'ON' with a green checkmark), BET panel shows $300.00 for a $240.00 base bet, and the BUY FREE SPINS button is visibly dimmed/desaturated (disabled), matching the rule that Ante disables the buy feature; (3) coins_view.png - after clicking the CREDIT/BET labels, the HUD switches to integer coin counts (CREDIT 83,333 / BET 200 for a $2.00 base bet), with the Ante side-panel showing BET 250 coins for the same x1.25 relationship.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Ante ON/OFF state is conveyed by both switch position and the words 'ON'/'OFF' plus a checkmark icon; the disabled Buy Free Spins button relies on brightness/saturation contrast, which is a moderate color-blind risk in isolation but is reinforced by the fact the text becomes harder to read (a shape/contrast cue as well)."
    },
    "autoplay": {
      "frame": "autoplay.png",
      "title": "AUTOPLAY SETTINGS",
      "layout": "Dark modal over the dimmed reels; white 'X' close top-right.",
      "checkboxes": "Three square checkbox options in a row: 'TURBO SPIN' (unchecked), 'QUICK SPIN' (unchecked), 'SKIP SCREENS' (checked, green with white checkmark).",
      "autospins_selector": "'NUMBER OF AUTOSPINS' label above a horizontal slider (green filled track to the left of the handle, grey track to the right) with a round green handle and the numeric value '100' displayed to the right.",
      "action_button": "Large green 'START AUTOPLAY (100)' button spanning the modal width at the bottom.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Checkbox state shown by a white checkmark glyph (shape), not color alone; slider position is a spatial/numeric cue backed by the printed number."
    },
    "bonus_buy_dialog": {
      "frame": "bonus_buy_dialog.png",
      "layout": "Two large square buttons side by side over the dimmed reels, with a cyan 'X' close icon top-right and the Total Bet stepper (with its own +/- controls) shown at the bottom, alongside CREDIT/BET readouts.",
      "left_option": "Cyan/blue-glowing 'BUY FREE SPINS' button, price '$195.00' (at $3.00 total bet shown in the dialog = 65x total bet).",
      "right_option": "Magenta/pink-glowing 'BUY SUPER FREE SPINS' button, price '$1,200.00' (at $3.00 total bet = 400x total bet), with 'MULTIPLIER STARTS AT X50' printed beneath the price in gold text.",
      "color_blind_notes": "The two options are also distinguished by their button TEXT (different feature names) and price, not only by their blue-vs-pink glow color."
    },
    "buy_super_confirm": {
      "frame": "buy_super_confirm_01.png",
      "content": "A second, smaller confirmation modal after choosing Buy Super Free Spins: red panel repeating 'BUY SUPER FREE SPINS $1,200.00', with a red square 'X' (cancel) button on the left and a green square checkmark (confirm) button on the right.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Cancel vs confirm are distinguished by glyph shape (X vs checkmark) in addition to red vs green, so remains usable for color-blind players."
    },
    "free_spins_trigger": {
      "frame": "free_spins_trigger.png",
      "content": "A large flying saucer graphic beams light downward over bold gold/orange 'CONGRATULATIONS!' text, blue 'YOU HAVE WON' text, a glowing cyan hexagonal panel showing the number '7' in white/pink, then 'FREE SPINS' in blue, and 'PRESS ANYWHERE TO CONTINUE' in smaller blue text. Bottom bar shows CREDIT $99,805.00 and BET $3.00 (this trigger followed a $195.00 Buy Free Spins purchase from a $100,000.00 starting credit: 100,000 - 195 = 99,805, consistent), plus 'FREE SPINS LEFT 7' in the center.",
      "color_blind_notes": "The awarded spin count is large white/pink numerals on a dark panel, legible regardless of color vision."
    },
    "free_spins_gameplay": {
      "frame": "free_spins_play_01.png",
      "content": "Same 5-reel frame, now with a purple-tinted background and purple accent stripes on alternating reel columns. Top-left WIN MULTIPLIER gauge reads '4X'. A WILD symbol (dark purple monster card) sits on the bottom marked row carrying a '2X' multiplier tag. Bottom bar: 'FREE SPINS LEFT 5', 'WIN $1.05', CREDIT $99,805.00, BET $3.00.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Both the multiplier gauge and the WILD's own multiplier are printed as white/yellow numerals, not relying on color alone; feature state is reinforced by the 'FREE SPINS LEFT' text counter."
    },
    "free_spins_end": {
      "frame": "free_spins_end.png",
      "content": "Same saucer/beam layout as the trigger screen: 'CONGRATULATIONS!' / 'YOU HAVE WON' / a large hexagonal panel reading '$156.00' / 'IN 9 FREE SPINS' (the '9' in pink) / 'PRESS ANYWHERE TO CONTINUE'. Bottom bar: CREDIT $99,811.00, BET $3.00, 'WIN $156.00', 'FREE SPINS LEFT 0'.",
      "manifest_note": "The capturer additionally saved this exact frame (identical sha256) under the filename win_screen.png; that duplicate file was excluded from the manifest's 24 curated shots by the TL at GATE-1 and is not documented separately here.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Win amount is large high-contrast white/gold text on a dark panel."
    },
    "super_free_spins_trigger": {
      "frame": "super_free_spins_trigger.png",
      "content": "Identical saucer/beam/'CONGRATULATIONS!' layout to the regular Free Spins trigger, again awarding '7' 'FREE SPINS'. Bottom bar: CREDIT $98,761.00, BET $3.00 (consistent with a $1,200.00 Buy Super Free Spins purchase from a prior balance).",
      "color_blind_notes": "Same as free_spins_trigger."
    },
    "super_free_spins_gameplay": {
      "frame": "super_free_spins_play.png",
      "content": "The reel frame's background has changed to a bright blue daytime city skyline with skyscrapers, small flying-saucer silhouettes in the sky, and distant smoke/fire in the lower corners; the top status banner and reel-frame side accents are green instead of the base game's default coloring. Top-left WIN MULTIPLIER gauge reads '50X' (the guaranteed Super Free Spins starting value). Bottom bar: 'FREE SPINS LEFT 3', 'WIN $60.00', CREDIT $98,761.00, BET $3.00.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Starting multiplier and remaining-spins counter are both numeric text, legible without color discrimination."
    },
    "super_free_spins_end": {
      "frame": "super_free_spins_end.png",
      "content": "Board returns to a dim, low-contrast version of the base game's Mars-like background (no saucer/beam graphic this time). Top-left WIN MULTIPLIER gauge reads '1X' (reset). Center bottom: 'WIN $176.70' in gold, 'FREE SPINS COMPLETED' in white beneath it. CREDIT $98,937.70, BET $3.00.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Final win amount and 'FREE SPINS COMPLETED' status are both text-based, not color-coded."
    }
  },

  "feature_coverage_confirmed": [
    {"feature": "free_spins (naturally-triggered path via Buy Free Spins purchase)", "buy_dialog": "bonus_buy_dialog.png", "trigger_screen": "free_spins_trigger.png", "gameplay": "free_spins_play_01.png", "win_screen": "free_spins_end.png"},
    {"feature": "super_free_spins (Buy Super Free Spins purchase path)", "buy_dialog": "bonus_buy_dialog.png / buy_super_confirm_01.png", "trigger_screen": "super_free_spins_trigger.png", "gameplay": "super_free_spins_play.png", "win_screen": "super_free_spins_end.png"}
  ],

  "accessibility_observations": {
    "screen_reader": "Control positions are stable across screens: menu (hamburger) + sound icons stacked far-left, 'i' info icon just to their right, bet -/+ flank the large central SPIN button, AUTOPLAY sits just beneath SPIN. The 8-page rules booklet is a strictly linear sequence navigable with just two glyphs (previous/next triangle) plus a numbered 'Page N/8' readout, with a single dedicated close ('X') control shared across pages.",
    "motor": "All primary controls are large circular/square touch targets; the SPIN button is the single largest target on screen. SPACE and ENTER keys can start/stop a spin without using the mouse. AUTOPLAY (with a settable spin count and a SKIP SCREENS option) substantially reduces the number of manual actions needed to play extended sessions.",
    "color_blind": "Most state changes are backed by a non-color cue: toggle switches use handle position as well as fill color; confirm/cancel buttons use checkmark/X glyphs as well as green/red; the WILD's multiplier and the WIN MULTIPLIER gauge are always printed as legible numerals; SCATTER and WILD are also distinguished from paying symbols by their distinct shapes (meteor vs monster-face card) and printed text labels ('SCATTER'/'WILD'), not color alone. Residual risk: the disabled BUY FREE SPINS button (Ante Bet ON) is signalled mainly through reduced brightness/saturation of an otherwise still-green button, which is a comparatively low-contrast, color-adjacent cue for some color-blind users; it is partly reinforced by the text becoming visually 'flatter'/harder to read but there is no separate glyph or explicit 'disabled' label.",
    "deaf_hard_of_hearing": "No information observed that is conveyed through audio alone; the SOUND FX / AMBIENT MUSIC toggles are purely decorative/atmospheric. All game state (win amounts, free spins remaining, current multiplier, bonus-buy prices, feature completion) is presented as on-screen text or numerals."
  },

  "not_captured_or_out_of_scope": [
    "No fixed jackpot tiers or a jackpot ladder are present in this game; none were expected and none were found.",
    "No mobile-specific layout was captured (desktop 1280x800 only, per project scope for this pass)."
  ],

  "unreadable_or_uncertain": [
    "Whether the SCATTER symbol itself has any standalone per-symbol payout value distinct from its explosion/trigger role: no such price is printed on paytable page 1/8 (unlike the 9 listed paying symbols and the WILD's separate 3/2/1 list), so it is documented here as having no stated own payout rather than guessed.",
    "The precise pixel-level distinction between the two visual renderings of SCATTER (in-reel 'burning meteor' art vs. the rounder 'coin/medallion with monster face' badge on the rules page) is described as observed; whether these are meant to depict exactly the same in-game object or a stylised paytable-only icon variant is not explicitly stated in the rules text.",
    "Exact per-spin RNG odds/weightings for reel symbol distribution, SCATTER hit frequency, or the specific probability of each WILD multiplier value are not disclosed anywhere in the captured material and are not stated here.",
    "No release-date or series information is printed inside the game itself; the release date (2025-07-10) provided in this brief is taken as given by the TL and is not independently re-derived from any captured frame."
  ]
}