Big Bam-book

{
  "game": {
    "name": "Big Bam-book",
    "provider": "Push Gaming",
    "provider_ref": "bigbambook-96",
    "game_kind": "video_slot",
    "reels_layout": "5 reels x 3 rows, fixed grid (not variable reel heights)",
    "win_mechanic": "10 fixed win lines (paylines), left-to-right adjacent from reel 1",
    "theme": "East-Asian / Chinese martial-arts and bamboo-forest folklore. Three anthropomorphic animal warriors star as the high symbols: a white-and-black 'Panda King' wearing a golden beaded necklace, a brown-furred 'Monkey King' with an ornate gold crown/headdress in the style of Sun Wukong, and a masked raccoon/badger warrior in a dark-blue scarf. The scatter is an antique red leather book with a glowing green gem clasp (the 'Bam-Book'), and Wild is a turquoise glowing orb on a gold Chinese-temple-style medallion. Setting: a red-roofed wooden hillside village at warm sunset (base game) that shifts to misty violet mountains and a pagoda silhouette under a pink dusk/night sky once Free Spins start.",
    "art_style": "Flat-shaded 2D mobile-casual cartoon illustration with bold black/dark outlines, semi-glossy highlights on rounded shapes (coins, gems, hearts) and painterly (soft-shaded, not flat-cel) character portraits for the animal warriors. Ornate gold Chinese/Asian temple filigree frames every symbol card and the outer reel border, with a repeating meander/key-fret pattern along the top and bottom rails. Warm, saturated daylight palette in the base game (orange/red village sunset) shifting to a cooler, more mystical violet/magenta dusk palette with soft glow/bloom effects (gold sparkle particles, neon-green highlight bars) during the Free Spins/reveal animations. No photorealism; wordmark 'BIG BAM-BOOK' rendered in a thick rounded green bamboo-textured font (word 'BIG' in orange/red) with small red ribbon accents.",
    "documentation_purpose": "Exhaustive accessibility documentation (blind/low-vision screen-reader users, deaf/hard-of-hearing, all types of color-blindness, motor-impaired) built from 79 desktop screenshots (1280x800) + OCR ground truth + zoomed crops of the 20-page paytable and 16-page rules booklet.",
    "method_notes": "Every number in this document was re-verified directly against the source frame (zoom crop and/or scripts/ocr.py) rather than trusted from the capture manifest notes; see 'manifest_corrections' for cases where the capturer's note described the wrong content for a given filename. Numbers not independently confirmed on a frame are marked null / listed in 'unreadable_or_uncertain'.",
    "language": "English"
  },

  "manifest_corrections": [
    "The file named 'fs_award_15_5sym.png' does NOT show an award screen: on the frame it is actually a mid-animation Mystery Bamboo expansion at 'Free Spins 2/15' with the multiplier ladder lit at x3 (columns 2 and 3 filled with plain green Mystery Bamboo, a bright green expansion beam over reel 4). The real 'YOU HAVE BEEN AWARDED 15 FREE SPINS + x3 INSTANT PRIZE MULTIPLIER' award screen is on the file named 'fs_trigger_5scatters.png' instead (its manifest note wrongly describes it as '5 scatter books on the reels after the spin stops').",
    "The file named 'fs_trigger_random.png' does NOT show scatter books landing on the reels (as its manifest note claims); it shows the award screen 'YOU HAVE BEEN AWARDED 8 FREE SPINS' (matches the Random buy resolving to the 3-symbol tier, i.e. 8 free spins).",
    "The file named 'fs_transition_3sym.png' also shows the 'YOU HAVE BEEN AWARDED 8 FREE SPINS' award screen (same wording/layout as fs_award_3sym.png), not a pre-award transition/blackout frame as its manifest note describes.",
    "These are label/note mismatches only; no image content is lost or invented here -- the facts below (8/12/15 Free Spins awarded, x2/x3 starting multiplier) are still fully evidenced, just cited to the correct file."
  ],

  "color_palette": {
    "base_game_background": "Warm orange-to-red hillside village at sunset: dark-red clay-tile roofs, tan/brown wooden buildings, purple bamboo-thatch awnings visible at the left and right edges.",
    "free_spins_background": "Cooler violet/magenta misty mountain range under a pink-to-purple dusk sky, with a dark silhouette of a multi-tier pagoda roof in the upper-left corner.",
    "frame": "Dark wood reel frame with gold corner brackets and a repeating gold meander/key-fret border strip along the top and bottom rails; individual symbol cells are separated by thin gold divider lines on a tan parchment (paytable) or plain reel-cell background.",
    "wild_symbol": "Turquoise/teal glowing orb on a dark indigo-blue square card, gold ornate scrollwork border, 'WILD' spelled in bold gold 3D letters across the orb.",
    "scatter_symbol": "Antique red leather book with gold corner studs and a gold binding buckle, a round gold medallion clasp on the cover holding a glowing green swirling gem/smoke effect.",
    "mystery_bamboo": "Bright yellow-green bamboo stalks (3-4 jointed segments with a few leaves) on a gold ornate picture-frame card.",
    "golden_mystery_bamboo": "Same bamboo silhouette rendered entirely in gold/orange metallic shading instead of green -- the 'charged' state of the Mystery Bamboo symbol.",
    "instant_prize_coins": "Bronze/copper, silver and gold circular coins each stamped with a bet-multiplier number (1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100); the x100 coin is the largest, centred, and rimmed in red gems.",
    "high_symbols": "Panda: black-and-white face, orange eyes, red card border with gold filigree, gold bead necklace. Monkey King: brown fur, white muzzle, green eyes, green card border, gold crown with teal/gold beaded earrings, gold gorget collar. Raccoon/badger warrior: dark brown-black fur with cream face-mask markings, teal-blue eyes, blue card border, dark navy scarf.",
    "mid_symbols": "Crossed wooden-handled steel mallets (tan/gold hexagon card), silver four-point shuriken/throwing star (mauve-pink hexagon card), silver dagger/kunai blade (blue hexagon card) -- all three share the same 5:12.50 / 4:2.50 / 3:0.25 payout tier.",
    "low_symbols": "Red heart, purple three-orb 'trefoil' gem, green heart, blue diamond -- all four on plain tan parchment cards with a small gold corner motif; red heart and purple gem share the higher low-tier payout (5:5.00/4:1.00/3:0.10), green heart and blue diamond share the lowest tier (5:2.50/4:0.50/3:0.05).",
    "ui_bars": "Bottom info bar (Balance / Total Bet) is white bold text on the transparent dark reel-frame background; side control buttons are white glyphs on dark semi-transparent circles (menu hamburger, speaker, star = bonus buy, coin-stack = bet select, large double-arrow = spin).",
    "multiplier_ladder": "Vertical ladder on the left edge during Free Spins: four round gold coin icons (each stamped with a stylised character glyph) on colored rungs, bottom to top: x2 (blue), x3 (green), x5 (yellow/gold), x10 (red); the currently active rung is ringed in a bright cyan/green glow, with small hexagon pip lights between rungs marking scatter-collection progress toward the next level."
  },

  "symbols": {
    "note": "Payouts read directly from the paytable (zoomed crops of paytable_p1-p4), which states: 'All wins shown are in fun and valid for the current bet of 0.50 fun.' Values below are given as printed (fun at 0.50 base bet) AND as a total-bet multiplier (value / 0.50), consistent with the confirmed payout_basis = total bet. Wild substitutes for all symbols except Mystery Bamboo, Instant Prize and Scatter.",
    "wild": {
      "name": "WILD",
      "appearance": "Turquoise glowing orb with gold ornate Chinese-temple-style scrollwork border on a dark indigo card; word 'WILD' in bold gold 3D letters over the orb.",
      "payouts_fun_at_0.50": {"5": 250.00, "4": 50.00, "3": 5.00, "2": 0.50},
      "payouts_x_total_bet": {"5": "500x", "4": "100x", "3": "10x", "2": "1x"},
      "rules": "Can land on any reel; substitutes for all symbols except the Mystery Bamboo Symbol, Instant Prize Symbol, and Scatter Symbol.",
      "source": "paytable_p1.png / paytable_p6.png"
    },
    "high_value": [
      {
        "name": "Panda (Panda King)",
        "appearance": "Angry white-and-black panda face, orange/amber eyes, gold beaded necklace, dark-red card with gold filigree corner ornaments.",
        "payouts_fun_at_0.50": {"5": 250.00, "4": 50.00, "3": 5.00, "2": 0.50},
        "payouts_x_total_bet": {"5": "500x", "4": "100x", "3": "10x", "2": "1x"},
        "anomaly": "Payout tier is IDENTICAL to the Wild symbol's tier (including paying at 2-of-a-kind, which no other paying symbol does) -- verified by direct zoom of both tier blocks on paytable_p1/p2. This is the top-paying regular symbol.",
        "source": "paytable_p1.png / paytable_p2.png"
      },
      {
        "name": "Monkey King (golden-crowned monkey)",
        "appearance": "Brown-furred monkey with a white muzzle and green eyes, wearing an ornate gold crown/headdress (Sun-Wukong style) and teal/gold beaded earrings hanging either side, gold collar/gorget; bright-green card border.",
        "payouts_fun_at_0.50": {"5": 100.00, "4": 25.00, "3": 2.50},
        "payouts_x_total_bet": {"5": "200x", "4": "50x", "3": "5x"},
        "note": "No 2-of-a-kind payout tier for this symbol (only 3-5).",
        "source": "paytable_p2.png"
      },
      {
        "name": "Raccoon/badger warrior",
        "appearance": "Snarling dark brown-black furred beast with cream-white face-mask markings around the eyes, pointed ears, teal-blue eyes, sharp-toothed grin, wearing a dark navy scarf and a brown shoulder garment with a gold pauldron; blue card border.",
        "payouts_fun_at_0.50": {"5": 50.00, "4": 10.00, "3": 1.00},
        "payouts_x_total_bet": {"5": "100x", "4": "20x", "3": "2x"},
        "note": "No 2-of-a-kind payout tier for this symbol (only 3-5).",
        "source": "paytable_p2.png / paytable_p3.png"
      }
    ],
    "mid_value": [
      {
        "name": "Crossed war-hammers",
        "appearance": "Two crossed wooden-handled mallets with silver/steel heads, on a gold hexagon medallion background, tan card.",
        "payouts_fun_at_0.50": {"5": 12.50, "4": 2.50, "3": 0.25},
        "payouts_x_total_bet": {"5": "25x", "4": "5x", "3": "0.5x"},
        "source": "paytable_p3.png"
      },
      {
        "name": "Silver shuriken (throwing star)",
        "appearance": "Four-pointed silver ninja star with a dark hole at the centre, on a mauve/pink hexagon card.",
        "payouts_fun_at_0.50": {"5": 12.50, "4": 2.50, "3": 0.25},
        "payouts_x_total_bet": {"5": "25x", "4": "5x", "3": "0.5x"},
        "source": "paytable_p3.png"
      },
      {
        "name": "Dagger/kunai blade",
        "appearance": "Silver dagger with a wrapped hilt, angled diagonally, on a blue hexagon card.",
        "payouts_fun_at_0.50": {"5": 12.50, "4": 2.50, "3": 0.25},
        "payouts_x_total_bet": {"5": "25x", "4": "5x", "3": "0.5x"},
        "source": "paytable_p3.png / paytable_p4.png"
      }
    ],
    "low_value": [
      {
        "name": "Red heart",
        "appearance": "Glossy red heart on a tan parchment card with a small gold Chinese-motif corner ornament.",
        "payouts_fun_at_0.50": {"5": 5.00, "4": 1.00, "3": 0.10},
        "payouts_x_total_bet": {"5": "10x", "4": "2x", "3": "0.2x"},
        "source": "paytable_p4.png"
      },
      {
        "name": "Purple three-orb gem (trefoil)",
        "appearance": "Three fused glossy purple/magenta spheres in a clover/trefoil arrangement, silver metal rim, tan parchment card.",
        "payouts_fun_at_0.50": {"5": 5.00, "4": 1.00, "3": 0.10},
        "payouts_x_total_bet": {"5": "10x", "4": "2x", "3": "0.2x"},
        "source": "paytable_p4.png"
      },
      {
        "name": "Green heart",
        "appearance": "Glossy green heart, same tan parchment card style as the other low symbols.",
        "payouts_fun_at_0.50": {"5": 2.50, "4": 0.50, "3": 0.05},
        "payouts_x_total_bet": {"5": "5x", "4": "1x", "3": "0.1x"},
        "source": "paytable_p4.png"
      },
      {
        "name": "Blue diamond/gem",
        "appearance": "Faceted blue diamond shape with a light highlight, silver outline, tan parchment card.",
        "payouts_fun_at_0.50": {"5": 2.50, "4": 0.50, "3": 0.05},
        "payouts_x_total_bet": {"5": "5x", "4": "1x", "3": "0.1x"},
        "source": "paytable_p4.png"
      }
    ],
    "special_symbols": {
      "mystery_bamboo": {
        "name": "Mystery Bamboo Symbol",
        "appearance": "Bright yellow-green bamboo stalks on a gold ornate frame card.",
        "rules": "Landing 3+ anywhere (Base Game or Free Spins) triggers the Mystery Bamboo Expansion: each landed Mystery Bamboo symbol expands to fill its entire reel (all 3 rows). All expanded reels then reveal the SAME outcome, either (a) all become the same Wild or the same regular paying symbol (can award a win, paid across all 10 win lines regardless of reel position), or (b) all convert to Golden Mystery Bamboo Symbols.",
        "source": "paytable_p7-p12.png / rules_p3-p4.png"
      },
      "golden_mystery_bamboo": {
        "name": "Golden Mystery Bamboo Symbol",
        "appearance": "Same bamboo silhouette as the regular Mystery Bamboo but rendered in gold/orange metallic shading.",
        "rules": "Each Golden Mystery Bamboo reveals Instant Prize Symbols. During the Base Game only, Golden Mystery Bamboo symbols can also reveal Scatter Symbols instead (each Golden Mystery Bamboo reel can land a Scatter once per reel).",
        "source": "paytable_p13-p14.png"
      },
      "instant_prize": {
        "name": "Instant Prize Symbol",
        "appearance": "Circular bronze/silver/gold coins each stamped with a number.",
        "rules": "Bet multipliers with values: x1, x2, x5, x10, x25, x50, x100. Revealed only via the Golden Mystery Bamboo feature. During Free Spins, Instant Prize wins are multiplied by the current Free-Spins ladder multiplier (x2/x3/x5/x10); regular payline wins are NOT multiplied (confirmed both by rules_p10 text and by observation: fs_win_purple_gems.png and fs_win_green_hearts.png payline wins did not scale with the active ladder level).",
        "source": "paytable_p14-p15.png"
      },
      "scatter": {
        "name": "Scatter (Bam-Book)",
        "appearance": "Antique red leather book, gold corner studs and binding strap, round gold medallion clasp holding a glowing green swirling gem.",
        "rules": "Lands on any reel. 3+ Scatters (landed directly, or revealed via Base-Game Golden Mystery Bamboo) trigger the Free Spins Feature: 3 Scatters = 8 Free Spins; 4 Scatters = 12 Free Spins (ladder starts at Level 1 = x2 multiplier); 5 Scatters = 15 Free Spins (ladder starts at Level 2 = x3 multiplier). During Free Spins, Scatters landing anywhere are collected into the multiplier meter; 4 collected Scatters trigger the next ladder level (+5 extra Free Spins each time).",
        "source": "paytable_p15-p19.png"
      }
    }
  },

  "features": {
    "wild": {
      "summary": "Standard substitute Wild; also the guaranteed outcome type revealed by some Mystery Bamboo Expansions.",
      "source": "paytable_p1.png/p6.png"
    },
    "mystery_bamboo_expansion": {
      "trigger": "3+ Mystery Bamboo Symbols anywhere on the grid, in the Base Game OR during the Free Spins Feature.",
      "mechanic": "Every landed Mystery Bamboo symbol expands to cover its whole reel (3 symbols). The expanded reels then settle on one shared outcome: either the same Wild/paying symbol (awarding a win across the 10 fixed lines) or Golden Mystery Bamboo symbols, which in turn reveal Instant Prize coins (always) or, in the Base Game only, Scatter books.",
      "source": "paytable_p7-p14.png / rules_p3-p4.png"
    },
    "free_spins": {
      "trigger": "3 or more Scatter (book) symbols land in the Base Game, or are revealed via the Base-Game Golden Mystery Bamboo feature.",
      "spins_awarded": {"3_scatters": 8, "4_scatters": 12, "5_scatters": 15},
      "starting_multiplier_level": {"3_scatters": "Level 1 (x2)", "4_scatters": "Level 1 (x2)", "5_scatters": "Level 2 (x3)"},
      "ladder": [
        {"level": 1, "multiplier": "x2", "extra_spins_on_levelup": 5},
        {"level": 2, "multiplier": "x3", "extra_spins_on_levelup": 5},
        {"level": 3, "multiplier": "x5", "extra_spins_on_levelup": 5},
        {"level": 4, "multiplier": "x10", "extra_spins_on_levelup": 5}
      ],
      "levelup_mechanic": "During Free Spins, Scatter symbols landing anywhere are collected into a meter; every 4 Scatters collected trigger the next ladder level, awarding +5 extra Free Spins and raising the Instant-Prize multiplier. Level 4 (x10) is the highest level printed in the booklet.",
      "multiplier_scope": "The ladder multiplier applies ONLY to Instant Prize (coin) wins, not to ordinary payline wins -- printed explicitly on rules_p10 and confirmed by observation (payline wins unaffected by ladder level on fs_win_purple_gems.png / fs_win_green_hearts.png).",
      "observed_example": "3-Bonus-Symbols purchase: awarded 8 spins, retriggered once to 13 total spins (an extra +5 at some point during the round), yet the ladder indicator stayed lit on Level 1 (x2) through spin 10/13 and the 13/13 final spin -- i.e. the retrigger extended the round without visibly advancing the printed ladder highlight in the captured frames (see 'manifest_corrections' for the mislabelled award-screen files).",
      "source": "paytable_p15-p19.png / rules_p9-p10.png"
    },
    "push_bet": {
      "summary": "Increased-stake side option, offered as TWO mutually exclusive cards in the Bet Select panel (not a single on/off toggle): 'Scatters' (+20% of base bet: 0.60 fun at 0.50 base) and 'Mysteries and Scatters' (+40% of base bet: 0.70 fun at 0.50 base). Turning one ON greys out and disables the other card and its corresponding Base-Bet row. Wins are still evaluated against the Base Bet amount, not the Push Bet amount (rules_p14: 'wins are evaluated respectively of the Base Bet amount and not the Push Bet amount'). Can only be switched off at the end of a game round; Autoplay must be stopped first to deactivate it.",
      "rtp_effect": "Counter-intuitively, the plain 'Scatters' Push Bet LOWERS the theoretical RTP (96.26% vs 96.31% base), while the 'Mysteries and Scatters' Push Bet raises it (96.39%). See 'rtps' below.",
      "source": "bet_select.png / push_bet_on.png / rules_p13-p15.png"
    },
    "bonus_buy": {
      "summary": "4 mutually distinct purchase options, all bought from a Base Bet of 0.50 fun in the demo. Each price below was independently confirmed on THREE sources: the Bonus Buy list screen, the individual purchase-confirmation dialog, and the printed 'multiplier x Base Bet' sentence in the rules booklet (rules_p11/p12) -- all three agree exactly.",
      "options": [
        {"name": "3 Bonus Symbols Free Spins", "price_fun_at_0.50_base": 31.80, "price_x_base_bet": "63.6x", "rtp": "96.32%", "awards": "8 Free Spins, ladder starts Level 1 (x2)"},
        {"name": "4 Bonus Symbols Free Spins", "price_fun_at_0.50_base": 69.10, "price_x_base_bet": "138.2x", "rtp": "96.37%", "awards": "12 Free Spins, ladder starts Level 1 (x2)"},
        {"name": "5 Bonus Symbols Free Spins", "price_fun_at_0.50_base": 93.80, "price_x_base_bet": "187.6x", "rtp": "96.30%", "awards": "15 Free Spins, ladder starts Level 2 (x3)"},
        {"name": "Random Bonus Symbols Free Spins", "price_fun_at_0.50_base": 50.00, "price_x_base_bet": "100x", "rtp": "96.36%", "awards": "Randomly resolves to one of the 3/4/5-symbol tiers above (observed run resolved to the 3-symbol tier: 8 Free Spins)"}
      ],
      "price_multiplier_note": "The 63.6x / 138.2x / 187.6x multipliers are exactly what the buklet prints (rules_p11/p12, re-verified by zoomed crop) and each is confirmed to multiply the 0.50 Base Bet exactly (63.6x0.50=31.80, 138.2x0.50=69.10, 187.6x0.50=93.80, 100x0.50=50.00) -- there is NO hidden alternate base (not Push-Bet-adjusted, not a different 'Base Bet' figure). We have no explanation for WHY the provider chose irregular multipliers (63.6x/138.2x/187.6x) for three of the four options instead of round numbers like the 100x Random option; this is simply how the booklet prints them, and it is not a discrepancy -- the price is honestly 'irregular multiplier x base bet', not 'round multiplier x a different base'.",
      "source": "bonus_buy_p1.png / bonus_buy_p2.png / bonus_buy_confirm_3sym.png / bonus_buy_confirm_4sym.png / bonus_buy_confirm_5sym.png / bonus_buy_confirm_random.png / rules_p11.png / rules_p12.png"
    }
  },

  "technical_summary": {
    "reels": "5 reels x 3 rows, fixed grid (not variable reel heights).",
    "win_lines": {
      "value": 10,
      "confirmation_sources": [
        "rules_p1.png text: 'Big Bam-book is a 5 x 3 reel slot game with 10 win lines.'",
        "paytable_p20.png: 10 numbered Win Lines diagrams (1 through 10) shown explicitly on a 5x3 grid.",
        "paytable_p12.png text: 'The symbols revealed from the Mystery Bamboo Reveal will pay for each of the 10 win lines regardless of the reel position.'"
      ]
    },
    "payout_basis": {
      "value": "total_bet",
      "evidence": "fs_win_purple_gems.png: printed WIN 1.00 fun at Total Bet 0.50 fun for a 4-of-a-kind purple-gem line win, matching the paytable tier '4 -> 1.00 fun' directly (1.00 = 2 x 0.50, i.e. total-bet multiplier, no division by the 10 win lines). Note the booklet CONTRADICTS itself on this point (rules_p3: 'based on the bet per line'; rules_p10: 'based on the Base Bet') -- resolved by this measurement, not by picking a sentence."
    },
    "rtps": [
      {"variant": "default (no Push Bet)", "value": 96.31, "source": "rules_p15.png / rules_p16.png: 'The theoretical average return to player (RTP) without using the Push Bet is 96.31%.'"},
      {"variant": "Scatter Push Bet", "value": 96.26, "source": "rules_p15.png: 'The theoretical average return to player (RTP) using the Scatter Push Bet is 96.26%.' Lower than the base RTP -- verified as printed, not corrected."},
      {"variant": "Scatter and Mystery Symbols Push Bet", "value": 96.39, "source": "rules_p15.png: 'The theoretical average return to player (RTP) using the Scatter and Mystery Symbols Push Bet is 96.39%.'"},
      {"variant": "Bonus Buy: 3 Bonus Symbols", "value": 96.32, "source": "rules_p11.png"},
      {"variant": "Bonus Buy: 4 Bonus Symbols", "value": 96.37, "source": "rules_p11.png / rules_p12.png"},
      {"variant": "Bonus Buy: 5 Bonus Symbols", "value": 96.30, "source": "rules_p12.png"},
      {"variant": "Bonus Buy: Random Bonus Symbols", "value": 96.36, "source": "rules_p12.png"}
    ],
    "max_round_payout": {
      "value": "10,000x current Base Bet",
      "confirmation_sources": [
        "rules_p3.png: 'This game has a win cap of 10,000x the current bet amount per game round.'",
        "paytable_p5.png: 'MAX WIN -- The maximum payout per game round is 10,000x the current Base Bet amount.' (illustrated with a '10000x' graphic).",
        "rules_p15.png/p16.png: 'This game has a maximum win of 10,000x and as a result, some hypothetically possible results have been prevented. This restriction has been included in RTP calculations.'"
      ],
      "note": "This slot HAS an explicit printed win cap (10,000x), unlike some other Push Gaming titles in this wave where the cap sentence is absent entirely -- confirmed present on THREE separate booklet locations."
    },
    "bet_range_observed": {
      "base_bet_options_visible": ["0.30 fun", "0.40 fun", "0.50 fun (demo default)", "0.60 fun", "0.70 fun"],
      "note": "Only this narrow window of Base Bet values was visible in the captured Bet Select dialog (bet_select.png); the list may scroll further above/below this range. True min/max bet is NOT confirmed and is left uncertain rather than guessed."
    },
    "demo_default_balance": "1,000.00 fun",
    "currency_note": "'fun' is the demo balance/token label used by this build, not a real-money currency; not recorded as a currency field per project convention.",
    "build_versions": {
      "server_version": "1.2.0",
      "client_version": "7.157.10 26-06-2026",
      "source": "rules_p16.png (bottom of the GAME INFO booklet)"
    },
    "malfunction_clause": "MALFUNCTION VOIDS ALL PAYS AND PLAYS. (rules_p15.png/p16.png)",
    "other_engine_notes": [
      "'Different reel configurations are used, depending on the progression in the Free Spins Feature.' (rules_p16.png) -- i.e. reel strips are not static through a Free Spins round.",
      "Incomplete games auto-resolve after 48 hours; any winnings are paid to the player, or the stake is returned if unresolved (rules_p15.png)."
    ]
  },

  "screens": {
    "preview": {
      "type": "preview",
      "content": "Splash/tutorial screen shown before entering the game. Wordmark 'BIG BAM-BOOK' (green bamboo-textured bold letters, 'BIG' in orange/red, small red ribbon accents) centred at top over a dimmed village-at-dusk background. Three feature tiles in a row: 'REVEAL SYMBOLS -- Reveal instant prizes and paying symbols' (bamboo-to-panda-card arrow art), 'FREE SPINS -- Progressive Free Spins' (x3/x2 multiplier coin icons beside the scatter book), 'SCATTER PAYS -- Reveal symbols scatter, pay in Free Spins' (3-reel Monkey King illustration with x5/x10 markers above). 'CLICK TO CONTINUE' prompt at the bottom.",
      "rtp_note": "RTP is NOT printed on this preview/splash screen -- confirmed absent from the captured frame; only found in the GAME INFO/rules booklet and the 'KNOW THE GAME' summary panel.",
      "color_blind_notes": "All three feature tiles are labelled with full text captions below the icon art, not color-coded alone."
    },
    "base_game": {
      "type": "base_game",
      "overall_layout": "5x3 grid inside a dark-wood reel frame with gold corner brackets and a gold meander-pattern top/bottom rail, set against a warm orange/red hillside-village sunset background (red-tiled roofs, tan buildings).",
      "title_banner": "Wordmark 'BIG BAM-BOOK' centred at the top in the same green/orange bamboo-styled lettering as the preview screen, smaller scale, small red ribbon flourishes either side.",
      "top_right": "Round hamburger MENU button (three white lines) and a speaker/SOUND icon to its left, both white glyphs on dark translucent circles.",
      "right_side_controls": "Vertical stack: star-badge button (opens Bonus Buy), a smaller circular button with a play/triangle glyph, a coin-stack icon button (opens Bet Select), and a large round double-arrow SPIN button at the bottom.",
      "bottom_bar": "Bottom-left: 'Balance: <amount> fun' in bold white. Bottom-right: 'Total Bet: <amount> fun' in bold white.",
      "push_bet_banner": "When Push Bet is available but not yet configured, a purple 'PUSH BET -- INCREASE chance to win feature' banner briefly overlays the lower-right reel area.",
      "color_blind_notes": "All side buttons are distinguished by icon SHAPE (star / play-triangle / coin-stack / double-arrow), not by color; Balance and Total Bet are both plain white high-contrast text, differentiated only by their fixed left/right screen position and text label."
    },
    "paytable": {
      "type": "paytable",
      "pages": "20 pages total, one continuous scroll-panel (not sectioned into tabs) reached via the grid icon in the bottom navigation bar.",
      "content_summary": "p1-p4: Wild + all paying symbols with tier payouts. p5: MAX WIN 10,000x callout + start of Wild Symbol writeup. p6-p9: Wild Symbol and Mystery Bamboo Symbol rules. p9-p12: 'Mystery Bamboo Reveal Symbol' behaviour in Base Game and in Free Spins, with illustrative screenshots. p13-p14: Golden Mystery Bamboo Symbol + Instant Prize Symbol (bet multipliers x1-x100). p15: Scatter Symbols writeup (3/4 Scatter award table begins). p16-p19: 3/4/5-Scatter award table completed, Free Spins Feature writeup, multiplier ladder Level 1-4 table with illustrations. p20: 'Win Lines' diagrams 1-10 on a 5x3 grid (bottom of the booklet).",
      "navigation": "Bottom nav bar icons: grid (paytable, currently open), '?' (rules/GAME INFO), gear (settings), shield (quick 'KNOW THE GAME' summary) -- the active tab is highlighted white, others grey.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Payout tiers are printed as plain white text numbers ('5*250.00' etc.), not color-coded."
    },
    "rules": {
      "type": "rules",
      "pages": "16 pages, header 'GAME INFO', one continuous scroll-panel reached via the '?' icon.",
      "content_summary": "p1: intro ('5 x 3 reel slot game with 10 win lines'), How to Play, Autoplay, Quick Play, start of Payout Rules. p2-p3: Payout Rules continued, Win Cap (10,000x) statement, Wild Symbol, start of Mystery Bamboo Symbol (confirms the expansion mechanic applies in BOTH Base Game and Free Spins). p4-p9: Mystery Bamboo / Instant Prize symbol rules continued, start of Free Spins Feature ladder description. p10: Free Spins trigger recap, explicit statement that the ladder multiplier ONLY applies to Instant Prize wins, and the 'based on the Base Bet' paytable-basis sentence (contradicts p3's 'bet per line' wording -- resolved by measurement, see payout_basis). p11-p12: Bonus Buy -- all 4 options with price multipliers and per-option RTP. p13-p14: Push Bet mechanics (two mutually exclusive cards, evaluated against Base Bet not Push Bet, can only be turned off between rounds). p15-p16: Additional Information (48h auto-resolve rule), Malfunction clause, the 3 headline RTP figures, the win-cap/RTP-calculation note, 'different reel configurations' note, Server/Client version footer.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Section headers use a red vertical accent bar plus bold white text (shape/weight cue, not color alone)."
    },
    "info_know_the_game": {
      "type": "info",
      "header": "KNOW THE GAME",
      "content": "A condensed single-screen summary reached via the shield icon in the bottom nav (distinct from the '?' GAME INFO booklet, though the two overlap in content): 'MALFUNCTION VOIDS ALL PAYS AND PLAYS', the 3 headline RTP figures (Scatter Push Bet 96.26%, Scatter+Mystery Push Bet 96.39%, no-Push-Bet 96.31%), the full Bonus Buy Options list with prices and RTPs, the 10,000x max-win/RTP-restriction note, and the 'different reel configurations' note.",
      "correction_note": "The capture manifest's note for this frame claimed it also shows '5x3 field, 10 win lines' text, but that text is NOT visible anywhere on the captured frame (the panel appears to open already scrolled to the RTP/Bonus-Buy section) -- not asserted here as observed on this screen; the 10-line fact is instead sourced from rules_p1.png and paytable_p20.png (see win_lines.confirmation_sources).",
      "color_blind_notes": "All figures are plain white text on a dark panel, no color-only cues."
    },
    "settings": {
      "type": "settings",
      "title": "SETTINGS",
      "content": "Three labelled rows with mute-speaker toggle icons: 'All Sounds', 'Sound Effects', 'Music'. No Turbo/Skip-Screens/battery-saver options -- panel does not scroll (confirmed by wheel test), this is its full content.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Toggle state is shown by a speaker-icon-with-cross (muted) vs plain speaker icon (unmuted) -- an icon/shape cue, not a color cue."
    },
    "bet_select": {
      "type": "other",
      "title": "BET SELECT",
      "content": "Push Bet header with '?' info icon, two side-by-side cards ('Scatters' 0.60 fun / 'Mysteries and Scatters' 0.70 fun, each showing ON/OFF status text and a themed book icon), a 'Base Bet' list of selectable stakes (0.30/0.40/0.50/0.60/0.70 fun visible, 0.50 highlighted white as the current selection), and an OK button. When a Push Bet card is turned ON it is outlined in a colored glow (purple for 'Scatters') and the OTHER Push Bet card plus its corresponding Base-Bet row are greyed out/disabled; a 'Total Bet: 0.60 (0.50) fun' readout appears above the OK button showing total-bet-(base-bet).",
      "color_blind_notes": "Active Base Bet row is shown by a solid white fill (not merely a color highlight) against the dark rows around it, and the ON/OFF state is also spelled out as text under each Push Bet card title."
    },
    "autoplay": {
      "type": "autoplay",
      "title": "AUTOPLAYS",
      "content": "Vertical list of spin-count options: Off (default, highlighted white), 10, 20, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000, followed by a red 'OK' button. One screen, no scrolling needed.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Selected option shown by solid white fill vs dark grey for the others -- a fill/contrast cue, not hue-based."
    },
    "bonus_buy_menu": {
      "type": "bonus",
      "content": "Scrollable list of the 4 purchase options (see features.bonus_buy), each card showing the feature name, price in fun, a themed illustration (1/2/4/5 scatter-book icons or a book flanked by gold question marks for 'Random'), and a red BUY button. A 'BASE BET' stepper with -/+ controls sits fixed at the bottom to change the underlying stake before buying.",
      "confirm_dialog": "Selecting BUY opens a confirmation dialog: feature name + info '(i)' icon, large themed artwork, 'Base Bet: 0.50 fun' readout, the total price in fun, and OK/CANCEL buttons.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Price and feature name are always printed as text alongside the artwork; BUY/OK are red, CANCEL is a dark outlined button distinguished by border/fill, not hue alone."
    },
    "free_spins_award": {
      "type": "free_spins",
      "content": "Full-screen award overlay: wordmark at top, 'YOU HAVE BEEN AWARDED' banner, a large glowing gold number (8 / 12 / 15 observed) flanked by silver shuriken decorations and green bamboo stalks, 'FREE SPINS' caption below. When the award also sets a starting ladder level above x2 (the 4- and 5-Scatter cases), a second line appears: a colored multiplier chip ('x2' blue or 'x3' green) plus '+' and 'INSTANT PRIZE MULTIPLIER' text.",
      "color_blind_notes": "The award number is large gold text with a bright glow, legible regardless of color vision; the multiplier chip repeats its value as printed text ('x2'/'x3'), not relying on chip color alone."
    },
    "free_spins_gameplay": {
      "type": "free_spins",
      "reels": "Same 5x3 grid, now on the violet mountain / pink dusk background described above.",
      "multiplier_ladder": "Persistent vertical ladder on the left edge (see color_palette.multiplier_ladder) showing all 4 levels at all times, with the active level ringed/glowing.",
      "counter_bar": "Bottom bar: 'Free Spins: <done> / <total>' centred, 'Balance' bottom-left, 'Total Bet' bottom-right; a 'WIN: <amount> fun' readout appears centred above the counter during/after a winning spin.",
      "mystery_bamboo_expansion_visual": "Reels selected for expansion show a bright green vertical glow/beam sweeping down the column while the final symbol is determined; settled-but-unrevealed Mystery Bamboo fills the whole reel with the plain green bamboo art before converting.",
      "golden_bamboo_reveal_visual": "When Golden Mystery Bamboo settles, the affected reel(s) show solid gold-toned bamboo columns instead of green.",
      "big_win_banner": "Mid-size wins during Free Spins trigger a 'BIG WIN <amount>' banner with a decorative gem/flower ornament above the text, overlaid on the dimmed reels.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Ladder progress is conveyed by BOTH the ring/glow highlight AND the printed 'xN' text on each rung, plus the Free Spins counter text -- not color alone. Instant Prize coin values are printed numbers on each coin."
    },
    "win_screen": {
      "type": "win_screen",
      "content": "End-of-Free-Spins summary overlay: wordmark at top flanked by silver shuriken decorations, 'CONGRATULATIONS / YOU HAVE WON' (or 'FEATURE COMPLETE / YOU HAVE WON' for the lowest-payout outcome observed), the total amount in large gold 3D text on a green glow background, 'DURING FREE SPINS' caption, small grey 'PUSH GAMING' logo watermark centred near the bottom, 'CLICK TO CONTINUE' prompt.",
      "two_headline_variants": "'CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON' was used for the 25.80 fun and 34.70 fun outcomes; 'FEATURE COMPLETE YOU HAVE WON' was used for the 0.10 fun (Random buy, low-payout) outcome -- confirms the game uses a different headline for a very low-value feature result.",
      "provider_logo_present": "This screen carries the Push Gaming provider watermark logo -- explicitly excluded from logo_refs.json per instructions.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Win amount is large high-contrast gold-on-dark text, legible without color discrimination."
    }
  },

  "accessibility_observations": {
    "screen_reader": "Control layout is stable across screens: menu+sound top-right, bonus-buy/autoplay/bet-select stacked on the right edge around the spin button, Balance/Total Bet fixed bottom-left/bottom-right. The paytable and rules booklets are each one continuous linear scroll (20 and 16 'pages' respectively, reached via bottom-nav grid/'?' icons), not tab-paged.",
    "motor": "Large circular touch targets for all primary controls (spin, bonus buy star, bet-select coin-stack); Autoplay reduces the number of required interactions for repeated play.",
    "color_blind": "Nearly all state is duplicated by text or icon shape: Push Bet ON/OFF is spelled out under each card, selected Base Bet/Autoplay values use solid white fill (not hue) against darker rows, ladder levels show their multiplier as printed text on every rung, and Instant Prize coin values are printed numbers rather than color-coded denominations.",
    "deaf_hard_of_hearing": "No audio-only information observed; Settings exposes independent All Sounds / Sound Effects / Music mute toggles. All feature outcomes (spins awarded, multiplier level, win amounts) are conveyed as on-screen text/numbers."
  },

  "not_captured": [
    "The dedicated end-of-round award/win screen for the '5 Bonus Symbols' purchase (93.80 fun) was not captured as a distinct frame -- the round was played through to its natural end without an isolated 'CONGRATULATIONS'/'FEATURE COMPLETE' screenshot. The outcome is still evidenced by a second channel: balance before the purchase (906.20 fun, on bonus_buy_confirm_5sym.png) minus balance after the round completed and rounded (939.35 fun, on fs_trigger_random.png / bonus_buy_confirm_random.png) gives a net change consistent with a win around 33.15 fun once the 93.80 fun purchase cost is accounted for; exact final total for this specific round is therefore left uncertain rather than asserted as a precise figure.",
    "A natural (non-purchased) Free Spins trigger in the Base Game was not hunted/captured separately -- all 4 Free Spins rounds seen were entered via Bonus Buy. Per the rules booklet (rules_p3/p4/p10), the Base Game trigger uses the identical mechanic (3+ Scatter symbols, same award table) as the purchased trigger, and Bonus Buy is described by the provider as directly purchasing this same Free Spins Feature -- so this is treated as a covered mechanic, not a missing one, but the specific VISUAL of scatters landing organically during a paid (non-bought) base spin is not on file."
  ],

  "unreadable_or_uncertain": [
    "True minimum/maximum Base Bet: only 0.30-0.70 fun was visible in the captured Bet Select list; whether the list scrolls to lower/higher stakes was not confirmed on any frame.",
    "Whether Free Spins ladder Level 4 (x10) is a hard cap or whether further scatter collection at Level 4 continues to award +5 spins indefinitely at x10 -- only Levels 1-4 are printed in the booklet (paytable_p18/p19); behaviour beyond Level 4 was not observed in captured play.",
    "Exact reason the multiplier ladder indicator remained on Level 1 (x2) throughout the entire 3-Bonus-Symbols purchase round (8 -> 13 spins via one retrigger) despite a retrigger occurring -- the mechanic is stated in the rules (4 collected Scatters level up the ladder) but the captured frames for that specific round never show the ladder advance past x2; left as an observed-but-unexplained detail rather than resolved by assumption.",
    "Precise final win total for the '5 Bonus Symbols' round (see not_captured) -- bounded to roughly 33.15 fun by balance arithmetic, not read from a printed total-win figure."
  ],

  "anomalies": [
    "Rules booklet contradicts itself on the payout basis: rules_p3.png says the paytable is 'based on the bet per line', rules_p10.png says it is 'based on the Base Bet'. Resolved by direct measurement (payout_basis = total_bet), not by preferring one sentence.",
    "The plain 'Scatters' Push Bet LOWERS theoretical RTP (96.26% vs 96.31% base) while the 'Mysteries and Scatters' Push Bet raises it (96.39%) -- counter to the usual expectation that a Push/Ante bet always increases RTP; printed exactly this way on rules_p15.png/p16.png and re-verified by zoomed crop, not corrected toward the 'expected' direction.",
    "The Panda symbol shares an IDENTICAL payout tier with the Wild symbol (5:250.00/4:50.00/3:5.00/2:0.50 fun), including a 2-of-a-kind payout that no other regular symbol has -- re-verified with a dedicated zoom crop to rule out an OCR/read error.",
    "Three of the four Bonus Buy price multipliers (63.6x / 138.2x / 187.6x) are irregular (non-round) numbers, unlike the fourth ('Random' = a round 100x) -- confirmed as printed in three independent places (buy dialog, buy list, rules booklet) rather than a misread; no further explanation is available from the captured material (see features.bonus_buy.price_multiplier_note)."
  ]
}