Big Bass Bonanza Megaways

{
  "game": {
    "name": "Big Bass Bonanza Megaways",
    "provider": "Pragmatic Play",
    "studio": "Reel Kingdom",
    "studio_source": "footer text 'REEL KINGDOM' visible bottom-left on every in-game screen (settings.png, autoplay.png, base_game_*.png, paytable_p1-p7.png)",
    "demo_slug": "vswaysbbb",
    "theme": "Fishing / lake angling. A bearded fisherman character (tan knit beanie, brown beard, green t-shirt, tan/yellow overalls with straps) and a big jumping green bass fish are the central icons. Setting is an underwater lake view with a warm orange sunset visible above the waterline.",
    "documentation_purpose": "Exhaustive accessibility documentation (blind/low-vision screen-reader users, deaf/hard-of-hearing, color-blind of all types, motor-impaired) built from 20 desktop screenshots (1280x800) plus OCR ground truth and zoomed crops of the paytable/symbols/UI meter.",
    "method_notes": "Every screenshot was inspected directly (vision) and cross-checked with pytesseract OCR where legible (OCR quality on the stylised bubble-letter title art is poor and was not relied on for numbers). Paytable/rules pages (paytable_p1 through paytable_p7) are a single paginated 'GAME RULES' info booklet (Page N/7), not separate scrolling panels. Numeric values are taken verbatim from on-screen text. Anything unclear is listed in 'unreadable_or_uncertain' and not invented.",
    "language": "English"
  },

  "color_palette": {
    "overall_background": "Deep-sea underwater scene: navy/royal-blue water fills most of the frame, with a lighter turquoise horizontal waterline band near the top of the screen (base game) showing a warm orange/pink sunset sky above it. Strings of small white air bubbles rise along the left and right outer edges of the reel area.",
    "title_logo": "'BIG BASS' in yellow-to-orange gradient bold bubble letters with a thick black outline; 'BONANZA' in white block letters with black outline on a black ribbon banner; 'MEGAWAYS™' in gold/tan bevelled chrome-style lettering with a brown outline, placed beneath.",
    "reel_frame": "Reel cells are semi-transparent dark-blue/navy tiles with thin light-blue borders; the top row (independently spinning row on reels 2-5, and the fixed top symbol on reels 1 and 6) sits inside a separate gold/amber-bordered strip above the main grid, with a warm golden-yellow gradient background distinct from the blue main grid.",
    "symbols": "Bobber/float: red top half, white/green striped body, red tip. Rod & reel: gold spinning reel, blue-and-red fishing rod. Dragonfly: pale blue-white wings, teal-blue segmented body. Tackle box: red lid, grey/silver body, brightly coloured lures inside (teal, yellow, red). Small fish/lure cluster symbol: orange fish shape plus green frog-lure shapes. Royal letters: A = purple/violet, K = blue, Q = red/pink, J = green, 10 = gold/orange — all with a thin gold outline on a dark tile.",
    "wild_symbol": "Turquoise/teal card background; 'WILD' text in an orange-to-red vertical gradient with dark outline; a grey knotted fishing landing net with an orange/gold rim and a short wooden handle below the text.",
    "scatter_symbol": "Circular badge with an orange-to-yellow sunset-gradient sky background, the green jumping bass fish icon inside the circle, and a black ribbon banner below reading 'SCATTER' in orange-gold letters.",
    "money_symbol_overlay": "A small colourful fish/lure icon sits on an orange-to-gold gradient ribbon banner showing a white bold dollar amount (e.g. '$4.00', '$50.00').",
    "fisherman_symbol": "Free-Spins-only. Photographic/painterly portrait of the bearded fisherman character (tan beanie, green shirt, tan overalls) against an orange sunset background, sometimes shown holding a caught fish.",
    "ui_bottom_bar": "Dark, semi-transparent bar. Round buttons are white glyphs on dark circular backgrounds. 'CREDIT' and 'BET' labels appear in light blue with the numeric values in yellow. Centre hint text 'HOLD SPACE FOR TURBO SPIN' is white.",
    "info_booklet_panels": "Paytable/rules pages are shown as a black semi-transparent rounded panel overlaid on the dimmed reels; headings are white, body text is white/light-grey, the 'VOLATILITY' badge and its 5 lightning-bolt icons are gold/yellow.",
    "settings_autoplay_panels": "Dark navy-black panel; headings and toggle-on switches are in cyan-blue and green; the 'START AUTOPLAY' button is a solid green bar with white text."
  },

  "grid_and_megaways_mechanic": {
    "reels": "6 reels of VARIABLE height (Megaways mechanic). Reels 1 and 6 can each show up to 6 symbols. Reels 2, 3, 4 and 5 can each show up to 5 symbols in the main column PLUS one additional symbol in a separate top row that spins independently from right to left.",
    "source": "paytable_p1.png, 'Ways to win' section: 'Reels 1 and 6 can have up to 6 symbols. Reels 2, 3, 4 and 5 can have up to 5 symbols, along with another symbol on the top row. The top row of reels 2 to 5 spins independently from right to left. In total the maximum number of possible ways to win is 46656.'",
    "max_ways": 46656,
    "ways_formula_check": "46656 = 6^6, consistent with all 6 reel positions (including the independent top row on reels 2-5) each able to hold up to 6 symbols.",
    "bet_mechanic": "megaways (variable ways-to-win, NOT fixed paylines). A 'MEGAWAYS™' counter box is shown top-right of the reels on every base-game and free-spins frame, displaying the current spin's live ways total.",
    "observed_ways_samples": {
      "note": "Random per-spin values actually seen on captured frames, demonstrating the range — NOT an exhaustive or fixed set.",
      "base_game_00.png": 17280,
      "base_game_tumble_cascade.png": 480,
      "base_game_wild_symbols.png": 360,
      "base_game_bigwin_2scatter.png": 7200,
      "fs_gameplay_01.png": 810,
      "fs_gameplay_02.png": 1350,
      "fs_gameplay_04.png": 1152,
      "fs_win.png": 2430,
      "base_game_money_win.png": "counter box empty (blank) — mid-tumble state, see anomalies",
      "fs_gameplay_03_wild.png": "counter box empty (blank) — mid-tumble state, see anomalies"
    },
    "rows_note": "Row count is variable per spin/per reel by design (Megaways); there is no fixed rows value to report. Not the same across the two flanking reels either — only reels 1 and 6 share the same max (6)."
  },

  "win_evaluation_rules": {
    "direction": "Wins pay for adjacent matching symbols left-to-right starting from the leftmost reel (reel 1), any run length/size — not fixed-position paylines.",
    "source": "paytable_p1.png diagram with a green check mark example (scattered same-symbol path across adjacent reels) vs a red X example (a straight vertical column highlighted in red is NOT how wins are evaluated).",
    "win_stacking": "Only the highest win is paid per winning combination on the same pay way; when winning on multiple ways, all wins are added to the total win.",
    "base_multiplier": "All wins are multiplied by the base/total bet; on-screen paytable values are expressed as actual coin/cash wins at the current bet, not raw multipliers.",
    "source_p4": "paytable_p4.png: 'Only the highest win is paid per winning combination on the same pay way. When winning on multiple pay ways, all wins are added to the total win. Free spins and bonus wins are added to the pay way. All wins are multiplied by base bet. All values are expressed as actual wins in coins.'",
    "malfunction_clause": "'Malfunction voids all pays and plays.' (paytable_p4.png)"
  },

  "tumble_feature": {
    "name": "TUMBLE FEATURE",
    "mechanic": "After every spin, winning combinations are paid and all winning symbols disappear (explode, in the base game). Remaining symbols fall to the bottom and empty positions are refilled with new symbols falling from above, at the same reel-height size as the initial spin result (before any tumbles). Tumbling repeats until no further winning combination appears. All wins from every tumble triggered by one base spin are added to the player's balance together after the tumble sequence ends.",
    "free_spins_difference": "During Free Spins, MONEY/fish symbols do NOT explode on a tumble — they simply fall to the bottom of the screen along with the tumble, so they can be collected by the FISHERMAN symbol before disappearing.",
    "source": "paytable_p2.png ('TUMBLE FEATURE' section) and paytable_p3.png (Free Spins fisherman-collection section)."
  },

  "money_symbol": {
    "name": "MONEY symbol",
    "appearance": "A small colourful fish/lure icon shown with an orange/gold ribbon banner underneath displaying a white dollar amount.",
    "mechanic": "At every spin the MONEY symbol takes a random money value. The 'fish' paying symbols (the small fish/lure cluster paytable entry) are also MONEY symbols — i.e. that symbol can either land as a normal same-kind paying combination OR as an individual cash-valued MONEY tile. At every spin the fish symbols take a random money value which can additionally be collected during the FREE SPINS feature.",
    "possible_values_multiplier_of_total_bet": ["2x", "5x", "10x", "15x", "20x", "25x", "50x", "4000x"],
    "base_game_behaviour": "MONEY/fish symbols explode and tumble normally in the base game (paid immediately as part of the tumble sequence).",
    "free_spins_behaviour": "MONEY/fish symbols do not explode in Free Spins — they fall to the bottom of the screen as tumbles happen, to be collected by the FISHERMAN symbol.",
    "observed_values_on_frames": ["$4.00", "$10.00", "$20.00", "$30.00", "$38.00", "$40.00", "$50.00"],
    "source": "paytable_p2.png ('MONEY SYMBOL' section)."
  },

  "symbols": {
    "note": "Payout values below are read verbatim from paytable_p1.png (zoomed crop). They are displayed at the demo default total bet of $2.00. Per the on-screen rule 'All wins are multiplied by base bet' (paytable_p4.png), each shown dollar amount equals the underlying pay-multiplier × the current total bet; dividing each value by $2.00 yields a clean multiplier (e.g. the top symbol's 6-of-a-kind $100.00 = 50x total bet), confirming total-bet is the correct payout basis for this game. Multiplier column added alongside the raw demo-bet dollar amount for clarity.",
    "payout_basis": "total bet (confirmed by clean-division test at the $2.00 demo bet; the game does not expose a separate 'bet per way' or 'coin value' control — only TOTAL BET is shown in Settings and the bet menu)",
    "high_value": [
      {
        "name": "Bobber / fishing float",
        "appearance": "Red-topped, white-and-green striped fishing bobber with a red tip, floating on rippling water",
        "rank": "highest-paying symbol; uniquely also pays on 2-of-a-kind (all other symbols require 3+)",
        "payouts_at_$2_bet": {"6": "$100.00", "5": "$50.00", "4": "$20.00", "3": "$10.00", "2": "$4.00"},
        "payouts_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"6": "50x", "5": "25x", "4": "10x", "3": "5x", "2": "2x"}
      },
      {
        "name": "Fishing rod & reel",
        "appearance": "Gold spinning reel on a blue-and-red fishing rod",
        "payouts_at_$2_bet": {"6": "$15.00", "5": "$5.00", "4": "$4.00", "3": "$2.00"},
        "payouts_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"6": "7.5x", "5": "2.5x", "4": "2x", "3": "1x"}
      },
      {
        "name": "Dragonfly",
        "appearance": "Pale blue-white wings, teal-blue segmented body",
        "payouts_at_$2_bet": {"6": "$4.00", "5": "$3.00", "4": "$2.00", "3": "$0.50"},
        "payouts_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"6": "2x", "5": "1.5x", "4": "1x", "3": "0.25x"}
      },
      {
        "name": "Tackle box",
        "appearance": "Red lid, grey/silver box body, colourful lures visible inside (teal, yellow, red)",
        "payouts_at_$2_bet": {"6": "$4.00", "5": "$1.50", "4": "$1.00", "3": "$0.50"},
        "payouts_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"6": "2x", "5": "0.75x", "4": "0.5x", "3": "0.25x"}
      },
      {
        "name": "Small fish / lure cluster (also doubles as the MONEY symbol carrier, see money_symbol section)",
        "appearance": "A cluster shape combining an orange fish and green frog-lure shapes",
        "payouts_at_$2_bet": {"6": "$3.50", "5": "$1.20", "4": "$0.80", "3": "$0.40"},
        "payouts_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"6": "1.75x", "5": "0.6x", "4": "0.4x", "3": "0.2x"}
      }
    ],
    "royals_low_value": [
      {"name": "A", "color": "purple/violet with gold outline", "payouts_at_$2_bet": {"6": "$3.50", "5": "$1.20", "4": "$0.80", "3": "$0.40"}},
      {"name": "K", "color": "blue with gold outline", "payouts_at_$2_bet": {"6": "$2.00", "5": "$1.20", "4": "$0.50", "3": "$0.40"}},
      {"name": "Q", "color": "red/pink with gold outline", "payouts_at_$2_bet": {"6": "$2.00", "5": "$1.00", "4": "$0.50", "3": "$0.30"}},
      {"name": "J", "color": "green with gold outline", "payouts_at_$2_bet": {"6": "$1.80", "5": "$1.00", "4": "$0.50", "3": "$0.30"}},
      {"name": "10", "color": "gold/orange with gold outline", "payouts_at_$2_bet": {"6": "$1.60", "5": "$0.80", "4": "$0.40", "3": "$0.20"}}
    ],
    "wild": {
      "name": "WILD",
      "appearance": "Turquoise card, orange-to-red gradient 'WILD' lettering, grey fishing landing net with an orange/gold rim and short wooden handle below the text",
      "rules": "Substitutes for all symbols EXCEPT the SCATTER and FISHERMAN symbols. Appears only on reels 2, 3, 4 and 5, and only on the top (independently spinning) row.",
      "source": "paytable_p1.png",
      "observed_on_frame": "base_game_wild_symbols.png shows two WILD tiles simultaneously on the top row of reels 1-2 area (per the captured frame) plus one SCATTER further along the top row."
    },
    "scatter": {
      "name": "SCATTER",
      "appearance": "Circular badge, orange/yellow sunset-gradient sky background, the green jumping bass fish icon inside, black ribbon banner below reading 'SCATTER' in orange-gold letters",
      "rules": "Appears on all reels. 3 or more SCATTER symbols anywhere on the reels trigger the FREE SPINS feature.",
      "trigger_table": {"3": "10 free spins", "4": "15 free spins", "5": "20 free spins", "6": "25 free spins"},
      "source": "paytable_p3.png"
    },
    "fisherman": {
      "name": "FISHERMAN",
      "appearance": "Portrait of the bearded fisherman character (tan knit beanie, brown beard, green t-shirt, tan/yellow overalls) against an orange sunset background; on some frames shown holding a caught green fish",
      "rules": "Appears on all reels, ONLY during the Free Spins round (not in the base game). Each FISHERMAN symbol that lands collects (sums) all the current MONEY values shown on screen at that moment. All FISHERMAN symbols that hit during the feature are collected/tallied until the round ends.",
      "no_payout_table": "FISHERMAN has no symbol-count paytable of its own; it triggers the collection mechanic instead (see free_spins_feature.fisherman_collection).",
      "source": "paytable_p3.png"
    }
  },

  "free_spins_feature": {
    "name": "FREE SPINS",
    "trigger": "3 or more SCATTER symbols anywhere on the reels.",
    "spins_awarded": {"3_scatter": 10, "4_scatter": 15, "5_scatter": 20, "6_scatter": 25},
    "fisherman_collection": "During Free Spins, every FISHERMAN symbol that lands collects all MONEY/fish values currently showing on the reels. Collected totals accumulate across the whole round.",
    "retrigger_mechanic": "Every 4th FISHERMAN symbol collected during the round awards +10 more free spins AND applies a win/collection multiplier to the money collected on the retriggered spins: 2x on the 1st retrigger, 3x on the 2nd retrigger, 10x on the 3rd retrigger. After the 3rd retrigger, the feature cannot be retriggered again. Retriggered spins are played after the current batch of free spins ends; the multiplier applies to those retriggered spins.",
    "collection_meter_ui": "A vertical wood-framed 'filmstrip' meter runs down the right edge of the reel area during Free Spins. It shows a column of small fisherman-portrait cells: cells not yet reached are shown desaturated/greyscale, the currently active progress cell is shown in full colour (warm sunset tones); three dark ribbon-banner cells are inserted in the strip reading '+10 FREE SPINS x2', '+10 FREE SPINS x3' and '+10 FREE SPINS x10' marking the 1st/2nd/3rd retrigger reward tiers respectively. Groups of 4 fisherman cells sit between/below each banner, matching the 'every 4th FISHERMAN' rule.",
    "endgame_helpers": "Randomly, when only 1 or 2 FISHERMAN symbols are present on screen with no fish/MONEY symbols at the end of a free spin, either (a) a dynamite animation can make fish MONEY symbols appear in random positions, or (b) a bazooka animation can appear and change all symbols on screen (except FISHERMAN) into new symbols.",
    "special_reels": "Special reels are stated to be in play during the feature (paytable_p3.png), distinct from the base-game reel set.",
    "max_win_cap_interaction": "If the total win of a FREE SPINS ROUND reaches 4,000x total bet, the round immediately ends, the win is awarded (capped at 4,000x) and all remaining free spins are forfeited.",
    "bonus_buy": "NOT available. Confirmed absent from: the Autoplay Settings panel (autoplay.png / paytable_p7.png), the base-game side controls, and all 7 pages of the rules booklet.",
    "captured_evidence": "Free Spins occurred naturally twice during the capture session (see feature_coverage). Explicit trigger banner ('X FREE SPINS WON') was not captured as a standalone frame — see not_captured.",
    "source": "paytable_p3.png"
  },

  "technical_summary": {
    "rtp_percent": 96.72,
    "rtp_source": "paytable_p4.png: 'The theoretical RTP of this game is 96.72%'",
    "volatility": "High — shown as a 'VOLATILITY' badge with 5 of 5 filled gold lightning-bolt icons; accompanying text: 'High volatility games pay out less often on average but the chance to hit big wins in a short time span is higher.'",
    "volatility_source": "paytable_p4.png",
    "bet_min": "$0.20",
    "bet_max": "$240.00",
    "bet_source": "paytable_p4.png: 'MINIMUM BET: $0.20   MAXIMUM BET: $240.00'",
    "demo_default_bet": "$2.00",
    "demo_starting_credit": "$100,000.00",
    "max_win": "4,000x total bet",
    "max_win_source": "paytable_p2.png ('MAX WIN' section) and repeated on paytable_p6.png ('The maximum win amount is limited to 4000X bet. If the total win of a round reaches 4000X bet the round immediately ends, win is awarded up to the cap and all remaining features are forfeited.')",
    "reels_rows": "6 reels of variable height (Megaways) — see grid_and_megaways_mechanic; no fixed row count.",
    "ways_to_win": "Variable per spin, up to a maximum of 46,656 ways (Megaways licensed mechanic).",
    "megaways_license": "'MEGAWAYS™ IS USED UNDER LICENCE FROM' plus a small round red 'BIG' logo badge, shown at the bottom of paytable_p1.png — the Megaways-mechanic licensor credit.",
    "keyboard_controls": "SPACE and ENTER keys start/stop the spin (paytable_p4.png, paytable_p5.png).",
    "currency_view_toggle": "Clicking the CREDIT or BET labels switches between coins view and cash view (paytable_p5.png).",
    "malfunction_clause": "Malfunction voids all pays and plays."
  },

  "screens": {
    "preview": {
      "type": "preview",
      "content": "Splash/promo screen shown before entering the demo. Deep-blue underwater background. Large jumping green bass fish with an open mouth and a fishing hook/line arcing above it, centred near the top. Below it the 'BIG BASS BONANZA' logo (yellow-orange gradient bubble letters, black outline) with 'MEGAWAYS™' in gold beneath. The bearded fisherman character stands at the lower-left holding a fishing rod, facing right toward the logo. A round white 'enter/replay' icon (two curved arrows forming a circle, with a small crowned gorilla/monkey mascot badge at its centre) sits at the right, roughly mid-height. White slogan text below the logo: 'LOOK OUT FOR RE-TRIGGERS & ALL-WINS MULTIPLIERS!'. A horizontal wood-plank strip near the bottom shows a repeating row of small fisherman-icon tiles interspersed with two orange '+10 FREE SPINS x2' and '+10 FREE SPINS x3' badge tiles and one larger orange '+10 FREE SPINS x10' tile at the far right — a preview of the Free Spins retrigger meter. Bottom-left: an empty yellow-outlined checkbox with the label \"DON'T SHOW NEXT TIME\".",
      "color_blind_notes": "Slogan and enter icon are large, high-contrast white-on-dark; the free-spins-meter preview tiles use both colour AND explicit numeric/text labels ('+10 FREE SPINS x2/x3/x10')."
    },
    "base_game": {
      "type": "base_game",
      "overall_layout": "6-reel Megaways grid centred on screen; a distinct gold-bordered top row strip sits above the main blue reel grid (holds the fixed reel-1/6 top symbol and the independently-spinning reels 2-5 top symbols). 'BIG BASS BONANZA MEGAWAYS™' logo badge top-left (smaller than on the preview). 'MEGAWAYS™' counter box top-right showing the current spin's live ways total as a number (or blank mid-tumble, see anomalies).",
      "background": "Underwater deep-blue scene, lighter turquoise waterline band near the top of the reel area, small rising bubble particles along the outer left/right edges of the grid.",
      "bottom_bar": {
        "far_left_column": "Round hamburger MENU button (three white horizontal lines on a dark circle) opens System Settings; a round SOUND/speaker icon below it toggles audio; a round 'i' INFORMATION icon further right opens the 7-page rules booklet.",
        "balance_labels": "'CREDIT $100,000.00' (label light blue, value yellow) and 'BET $2.00' (label light blue, value yellow), centre-left.",
        "center_hint": "'HOLD SPACE FOR TURBO SPIN' in white, centred.",
        "right_controls": "Oval '−' (decrease bet) button, a large circular SPIN button (two white curved arrows forming a spin/refresh icon around a small dark badge showing a crowned gorilla/monkey mascot face), an oval '+' (increase bet) button, and an 'AUTOPLAY' pill-shaped button (with a small spin-speed icon) below the SPIN button.",
        "branding": "'REEL KINGDOM' in small grey text, bottom-left corner."
      },
      "symbols_on_frame_note": "Per-cell layout of any single captured base-game frame is a random spin snapshot, not a fixed game property, so it is not enumerated cell-by-cell; only representative symbols/mechanics visible in each captured variant are described below.",
      "captured_variants": {
        "base_game_00.png": "Freshly-loaded base game, MEGAWAYS 17280. Reel 1 shows only 4 symbols (rod&reel, tackle box, dragonfly, rod&reel) illustrating the variable reel height; other reels show letters/bobber/tackle-box mixes.",
        "base_game_money_win.png": "Mid-tumble MONEY win: several fish/lure tiles show cash-value ribbons ($4.00, $30.00, $50.00, $20.00); credit reduced to $99,994.40 mid-round; 'AUTO SPINS LEFT 97' shown centre (autoplay in progress); AUTOPLAY button outlined in red indicating it is actively running; MEGAWAYS counter box blank (mid-tumble).",
        "base_game_tumble_cascade.png": "Mid-cascade frame with 3 SCATTER tiles simultaneously visible (reels with the green-bass/SCATTER-ribbon icon) plus MONEY tiles ($4.00); MEGAWAYS 480; 'GOOD LUCK!' shown instead of a win amount (start-of-sequence message).",
        "base_game_wild_symbols.png": "Two WILD (fishing-net) tiles visible together on the top row plus one SCATTER tile further along the top row; MEGAWAYS 360; 'GOOD LUCK!' message shown.",
        "base_game_bigwin_2scatter.png": "WIN $17.70 shown; two SCATTER tiles visible at once on different reels (a near-miss short of the 3-symbol trigger); several MONEY-valued fish tiles visible ($20.00, $10.00, $4.00); MEGAWAYS 7200; top row mid-spin blur visible on reel 1."
      },
      "color_blind_notes": "All bottom-bar controls are white glyphs on dark circular backgrounds (shape-based, not colour-coded). CREDIT/BET are readable as high-contrast yellow numerals. Active-autoplay state is signalled by BOTH a red outline around the AUTOPLAY button AND the text 'AUTO SPINS LEFT n'."
    },
    "paytable_p1": {
      "type": "paytable",
      "page": "1 of 7 ('GAME RULES')",
      "content": "Top: two rows of 5 paying symbols each with their 6/5/4/3(/2)-of-a-kind payouts (full detail in 'symbols'). Middle-left: the WILD (fishing net) tile with its substitution rule text. Middle-right: 'Ways to win' heading with two small diagrams (green check mark example showing wins can zig-zag across adjacent reels; red X example showing a straight vertical highlighted column is NOT a valid way) plus the full ways-to-win explanation text and the 46,656 maximum. Bottom: small 'MEGAWAYS™ IS USED UNDER LICENCE FROM [BIG logo]' licensor credit.",
      "navigation": "Bottom-left: three green circular controls — ◄ (previous, disabled/greyed since this is page 1), X (close, centre), ► (next, green/active). 'Page 1/7' bottom-right. A separate white X at the panel's top-right also closes the booklet.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Nav controls differentiated by shape (triangle/cross/triangle) and enabled/disabled state (grey vs green), not colour alone."
    },
    "paytable_p2": {
      "type": "rules",
      "page": "2 of 7",
      "content": "'TUMBLE FEATURE' heading and full description (see tumble_feature). 'MONEY SYMBOL' heading with the small fish/lure icon and full description including the 8 possible values 2x/5x/10x/15x/20x/25x/50x/4000x total bet (see money_symbol). 'MAX WIN' heading: 'The maximum win amount is limited to 4,000x bet. If the total win of a FREE SPINS ROUND reaches 4,000x the round immediately ends, win is awarded and all remaining free spins are forfeited.'",
      "color_blind_notes": "Body text white on dark translucent panel; headings white/bold, high contrast."
    },
    "paytable_p3": {
      "type": "rules",
      "page": "3 of 7",
      "content": "'FREE SPINS' heading. Trigger rule and the 3/4/5/6-SCATTER → 10/15/20/25-spins table. The SCATTER symbol icon with its rule text. The FISHERMAN symbol icon with its rule text (appears only during Free Spins). Full paragraph describing FISHERMAN collection, the every-4th-FISHERMAN retrigger with 2x/3x/10x multiplier tiers, the 'cannot retrigger after the 3rd time' cap, and the two random end-of-spin helper animations (dynamite spawning fish MONEY symbols; bazooka reshuffling all non-FISHERMAN symbols). Final line: 'Special reels are in play during the feature.'",
      "color_blind_notes": "Same white-on-dark panel style; SCATTER/FISHERMAN icons are labelled with explicit text captions, not colour-coded."
    },
    "paytable_p4": {
      "type": "rules",
      "page": "4 of 7 ('GAME RULES')",
      "content": "'VOLATILITY' badge with 5/5 gold lightning-bolt icons and explanatory text. Win-evaluation rules (highest win per way; multiple ways summed; free spins/bonus wins added to the pay way; all wins multiplied by base bet; values expressed as actual coin wins). Free-spins-win-timing note. SPACE/ENTER keyboard shortcuts. 'The theoretical RTP of this game is 96.72%.' 'MINIMUM BET: $0.20  MAXIMUM BET: $240.00.' 'Malfunction voids all pays and plays.'",
      "color_blind_notes": "Volatility conveyed by BOTH the word 'VOLATILITY'/'High' text elsewhere and the bolt-icon count (5 filled) — filled vs unfilled bolts differentiated by fill, not hue."
    },
    "paytable_p5": {
      "type": "rules",
      "page": "5 of 7 ('HOW TO PLAY')",
      "content": "Explains the +/− bet buttons and bet menu, the SPIN button, the settings-menu (hamburger) icon, the spin-speed-cycle icon (normal/quick/turbo spin), the sound toggle icon, the Information ('i') button, the CREDIT/BET labels and their coins/cash view toggle, and the AUTOPLAY button (open menu / click again to stop).",
      "color_blind_notes": "Each control is illustrated with its actual monochrome icon glyph next to the explanatory text — icon shape is the identifying cue, not colour."
    },
    "paytable_p6": {
      "type": "rules",
      "page": "6 of 7 ('SETTINGS MENU')",
      "content": "Describes each System Settings toggle (INTRO SCREEN, AMBIENT, SOUND FX, GAME HISTORY). Describes the Information screen's ◄/► page-scroll and X-close controls. Describes the BET MENU (bet multiplier and total bet shown in coins and cash; +/− buttons for BET and COIN VALUE fields). Repeats the max-win rule: 'The maximum win amount is limited to 4000X bet. If the total win of a round reaches 4000X bet the round immediately ends, win is awarded up to the cap and all remaining features are forfeited.'",
      "color_blind_notes": "Same panel style as other rules pages."
    },
    "paytable_p7": {
      "type": "rules",
      "page": "7 of 7 ('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.'",
      "color_blind_notes": "Text-only instructional page."
    },
    "settings": {
      "type": "settings",
      "title": "SYSTEM SETTINGS",
      "panel_style": "Centred dark navy/black rounded panel over the dimmed reels; white 'X' close icon at the top-right of the panel.",
      "left_side": "'GAME HISTORY' link with an external-link icon. 'TOTAL BET' adjuster: round green '−' button, value field showing '$2.00' in yellow on black, round green '+' button.",
      "right_side_toggles": "Four labelled on/off toggle switches, each with explanatory sub-text: 'BATTERY SAVER' (save battery life by reducing animation speed) — shown OFF (white circle on the left/dark track); 'AMBIENT MUSIC' (turn on/off the game music) — shown ON (green track, circle right); 'SOUND FX' (turn on/off the game sounds) — shown ON (green); 'INTRO SCREEN' (show the intro screen before starting the game) — shown ON (green).",
      "color_blind_notes": "Toggle state is shown by BOTH switch handle position (left=off/right=on) AND track colour (dark=off/green=on) — position is the non-colour-dependent cue."
    },
    "autoplay": {
      "type": "autoplay",
      "title": "AUTOPLAY SETTINGS",
      "layout": "Dark navy panel over dimmed reels; white 'X' close icon top-right.",
      "options": "Three circular checkbox options in a row: 'TURBO SPIN', 'QUICK SPIN', 'SKIP SCREENS' — in the captured frame only 'SKIP SCREENS' is checked (shown with a green filled circle and a white check mark; the other two are unchecked grey/dark circles).",
      "autospins_selector": "'NUMBER OF AUTOSPINS' label above a horizontal slider (green filled track up to the handle, thin white track beyond) with a round green handle; value '100' shown to the right in blue.",
      "action": "Large green 'START AUTOPLAY (100)' button spanning the panel width at the bottom, white text.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Checked vs unchecked state shown by BOTH fill colour (green vs dark) AND an explicit white check-mark glyph (shape-based) on the checked option."
    },
    "free_spins_gameplay": {
      "type": "free_spins",
      "shared_layout": "Same 6-reel Megaways grid as the base game, but a wood-framed vertical collection-meter strip is added along the right edge of the screen (see free_spins_feature.collection_meter_ui). Bottom-centre shows 'WIN $X.XX' and, in most frames, 'FREE SPINS LEFT n' beneath it.",
      "fs_gameplay_01.png": "FREE SPINS LEFT 4, WIN $10.30, MEGAWAYS 810. A single MONEY-valued fish tile visible ($4.00) plus a WILD tile on the top row (reel 4). Collection meter shows the bottom-most fisherman cell in colour (progress started) with the '+10 FREE SPINS x10/x3/x2' banner cells above.",
      "fs_gameplay_02.png": "MEGAWAYS 1350, WIN $50.20, FREE SPINS LEFT not shown in this frame (between-tumble state). The FISHERMAN symbol itself is visible on the grid with a '$38.00' collected-value ribbon beneath it, alongside other MONEY fish tiles ($10.00, $20.00, $4.00).",
      "fs_gameplay_03_wild.png": "MEGAWAYS counter box blank (mid-tumble, see anomalies), AUTO SPINS LEFT 42 shown (autoplay running through the feature), several MONEY fish tiles visible ($10.00, $4.00, $20.00, $30.00).",
      "fs_gameplay_04.png": "MEGAWAYS 1152, WIN $0.90, FREE SPINS LEFT 7. The FISHERMAN character symbol is directly visible on the grid (portrait holding a fish). Collection meter visible at full height along the right edge showing all three retrigger banner tiers.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Feature state signalled by text ('FREE SPINS LEFT', 'WIN', banner text on the meter tiles), not colour alone; the collection-meter progress uses colour-saturation (grey vs full colour) which remains distinguishable for all colour-vision types since it is a luminance/saturation cue, not a hue cue."
    },
    "win_screen": {
      "type": "win_screen (as labelled in the manifest)",
      "manifest_label_discrepancy": "The manifest describes this frame (fs_win.png) as a 'CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE WON $59.40' end-of-round summary banner. The actual pixel content of fs_win.png does NOT show that banner — it shows an ordinary Free-Spins gameplay frame (MEGAWAYS 2430, 'WIN $3.24', 'GAME PAYS $1.00', credit $100,035.50, a visible SCATTER tile, no 'FREE SPINS LEFT' counter or collection meter visible in this particular frame). This mismatch is flagged here rather than silently repeating the manifest's caption; see anomalies and not_captured.",
      "content_actually_visible": "Standard in-round reel state with 'WIN $3.24' and 'GAME PAYS $1.00' shown centre-bottom in place of the usual 'FREE SPINS LEFT n' line, which together with the credit increase from the prior free-spins frames ($99,980.10 → $100,035.50) suggests this frame was captured at or near the end of the free-spins sequence (settlement/summary moment) rather than during active spinning, but the dedicated 'CONGRATULATIONS' plaque overlay itself was not captured.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Win amount is rendered as large high-contrast yellow/cyan text, legible without colour discrimination."
    }
  },

  "feature_coverage_summary": {
    "free_spins": {
      "status": "Naturally triggered twice during the capture session (no bonus-buy exists for this game).",
      "gameplay_captured": "4 distinct in-round frames (fs_gameplay_01-04) covering early/mid/collection/WILD/retrigger-meter states across both natural rounds.",
      "trigger_banner_captured": false,
      "end_of_round_summary_captured": "Ambiguous/likely-not — see screens.win_screen.manifest_label_discrepancy."
    },
    "tumble": "Directly observed in base_game_money_win.png, base_game_tumble_cascade.png and multiple free-spins frames (MONEY tiles falling/exploding, MEGAWAYS counter blanking mid-cascade).",
    "wild": "Directly observed (base_game_wild_symbols.png, fs_gameplay_01.png).",
    "money_collect": "Directly observed both in base game (MONEY fish tiles with $ ribbons) and in Free Spins (FISHERMAN collecting, e.g. fs_gameplay_02.png showing a $38.00 collection).",
    "megaways": "Directly observed via the live MEGAWAYS counter across many frames with differing values (17280 down to 360, etc.), confirming the variable-ways mechanic.",
    "bonus_buy": "Confirmed absent (no purchase control anywhere in the UI or rules booklet)."
  },

  "accessibility_observations": {
    "screen_reader": "Control layout is stable across all game states: menu+sound icons far-left, info icon just right of them, bet +/- flanking the large central SPIN button, AUTOPLAY button directly below SPIN. The rules/paytable content is a single linear 7-page sequence (◄/► to move, X to close, 'Page N/7' indicator) — straightforward for sequential screen-reader navigation once exposed as accessible controls.",
    "motor": "Large circular tap targets for SPIN/MENU/SOUND/INFO/bet buttons. SPACE and ENTER keys can start/stop a spin, reducing the need for precise pointer clicks. Autoplay (with adjustable spin count and a SKIP SCREENS option) further reduces required interactions for extended play.",
    "color_blind": "Most game-state cues are duplicated through text or shape: bet/credit shown as numerals, free-spins count shown as 'FREE SPINS LEFT n' text, retrigger tiers labelled with explicit '+10 FREE SPINS x2/x3/x10' text (not colour-coded wedges), toggle states shown by switch handle position as well as colour, and the collection-meter progress uses greyscale-vs-colour saturation rather than a hue distinction. Residual risk: the WILD (turquoise) vs SCATTER (orange sunset) vs MONEY-ribbon (orange/gold) tiles rely partly on background hue at a glance, but each also carries a distinct icon shape and/or text label (WILD, SCATTER, $ amount) that remains legible without colour discrimination.",
    "deaf_hard_of_hearing": "No audio-only information was observed; SOUND FX and AMBIENT MUSIC are purely decorative toggles in Settings. All game state (wins, ways count, free spins remaining, collected money values, retrigger progress) is conveyed through on-screen text and numerals."
  },

  "anomalies": [
    "MEGAWAYS counter box (top-right) is shown BLANK (just the 'MEGAWAYS™' wordmark, no number) on frames captured mid-tumble/mid-cascade (base_game_money_win.png, fs_gameplay_03_wild.png) — the live ways total is not shown while symbols are settling between tumble drops; this appears to be normal UI behaviour, not a capture defect.",
    "fs_win.png does not visually match its manifest description ('CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE WON $59.40' banner) — the actual frame shows ordinary in-round content ('WIN $3.24', 'GAME PAYS $1.00'). Documented as-seen rather than trusting the caption; see screens.win_screen.manifest_label_discrepancy.",
    "Capture session anomalies reported by the capturer (headless Chromium freezes on win-celebration tweens, requiring reloads) are noted for provenance but do not affect the documented content, which is based only on the delivered frames' actual pixels."
  ],

  "not_captured": [
    "Explicit Free Spins trigger banner (e.g. 'X FREE SPINS WON' shown at the moment 3+ SCATTER land) — both natural triggers during the session were first observed already inside the round.",
    "A verified, unambiguous end-of-Free-Spins 'CONGRATULATIONS / total win' summary plaque — the frame labelled as such in the manifest (fs_win.png) shows ordinary gameplay content instead (see anomalies)."
  ],

  "unreadable_or_uncertain": [
    "No in-game text names the 5th high-value symbol (fish/lure cluster) explicitly; 'small fish / lure cluster' is a descriptive label, not an official in-game name.",
    "Whether fs_win.png was mistimed relative to an actual congratulations overlay, or whether this particular free-spins round ended without a distinct summary plaque, could not be determined from the delivered frames alone.",
    "Exact pixel boundaries of the independently-spinning 'top row' on reels 2-5 versus the main column during a live spin blur (base_game_bigwin_2scatter.png shows a blurred reel-1 top area) were not fully resolvable, though the mechanic itself is clearly documented in the rules text.",
    "Full studio/provider footer text size and exact placement were read from thumbnail-scale frames; not zoomed separately since the text ('REEL KINGDOM') was already unambiguous at this size."
  ]
}