Big Bass – Hold & Spinner

{
  "game": {
    "name": "Big Bass - Hold & Spinner",
    "provider": "Pragmatic Play",
    "studio": "Reel Kingdom (small red-and-white rowboat with 'REEL KINGDOM' painted on the hull, shown on the preview screen; the letters 'RK' also appear engraved on the gold coins that fly out during win celebrations)",
    "theme": "Freshwater fishing / lake angling, part of the 'Big Bass' game family. A bearded fisherman in a green t-shirt, tan overalls and a brown beanie stands in a red rowboat, winding in a fishing line on a large wooden spinning reel/winch mounted on the boat. The reels are set underwater, viewed from below the waterline (bright blue-cyan water lit by sun rays, rising air bubbles, green cattail reeds along the top banks visible above the waterline).",
    "documentation_purpose": "Exhaustive accessibility documentation (blind/low-vision screen-reader users, deaf/hard-of-hearing users, color-blind users of all types, motor-impaired users) built from 24 desktop screenshots (1280x800), OCR ground truth and zoomed crops of the paytable and key symbols.",
    "method_notes": "Symbol identities and payouts were read directly from zoomed paytable crops (paytable_p1/p2). Payout amounts on the paytable are expressed as US-dollar wins at the demo default total bet of $2.00 (10 lines); a bet-multiplier equivalent (dollar amount / $2.00) is provided alongside each payout for portability across bet sizes. Numbers not clearly legible are listed in 'unreadable_or_uncertain' and were not invented.",
    "language": "English"
  },

  "color_palette": {
    "background_base_game": "Underwater scene: bright cyan/turquoise blue at the top fading to a deeper medium blue toward the bottom; vertical strings of small white air bubbles rise behind the reels; faint silhouettes of small fish swim in the background.",
    "background_above_waterline": "Sky-blue with soft white/lavender clouds and green cattail reeds/grass at the left and right edges, visible in a narrow band above the reel grid and on the preview/intro screens.",
    "frame_and_ui": "Reels have no heavy ornate frame (unlike jewel/temple-themed slots) - symbols float directly over the water background separated only by faint vertical bubble-streams. Side rail buttons ('BUY FREE SPINS', 'BUY HOLD & SPINNER', bet/ante panel) are pale blue-grey rounded rectangles with a white/blue outline.",
    "logo_and_title": "Title 'BIG BASS' in bold orange-to-yellow gradient 3D letters with a black outline and white highlight edge; 'HOLD & SPINNER' in a smaller grey/silver ribbon banner beneath it. A circular gold medallion with an embossed leaping golden bass fish sits to the left of the title (recurring 'Big Bass' franchise emblem).",
    "accent_colors": "Gold/yellow and orange (symbol values, coin icons, title text, MONEY-symbol coin skin), green (confirm/checkmark buttons, positive toggle switches, the dragonfly symbol, 'J' royal letter, live bass fish art), red (cancel/X buttons, the fisherman's WILD-symbol backdrop sunset, bobber top half, one skin variant of the low-value fish-stack symbol), blue/purple (K royal letter, water background, silver/diamond MONEY-symbol skin has a light-blue rim), pink/magenta ('A' royal letter), wood-brown (signpost-style dialog boxes for BUY confirmations and win/round-result banners, fishing rod handle, tackle box body).",
    "text_colors": "Most body/rules text is white on a black semi-transparent panel; headings are white or light blue (e.g. 'SYSTEM SETTINGS', 'AUTOPLAY SETTINGS' in cyan-blue); win amounts are large white or orange text with a heavy black/white outline for high contrast; CREDIT label is blue, BET label is yellow."
  },

  "symbols": {
    "note": "All payout tiers below were read from zoomed crops of paytable_p1.png (regular symbols) and paytable_p2.png (MONEY symbols). Dollar values are at the demo default total bet of $2.00; the accompanying '=Nx' figure is that dollar amount divided by $2.00, i.e. the win expressed as a multiplier of total bet.",
    "high_value": [
      {
        "name": "Red-and-green bobber / fishing float",
        "appearance": "A classic round fishing bobber/float: top half bright red with a small white highlight band, bottom half bright green, thin white line dividing them, mounted on a thin grey/white rod-peg, floating on a circular water-ripple graphic.",
        "payouts": {"5": "$400.00 (=200x)", "4": "$40.00 (=20x)", "3": "$10.00 (=5x)", "2": "$1.00 (=0.5x)"},
        "rank": "Highest-paying regular symbol; the only regular symbol that pays from just 2-of-a-kind."
      },
      {
        "name": "Fishing rod and reel",
        "appearance": "A brown wooden fishing rod bent in an arc, with a teal/turquoise fishing line spooled on a gold-and-teal reel; a small brown tobacco pipe rests against the reel; a silver hook dangles from the line tip.",
        "payouts": {"5": "$200.00 (=100x)", "4": "$30.00 (=15x)", "3": "$6.00 (=3x)"}
      },
      {
        "name": "Dragonfly",
        "appearance": "A pale blue-grey dragonfly with a long segmented body and two pairs of translucent, vein-patterned wings, shown mid-flight from a top-down angle.",
        "payouts": {"5": "$100.00 (=50x)", "4": "$20.00 (=10x)", "3": "$4.00 (=2x)"}
      },
      {
        "name": "Tackle box",
        "appearance": "An open grey/silver metal tackle box with a red lid (red fish-shaped emblem on the box's front panel); the open top tray holds colourful lures and a small blue-green item, and a red spool/lure sits in the lower compartment.",
        "payouts": {"5": "$100.00 (=50x)", "4": "$20.00 (=10x)", "3": "$4.00 (=2x)"}
      },
      {
        "name": "Fish catch / cluster of fish (lowest-paying regular symbol)",
        "appearance": "A cluster of five fish of different species and colours overlapping each other: two glazed orange/red fish at the top and three green-bodied bass/perch-like fish (one small yellow-green fish at the bottom right). NOTE: the game brief described this as a 'lure/bait' symbol, but the on-screen artwork is clearly a stack of caught fish, not a bait lure - corrected from the source image.",
        "payouts": {"5": "$40.00 (=20x)", "4": "$10.00 (=5x)", "3": "$2.00 (=1x)"}
      }
    ],
    "royals_low_value": [
      {"name": "A", "color": "purple/violet with a gold outline", "payouts": {"5": "$20.00 (=10x)", "4": "$5.00 (=2.5x)", "3": "$0.40 (=0.2x)"}},
      {"name": "K", "color": "blue/periwinkle with a gold outline", "payouts": {"5": "$20.00 (=10x)", "4": "$5.00 (=2.5x)", "3": "$0.40 (=0.2x)"}},
      {"name": "Q", "color": "red/salmon with a gold outline", "payouts": {"5": "$10.00 (=5x)", "4": "$2.00 (=1x)", "3": "$0.40 (=0.2x)"}},
      {"name": "J", "color": "green with a gold outline", "payouts": {"5": "$10.00 (=5x)", "4": "$2.00 (=1x)", "3": "$0.40 (=0.2x)"}},
      {"name": "10", "color": "gold/orange with a darker gold outline", "payouts": {"5": "$10.00 (=5x)", "4": "$2.00 (=1x)", "3": "$0.40 (=0.2x)"}}
    ],
    "wild": {
      "name": "WILD (the Fisherman)",
      "appearance": "A photographic-style portrait of a bearded man in a green shirt holding up a caught green bass, on a warm orange/red sunset-lake backdrop.",
      "rules": "Appears on all reels ONLY during the FREE SPINS round (not in the base game). Substitutes for all symbols except SCATTER and MONEY symbols. During Free Spins, every WILD that lands also collects the value(s) of any FISH MONEY symbols currently on screen; every WILD collected this way is tallied on a collection meter, and every 4th WILD collected triggers a retrigger of +10 free spins with a rising collection multiplier (see 'features.free_spins').",
      "source": "paytable_p1 (identity/appearance) + paytable_p3 (Free Spins collection rules)"
    },
    "scatter": {
      "name": "SCATTER (Bass fish)",
      "appearance": "A green-bodied bass/largemouth-style fish shown leaping, on a circular gold-rimmed medallion with the word 'SCATTER' on a black ribbon underneath.",
      "rules": "Appears on all reels. 3, 4 or 5 SCATTER symbols anywhere trigger the FREE SPINS feature, awarding 10, 15 or 20 free spins respectively. Does not require a payline / adjacency - 'appears on all reels' per paytable_p1.",
      "source": "paytable_p1 + paytable_p3"
    },
    "money_symbols": {
      "name": "MONEY symbols (base game / Hold & Spinner feature)",
      "appearance": "Two interchangeable visual skins are used for the MONEY symbol: (1) a faceted silver/white diamond gem with a light-blue rim highlight, and (2) a round bronze/copper coin embossed with an engraved leaping-fish design. Both carry a curled yellow/orange ribbon banner underneath showing the symbol's dollar value for that spin.",
      "rules": "At every spin, each MONEY symbol on the reels takes a random value from a fixed set (see 'values' below), expressed and paid as that dollar amount at the demo bet (i.e. a multiplier of total bet). 3 or more MONEY symbols on screen trigger the HOLD & SPINNER bonus (see 'features.hold_and_spin').",
      "possible_values_multiplier_of_total_bet": ["1x","2x","3x","4x","5x","6x","7x","8x","9x","10x","11x","12x","14x","16x","18x","20x","22x","25x","30x","50x","100x","200x","300x","500x","1000x","2000x"],
      "source": "paytable_p2"
    },
    "fish_money_symbol": {
      "name": "FISH MONEY symbol (Free Spins feature only)",
      "appearance": "Uses the same artwork as the lowest-paying regular symbol (the cluster of fish), shown individually in a bright yellow/orange spotlight card with the fish image on top and a dollar value on a ribbon banner below (e.g. '$20.00', '$10.00', '$4.00' observed in captured frames).",
      "rules": "During Free Spins, each fish-paying symbol on screen also carries a random FISH MONEY value. Every WILD (Fisherman) that lands collects all FISH MONEY values currently visible on the screen, adding them to the round total. Randomly, whenever one or more WILD symbols are present at the end of a free spin, additional FISH MONEY symbols can appear in random positions, replacing whatever symbol was there.",
      "possible_values_multiplier_of_total_bet": ["2x","5x","10x","15x","20x","25x","50x","100x","200x","500x","1000x","3333x","5000x","10000x"],
      "source": "paytable_p2 + paytable_p3"
    }
  },

  "technical_summary": {
    "grid": "5 reels x 3 rows, fixed grid (not Megaways/ways).",
    "paylines": "10 fixed paylines, left-to-right on adjacent reels from the leftmost reel. Line shapes are shown in the paytable as small 5x3 pictograms (page 5/8): line 1 = straight middle row, line 2 = straight top row, line 3 = straight bottom row; lines 4-10 are various V/zigzag/W-shaped combinations across the 3 rows. The pictograms are small and their exact cell-by-cell path for lines 4-10 was not reliably legible even zoomed 4x, so only lines 1-3 are described precisely; the rest are 'uncertain - zigzag pattern, exact path not legible' (see unreadable_or_uncertain).",
    "payline_direction": "left-to-right (ltr), stated explicitly: 'All symbols pay from left to right on selected paylines.'",
    "win_rule": "Only the highest win is paid per payline; wins on multiple paylines are added to the total win. All wins are multiplied by bet per line; values are expressed as actual wins in coins/cash.",
    "rtp": {
      "base": "96.07% (\"The theoretical RTP of this game is 96.07%\")",
      "ante_bet": "96.09% (\"The RTP of the game when using the ANTE BET\")",
      "buy_free_spins": "96.07% (\"The RTP of the game when using BUY FREE SPINS\")",
      "buy_hold_and_spinner": "96.07% (\"The RTP of the game when using BUY HOLD & SPINNER\")",
      "source": "paytable_p5"
    },
    "volatility": "High - shown as a 'VOLATILITY' badge with 5 of 5 filled yellow lightning-bolt icons (paytable_p5).",
    "bet_range": {"min": "$0.10", "max": "$375.00", "source": "paytable_p5"},
    "demo_default_bet": "$2.00 total bet (10 lines); demo credit balance $100,000.00",
    "max_win": "10,000x total bet. If the total win of a round (Hold & Spinner or Free Spins) reaches 10,000x, the round immediately ends, the win is awarded up to the cap, and all remaining spins/respins are forfeited. Also shown on the Free Spins intro banner as 'MAX WIN 10,000X'.",
    "max_win_source": "paytable_p4, rules_p7, free_spins_trigger.png",
    "ante_bet": {
      "label": "'EXTRA CHANCE OF SCATTERS' toggle, shown on the left rail of the base game as a green on/off switch (captured OFF by default).",
      "cost": "Raises total bet from $2.00 to $3.00 at the demo default stake, i.e. a 1.5x multiplier on total bet (internally described in rules as bet-multiplier 10x = normal play vs bet-multiplier 15x = ante bet, i.e. 15/10 = 1.5x).",
      "effect": "Increases the natural chance of hitting the SCATTER-triggered Free Spins / more SCATTER symbols appear on the reels, but DISABLES the 'BUY FREE SPINS' option while active. Does not disable 'BUY HOLD & SPINNER'.",
      "source": "base_game.png + paytable_p4"
    },
    "bonus_buy": {
      "buy_free_spins": {"cost": "100x current total bet (shown as $200 at the $2.00 demo bet)", "effect": "Instantly triggers the Free Spins round; on the triggering spin, 3, 4 or 5 SCATTER symbols hit randomly (determining whether 10, 15 or 20 free spins are awarded)."},
      "buy_hold_and_spinner": {"cost": "100x current total bet (shown as $200 at the $2.00 demo bet)", "effect": "Instantly triggers the Hold & Spinner round; on the triggering spin, 3, 4 or 5 MONEY symbols with random values hit randomly."},
      "source": "paytable_p4, bonus_buy_fs_dialog.png, bonus_buy_hs_dialog.png"
    },
    "keyboard": "SPACE and ENTER keys start/stop the spin (rules_p6).",
    "malfunction_clause": "\"Malfunction voids all pays and plays.\" (paytable_p5)"
  },

  "features": {
    "free_spins": {
      "trigger": "3, 4 or 5 SCATTER (bass) symbols anywhere on the reels award 10, 15 or 20 free spins respectively.",
      "wild_collection": "During Free Spins, every WILD (Fisherman) symbol that lands also collects the value(s) of any FISH MONEY symbols currently visible on the screen. All WILDs that land during the feature are tallied on a horizontal collection meter across the top of the screen (12 wood-plank slots, each holding a grey/desaturated portrait of the Fisherman that turns to full colour once that WILD has been collected).",
      "retrigger": "Every 4th WILD collected retriggers the feature, awarding +10 more free spins. The retriggered spins are played after the current batch of free spins ends. Each retrigger also raises the multiplier applied to MONEY-symbol collection: 2x on the 1st retrigger (4th WILD), 3x on the 2nd retrigger (8th WILD), and 10x on the 3rd retrigger (12th WILD). After the 3rd retrigger, the feature can no longer be retriggered. The collection-meter track visibly marks the 4th, 8th and 12th slot with a '+10 FREE SPINS x2 / x3 / x10' tag; the 12th (final, x10) slot has a distinct bright white border marking it as the last possible retrigger tier.",
      "random_fish_money_spawn": "Randomly, whenever one or more WILD symbols are present on screen at the end of a free spin, additional FISH MONEY symbols can appear in random positions, replacing whatever symbol was there.",
      "special_reels": "\"Special reels are in play during the feature\" (distinct reel strips used only in Free Spins, per paytable_p3).",
      "outcome_example_captured": "A purchased Free Spins round (10 spins, $200/100x buy) produced a mid-round 'BIG WIN $16.72' and completed with 'CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE WON $34.80' (Free Spins Left 0); in this particular captured run the meter reached only the first 3 slots (no natural retrigger occurred within the 10 purchased spins).",
      "source": "paytable_p3, free_spins_trigger.png, free_spins_play.png, free_spins_bigwin.png, free_spins_win.png"
    },
    "hold_and_spin": {
      "name": "HOLD & SPINNER bonus",
      "trigger": "3 or more MONEY symbols (diamond or fish-coin skin, each with its own random value) landing anywhere trigger the feature.",
      "mechanic": "When the feature starts, all MONEY symbols remain in place and every other symbol fades away/is removed; the reel grid is re-skinned as a fishing net stretched over rope beams above dark blue water, with empty cells shown as small green diamond/gem tiles (decorative filler, not a paying symbol). The values of all MONEY symbols on screen are added to the round's total win. The round starts with 4 respins. Any MONEY symbol that hits on a respin resets the respin counter back to 4 and its value is added to the total. The round ends when there are no more respins left, at which point the total collected value is awarded as the round win. Special reels are in play during the respin round.",
      "ui_indicators": "A pill-shaped counter at top-left shows the running total win in dollars (e.g. '$22.00' -> '$38.00' in captured frames). A pill-shaped indicator at top-right shows the remaining respins as a row of 4 heart icons: filled bright red = respin remaining, pale/greyed-out outline = respin used/none remaining. The fisherman character and rowboat are shown at top-centre, winding the rope/reel winch as a thematic animation cue.",
      "outcome_example_captured": "A purchased Hold & Spinner round ($200/100x buy) progressed from an accumulated $22.00 (1 grey heart / 3 red hearts visible, i.e. mid-round with respins already used) to $38.00 after a new MONEY hit reset the counter to 4 full red hearts, passed through an intermediate 'MEGA WIN $51.48' overlay, and ended with 'CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE WON $78.00' and all 4 hearts shown empty/pale (respins exhausted).",
      "source": "paytable_p2, bonus_buy_hs_dialog.png, hold_spinner_trigger.png, hold_spinner_play1.png, hold_spinner_play2.png, hold_spinner_megawin.png, hold_spinner_win.png"
    }
  },

  "screens": {
    "preview": {
      "type": "preview",
      "content": "Promo/splash screen shown before entering the game. Left: a large circular gold medallion with an embossed leaping golden bass fish (fishing line/hook trailing off it), overlapping the game title 'BIG BASS' (bold orange-yellow 3D letters, black outline) with a grey ribbon banner beneath reading 'HOLD & SPINNER', and a small red lure/fly hanging off the ribbon's tail. Right: the bearded fisherman standing in the red-and-white 'REEL KINGDOM' rowboat, winding a large wooden rope-spool winch; a red-bordered circular icon showing a stylised gorilla wearing a gold crown sits to the fisherman's right (likely a Reel Kingdom brand mark / enter-game control). Promo tagline in the lower-right: 'CATCH A BIG SPIN AND WIN BIG' in orange text with a white outline. Sky-blue background with clouds and cattail reeds at top, blue water at the bottom. Bottom-left checkbox: 'DON'T SHOW NEXT TIME'.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Title and tagline are large high-contrast outlined text, legible without colour discrimination."
    },
    "base_game": {
      "type": "base_game",
      "overall_layout": "5 reels x 3 rows, no ornate frame - symbols float directly over an underwater background; vertical bubble streams separate the columns.",
      "title_banner": "Top-centre: small gold fish-medallion icons flank the 'BIG BASS' / 'HOLD & SPINNER' logo lockup (same art as the preview logo, smaller).",
      "left_rail": "Three stacked pale blue-grey panels: (1) 'BET $3.00 / EXTRA CHANCE OF SCATTERS' with a small on/off toggle switch shown OFF (green icon, 'OFF' label) next to normal bet '$2.00'; (2) 'BUY FREE SPINS $200'; (3) 'BUY HOLD & SPINNER $200'.",
      "reel_cells": "No cell borders/tiles - symbols sit directly on the water art.",
      "symbols_on_this_frame": "A transient random mix (changes every spin) - the captured frame shows royals A (purple) and Q (red) and 10 (gold), the dragonfly, the fishing rod & reel, and the bobber float. NOTE: exact per-cell layout is a random snapshot, not a fixed game property, and is not enumerated cell-by-cell.",
      "bottom_bar": {
        "far_left": "Round hamburger MENU icon (three white horizontal lines) opens System Settings; round speaker/SOUND icon below/beside it toggles audio; round 'i' INFO icon opens the 8-page paytable/rules booklet.",
        "balance_labels": "Centre-left: 'CREDIT $100,000.00' in blue, 'BET $2.00' in yellow.",
        "center_hint": "'HOLD SPACE FOR TURBO SPIN' in white text, bottom-centre.",
        "right_controls": "Large round SPIN button (two white curved arrows forming a circle) with a small gold-crowned gorilla-head Reel Kingdom emblem in its centre; oval '-' (decrease bet) to its left, oval '+' (increase bet) to its right; 'AUTOPLAY' pill button (with a small quick-spin icon) below/beside the spin button.",
        "branding": "'REEL KINGDOM' in small grey text, bottom-left corner."
      },
      "color_blind_notes": "Controls are white glyphs on dark circles (shape-based). The ante toggle is labelled 'OFF'/'ON' in text in addition to its green/grey switch colour and left/right switch position."
    },
    "paytable": {
      "page_1_of_8": {
        "header": "GAME RULES",
        "content": "Grid of 10 regular paying symbols with 5/4/3(/2)-of-a-kind payouts (see 'symbols'). Below: the Fisherman WILD portrait with rules text ('appears on all reels during the FREE SPINS round... substitutes for all symbols except SCATTER and MONEY symbols') and the green-bass SCATTER medallion with rules text ('appears on all reels')."
      },
      "page_2_of_8": {
        "header": "(continuation, no separate heading banner)",
        "content": "The two MONEY-symbol skins (silver diamond + bronze fish-coin) with their full random-value list; the HOLD & SPINNER bonus rules (3+ MONEY trigger, 4 respins, reset-on-hit, round ends when respins exhausted, special reels in play); the fish-cluster / FISH MONEY symbol with its own random-value list for the Free Spins feature."
      },
      "page_3_of_8": {
        "header": "FREE SPINS",
        "content": "Full Free Spins trigger table (3/4/5 SCATTER = 10/15/20 spins), WILD collection of FISH MONEY values, the collection meter and every-4th-WILD retrigger rule with 2x/3x/10x multiplier escalation, the 3-retrigger cap, the random end-of-spin FISH MONEY spawn rule, and 'special reels are in play during the feature.'"
      },
      "page_4_of_8": {
        "header": "MAX WIN / ANTE BET / BUY FREE SPINS",
        "content": "MAX WIN 10,000x bet cap and forced round-end rule; ANTE BET rules (bet-multiplier 15x = higher scatter chance but disables Buy Free Spins; bet-multiplier 10x = normal play); BUY FREE SPINS section explaining both Free Spins and Hold & Spinner can be bought individually for 100x current total bet each, and what happens on the triggering spin for each."
      },
      "page_5_of_8": {
        "header": "GAME RULES",
        "content": "VOLATILITY badge (5/5 lightning bolts) with high-volatility explanatory text; core payline rules (left-to-right, bet-per-line multiplier, highest win per line, multi-line wins summed); 10 small payline-shape pictograms numbered 1-10 (lines 1/2/3 are clearly a straight middle/top/bottom row; lines 4-10 are zigzag/V/W shapes whose exact cell path is too small to read reliably even zoomed); RTP figures (96.07% base / 96.09% ante / 96.07% buy free spins / 96.07% buy hold & spinner); SPACE/ENTER keyboard controls; 'Malfunction voids all pays and plays'; MINIMUM BET $0.10 / MAXIMUM BET $375.00."
      },
      "navigation": "Bottom-left on every page: green ◄ (previous), green X (close, centre), green ► (next) circular buttons; 'Page N/8' bottom-right.",
      "color_blind_notes": "The three green navigation controls are differentiated by shape (left triangle / cross / right triangle), not colour alone."
    },
    "rules": {
      "page_6_of_8": {
        "header": "HOW TO PLAY",
        "content": "Explains bet +/- and bet menu; SPIN button; hamburger/SETTINGS menu icon; spin-speed-cycle icon (normal/quick/turbo spin); sound toggle icon; 'i' Information-page icon; CREDIT/BET labels and coins/cash view switch; AUTOPLAY menu button and how to stop it."
      },
      "page_7_of_8": {
        "header": "SETTINGS MENU",
        "content": "Describes INTRO SCREEN, AMBIENT, SOUND FX and GAME HISTORY toggles; Information-screen ◄/► scroll and X-close controls; BET MENU (lines count, total bet in coins/cash, +/- for coins-per-line and coin value); repeats the MAX WIN 10,000x-bet cap and forfeiture-of-remaining-features rule."
      },
      "page_8_of_8": {
        "header": "AUTOPLAY",
        "content": "Explains clicking a preset auto-spins button to start Autoplay, and that SKIP SCREENS auto-skips feature intro/end screens after a short delay."
      }
    },
    "settings": {
      "type": "settings",
      "title": "SYSTEM SETTINGS",
      "panel_style": "Centred dark navy-blue panel, closed via a white 'X' at the top-right of the panel header.",
      "left_side": "'GAME HISTORY' link button (external-link icon); a 'TOTAL BET' stepper: round green '-' button, value '$2.00' in a black field with cyan outline, round green '+' button.",
      "right_side_toggles": "Four labelled on/off switches: 'BATTERY SAVER' (captured OFF - grey/white switch, left position) with subtext 'SAVE BATTERY LIFE BY REDUCING ANIMATION SPEED'; 'AMBIENT MUSIC' (captured ON - green switch, right position) 'TURN ON OR OFF THE GAME MUSIC'; 'SOUND FX' (captured ON - green) 'TURN ON OR OFF THE GAME SOUNDS'; 'INTRO SCREEN' (captured ON - green) 'SHOW THE INTRO SCREEN BEFORE STARTING THE GAME'.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Each toggle's on/off state is shown by BOTH switch colour (green=on, grey=off) AND switch handle position (right=on, left=off) - position is the non-colour cue."
    },
    "autoplay": {
      "type": "autoplay",
      "title": "AUTOPLAY SETTINGS",
      "layout": "Dark navy panel over dimmed reels; white 'X' close top-right.",
      "options": "Three round radio-style option buttons in a row: 'TURBO SPIN' (off), 'QUICK SPIN' (off), 'SKIP SCREENS' (captured ON, shown with a green filled circle and white checkmark).",
      "autospins_selector": "'NUMBER OF AUTOSPINS' label above a horizontal slider (green filled track with a glowing green round handle) set to '100' in the captured frame.",
      "action": "Large green 'START AUTOPLAY (100)' button spanning the panel width at the bottom.",
      "color_blind_notes": "The active 'SKIP SCREENS' option is marked with a white checkmark glyph inside the green circle, not colour alone."
    },
    "bonus_buy_dialogs": {
      "buy_free_spins": {
        "type": "bonus",
        "content": "A wooden signpost prop reading 'BUY FREE SPINS ?' and '$200' in blue outlined text over the dimmed reels. Below it: a red square button with a white 'X' (cancel, left) and a green square button with a white checkmark (confirm, right). Bottom bar shows 'TOTAL BET $2.00' with its own +/- steppers.",
        "color_blind_notes": "Confirm/cancel are additionally distinguished by icon shape (checkmark vs X), not colour alone."
      },
      "buy_hold_and_spinner": {
        "type": "bonus",
        "content": "Same wooden-signpost layout, reading 'BUY HOLD & SPINNER' (blue 'BUY' + a curved silver ribbon banner with 'HOLD & SPINNER' in black) and '$200'. Same red-X (cancel) / green-check (confirm) buttons below.",
        "color_blind_notes": "Same as above - shape-coded confirm/cancel."
      }
    },
    "free_spins_trigger": {
      "type": "free_spins",
      "content": "Wooden signpost overlay reading '10 FREE SPINS!' (orange/blue outlined text), 'COLLECTS' next to a small colour portrait of the Fisherman holding a fish and an icon of the fish cluster, and 'MAX WIN 10,000X' at the bottom. Background shows the SCATTER medallion and FISH MONEY symbol cards ($10.00, $20.00 visible) partly behind the sign.",
      "color_blind_notes": "All key numbers (10, 10,000X) are large white/orange outlined text, legible without colour."
    },
    "free_spins_gameplay": {
      "type": "free_spins",
      "collection_meter": "A wooden-plank ribbon spans the top of the screen holding 12 slots, each a small square portrait of the Fisherman; collected WILDs show the FULL-COLOUR portrait, not-yet-collected slots show a GREY/DESATURATED portrait. The 4th, 8th and 12th slots are marked with a dark grey tag reading '+10 FREE SPINS x2' / 'x3' / 'x10' respectively; the 12th (last) slot also has a distinct bright white border.",
      "reels": "Same 5x3 layout as base game, underwater background continues; FISH MONEY symbol cards appear as separate yellow-spotlighted thumbnails overlapping the reels at the bottom corners (values such as '$20.00', '$10.00', '$4.00' observed).",
      "counter": "'FREE SPINS LEFT 9' (cyan number) shown bottom-centre, decrementing each spin.",
      "spin_control_replacement": "The round SPIN button area is replaced by a static circular medallion (gold-crowned gorilla icon on a red/pink-outlined dark circle) since manual spinning is disabled during the automatic free-spins sequence.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Collected vs uncollected WILDs on the meter are distinguished by BOTH colour (colour vs grey) AND retrigger tags are additionally marked with explicit '+10 FREE SPINS xN' text, not colour alone."
    },
    "free_spins_bigwin": {
      "type": "free_spins",
      "content": "Large orange-to-yellow gradient 'BIG WIN!' text banner across the upper-middle of the screen; win amount '$16.72' in bold white outlined text with gold coins (engraved 'RK') spilling out below it. Collection meter (3 collected WILDs) still visible at the very top. FISH MONEY cards ('$20.00' left, '$4.00' right) partly visible at the screen edges.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Win-tier text ('BIG WIN') plus the exact dollar figure both appear as text, not colour-only cues."
    },
    "free_spins_win": {
      "type": "win_screen",
      "content": "Wooden signpost: 'CONGRATULATIONS!' (blue outlined), 'YOU HAVE WON' (blue), '$34.80' (orange), 'PRESS ANYWHERE TO CONTINUE' (white). Collection meter at top shows exactly 3 collected (full-colour) Fisherman portraits out of 12 slots, meaning no retrigger occurred in this captured round. Footer: 'CREDIT $99,834.80', 'WIN $34.80', 'FREE SPINS LEFT 0'.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Final win amount is large high-contrast text, legible without colour discrimination."
    },
    "hold_spinner_trigger": {
      "type": "bonus",
      "content": "Wooden signpost: 'CONGRATULATIONS!' (blue), 'YOU HAVE WON' (orange), a silver ribbon banner 'HOLD & SPINNER' with a red lure/hook hanging off its tail, 'PRESS ANYWHERE TO CONTINUE' (white). Background shows partially visible MONEY/FISH-MONEY value cards ($8.00, $20.00, $10.00) and the fish-coin MONEY symbol.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Text-based announcement, no colour-only information."
    },
    "hold_spinner_gameplay": {
      "type": "bonus",
      "grid_re_skin": "The 5x3 grid becomes a fishing net stretched over 4 horizontal rope beams and 6 vertical rope strands above dark blue water; empty (non-MONEY) cells are filled with small green diamond/gem-shaped tiles (purely decorative filler).",
      "money_symbols_on_screen": "Bronze fish-coin MONEY symbols (values such as $8.00, $6.00, $2.00 observed) and the silver diamond MONEY symbol (value $138.00 observed in one frame) appear pinned to net cells with a yellow/orange ribbon showing their value.",
      "top_ui": "Left: pill-shaped running-total counter (e.g. '$22.00', later '$38.00'). Centre: the fisherman in the rowboat, animated winding the rope winch. Right: pill-shaped respin indicator of 4 heart icons - filled bright red = respin remaining, pale/outline = respin spent; captured mid-round with 1 grey + 3 red hearts, later reset to 4 full red hearts after a fresh MONEY hit.",
      "megawin_overlay": "Large orange-yellow gradient 'MEGA WIN!' text with gold coins (engraved 'RK' and a crowned lion/mask motif on some coins) spilling over the net grid; win amount '$51.48' in bold white-outlined text; the running total ('$78.00') and the (now empty/pale) heart indicator remain faintly visible behind the overlay.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Respins-remaining state is conveyed by heart FILL (red vs pale outline) which is a shape/fill change as well as a colour change - still readable in greyscale as filled vs hollow hearts."
    },
    "hold_spinner_win": {
      "type": "win_screen",
      "content": "Wooden signpost: 'CONGRATULATIONS!' (blue), 'YOU HAVE WON' (orange), '$78.00' (orange), 'PRESS ANYWHERE TO CONTINUE' (white). Top bar shows the final total '$78.00' (left) and all 4 heart icons pale/hollow (right), confirming respins are exhausted. Footer: 'CREDIT $99,634.80', 'BET $2.00'.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Final win amount and heart-exhaustion state both conveyed via shape/text, not colour alone."
    },
    "win_screen_base": {
      "type": "win_screen",
      "content": "Transitional frame back on the plain underwater base-game background (no net overlay) immediately after the Hold & Spinner round ends; residual MONEY-symbol art ($8.00 x2, $6.00) still fading out on the reels; bottom bar shows normal base-game controls (BUY FREE SPINS / BUY HOLD & SPINNER rail, CREDIT $99,712.80, BET $2.00, 'WIN $78.00' in yellow, normal round double-arrow SPIN button restored, +/- bet steppers)."
    }
  },

  "accessibility_observations": {
    "screen_reader": "Stable control layout: hamburger-menu + sound + info icons stacked bottom-left; bet +/- flank the central SPIN button bottom-right; AUTOPLAY sits just below/beside SPIN. The paytable/rules booklet is a strictly linear 8-page sequence navigated with ◄/► and closed with a centre X - consistent placement across all 8 pages aids predictable navigation.",
    "motor": "Large circular touch targets for SPIN, bet +/-, and menu icons. SPACE/ENTER keys can start/stop a spin (keyboard-operable, reduces need for precise pointer targeting). AUTOPLAY (with adjustable spin count) reduces the number of repeated manual actions needed. During Free Spins and Hold & Spinner, spins/respins play automatically without requiring further input.",
    "color_blind": "Most state changes are backed by a non-colour cue: toggle switches use LEFT/RIGHT handle position in addition to grey/green colour; confirm/cancel buttons use checkmark/X shapes in addition to green/red colour; respin-remaining hearts use filled-vs-hollow shape in addition to red/pale colour; the WILD-collection meter uses full-colour-vs-greyscale portraits AND explicit '+10 FREE SPINS xN' text tags at retrigger milestones, so colour-blind users are not solely dependent on colour to track progress. Residual risk: the two royal letters most likely to be confused for colour-blind users are 'A' (purple) and 'K' (blue) - they remain distinguishable by their letter shape ('A' vs 'K'), so this is a low risk.",
    "deaf_hard_of_hearing": "No audio-only information was observed; AMBIENT MUSIC and SOUND FX are independently toggleable and purely decorative/reinforcing. All game state (win amounts, free spins remaining, respins remaining, collection-meter progress, feature triggers) is conveyed through on-screen text, numbers and icons, not through sound alone."
  },

  "unreadable_or_uncertain": [
    "Exact cell-by-cell path of payline shapes 4 through 10 in the paytable_p5 pictogram grid - too small to read reliably even at 4x zoom; only that lines 1/2/3 are straight middle/top/bottom rows is confidently legible.",
    "Whether the 'BATTERY SAVER' default state shown in the captured settings.png (OFF) is the game's true default or was toggled during the capture session - only the single captured state is documented.",
    "Per-cell content of the base-game reel snapshot (base_game.png) is a transient random spin outcome, not a fixed game property, and is intentionally not enumerated.",
    "Whether the round gold-crowned-gorilla medallion icon shown in place of the SPIN button during Free Spins (and on the preview screen) has a specific interactive function beyond being a Reel Kingdom studio brand mark / disabled-state placeholder - its exact behaviour was not testable from static captures.",
    "Whether the Hold & Spinner net-grid empty-cell green diamond tiles have any name/function beyond decorative filler - no paytable entry describes them explicitly; inferred from context (all MONEY-adjacent cells during the feature are either a valued MONEY symbol or this filler tile)."
  ]
}