Big Bass Secrets of the Golden Lake

{
  "game": {
    "name": "Big Bass Secrets of the Golden Lake",
    "provider": "Pragmatic Play",
    "studio": "Reel Kingdom (sub-studio credited in the footer of every in-game screen as 'REEL KINGDOM'; part of the wider Big Bass series)",
    "series": "Big Bass",
    "theme": "Underwater fishing/adventure theme set in a sunken lake with ancient ruins. A crowned bearded 'fisherman king' character (green tunic, red cape, gold crown, holding a fishing rod and a heraldic shield) is the game's mascot; a large green bass fish jumping on a hook is the secondary icon. Warm golden sunlight filters down through teal/blue-green water; silhouettes of a sunken castle, a large sword stuck in a rock, and scattered air bubbles/seaweed decorate the background.",
    "documentation_purpose": "Exhaustive accessibility documentation (blind/low-vision screen-reader users, deaf/hard-of-hearing, color-blind of all types, motor-impaired) from 23 desktop screenshots (manifest.json) + direct vision inspection + zoomed paytable crops. OCR was attempted on every frame but tesseract repeatedly timed out under high host CPU load; vision reading of the full-resolution images was used as the primary source and is considered reliable (text is crisp/high-contrast on all captured frames).",
    "method_notes": "Numbers taken verbatim from on-screen text. Symbol identities and payout tables verified via zoomed crops of info_p1.png. Items that remained unclear are listed in 'unreadable_or_uncertain' and NOT invented.",
    "language": "English"
  },

  "color_palette": {
    "base_game_background": "Underwater lake scene: warm golden-yellow sunlight near the water surface at the top, transitioning to cooler teal/blue-green deeper water toward the bottom. Faint dark silhouettes of ruined castle towers and a wooden water-wheel structure at the left/right edges; loose air bubbles rise throughout the frame; green seaweed fronds and rocks along the bottom edge.",
    "title_banner": "'BIG BASS' in large 3D letters with a red-to-orange-to-yellow gradient fill and black outline; below it 'Secrets of / The Golden Lake' in black serif text on a cream/tan parchment ribbon banner with a dark brown outline.",
    "reel_area": "No separate frame/border around the reels in the base game (symbols float directly over the underwater background); thin vertical streams of bubbles run behind each reel column.",
    "ui_buttons": "Dark semi-transparent circular buttons with white glyph icons (menu hamburger, speaker, info 'i'); the central spin button is a dark circle with two white curved arrows forming a loop around a small crowned-gorilla emblem (the Reel Kingdom logo mark).",
    "text_colors": "CREDIT label and value in blue; BET label and value in yellow/gold; WIN amount in blue label with a yellow/white amount; win amounts in the money-symbol boxes and win banners are white text on a red ribbon.",
    "side_panels": "Brown wood/parchment scroll-shaped panels ('BUY FEATURE', ante-bet panel) with gold-outlined text; the ante-bet toggle switch is green when in its default 'OFF' position with a white arrow glyph.",
    "money_symbol_box": "Golden/amber rectangular panel with a radiant light-beam glow at the top, a small colorful green-and-red fish icon in the upper portion, and a red ribbon banner below showing the dollar value in white text.",
    "fisherman_wild_symbol": "Square gold-bordered card showing the crowned king: green tunic with white fur trim, brown belt with a gold buckle, red cape, holding up a green/red fish in his raised fist; warm autumn-forest background behind him inside the card.",
    "win_celebration_screens": "'EPIC WIN!' and 'MEGA WIN!' banner text rendered in a bold orange-to-yellow gradient with black outline and a slight arc/wave shape; gold coins (each stamped 'RK' for Reel Kingdom) rain down over a darker blue-tinted underwater background during these celebration overlays.",
    "golden_lake_free_spins_background": "Same underwater palette as the base game but with a darker, more saturated blue-teal tone and stronger vertical gold light beams; normal symbols are absent and replaced by golden money boxes, small yellow diamond ('blank') tiles, and the fisherman WILD portrait."
  },

  "symbols": {
    "note": "Payout values read directly from the paytable (info_p1.png, zoomed) at the captured demo bet of $2.00 total (10 fixed paylines). Rules page 5 (info_p5.png) states 'All wins are multiplied by bet per line', i.e. payouts scale with bet-per-line ($2.00 total / 10 lines = $0.20 per line at the captured bet). 12 distinct symbols total: 5 themed high-value symbols, 5 card-royal low-value symbols (A/K/Q/J/10), 1 WILD, 1 SCATTER, plus the MONEY symbol which only appears during the two Free Spins modes and carries no fixed 'symbol' payout table of its own (see 'money_symbol' below).",
    "high_value": [
      {"name": "Fishing bobber/float", "appearance": "A green-topped, orange-and-red-tipped fishing bobber/float sitting in a ring of water ripples, red-and-white fishing line trailing up and off-frame", "payouts": {"5": "$400.00", "4": "$40.00", "3": "$10.00", "2": "$1.00"}, "rank": "highest-paying regular symbol (only symbol with a listed 2-of-a-kind payout)"},
      {"name": "Dragonfly", "appearance": "A blue-bodied dragonfly with translucent light-blue/white wings, shown in flight", "payouts": {"5": "$200.00", "4": "$30.00", "3": "$6.00"}},
      {"name": "Fishing rod & reel", "appearance": "A brown wooden fishing rod with a red-and-gold spinning reel and hook/line coiled at the base", "payouts": {"5": "$100.00", "4": "$20.00", "3": "$4.00"}},
      {"name": "Tackle box / treasure chest", "appearance": "An open brown wooden chest/tackle box revealing red, orange and yellow fishing tackle/lures inside", "payouts": {"5": "$100.00", "4": "$20.00", "3": "$4.00"}},
      {"name": "Cooked fish platter", "appearance": "A colorful arrangement of small red, orange, green and white fish/food items grouped together", "payouts": {"5": "$40.00", "4": "$10.00", "3": "$2.00"}}
    ],
    "royals_low_value": [
      {"name": "A", "color": "purple/lavender with a gold outline", "payouts": {"5": "$20.00", "4": "$5.00", "3": "$0.40"}},
      {"name": "K", "color": "blue-purple with a gold outline", "payouts": {"5": "$20.00", "4": "$5.00", "3": "$0.40"}},
      {"name": "Q", "color": "salmon/coral-pink with a gold outline", "payouts": {"5": "$10.00", "4": "$2.00", "3": "$0.40"}},
      {"name": "J", "color": "green with a gold outline", "payouts": {"5": "$10.00", "4": "$2.00", "3": "$0.40"}},
      {"name": "10", "color": "gold/yellow with a lighter yellow highlight", "payouts": {"5": "$10.00", "4": "$2.00", "3": "$0.40"}}
    ],
    "wild": {
      "name": "FISHERMAN WILD",
      "appearance": "A crowned, bearded king in a green tunic with white fur trim and a red cape, holding up a caught fish in his raised fist, on a gold-bordered square card with a warm autumn-forest backdrop",
      "rules": "It appears on all reels DURING THE FREE SPINS ROUND ONLY (confirmed absent from the base_game.png capture; present on every free-spins/Golden-Lake frame captured). Substitutes for all symbols except SCATTER and the MONEY symbol.",
      "source": "paytable (info_p1.png): 'This is the FISHERMAN WILD symbol. It appears on all reels during the FREE SPINS round. Substitutes for all symbols except for SCATTER and MONEY symbol.'"
    },
    "scatter": {
      "name": "SCATTER",
      "appearance": "A circular gold-rimmed medallion showing a green-and-yellow bass fish leaping with an open mouth and a hook/fishing line visible behind it; a tan ribbon banner reading 'SCATTER' sits beneath the medallion",
      "rules": "Appears on all reels. 3, 4 or 5 SCATTER symbols anywhere trigger the Free Spins feature and award 10, 15 or 20 free spins respectively.",
      "source": "paytable (info_p1.png) + rules p2 (info_p2.png)"
    },
    "money_symbol": {
      "name": "MONEY symbol",
      "appearance": "A golden box/panel with a downward light beam, containing a small green-and-red fish icon, with the awarded cash value printed in white on a red ribbon underneath (e.g. '$1.00', '$10.00', '$20.00', '$40.00', '$50.00', '$60.00', '$80.00', '$120.00' were observed across captured frames)",
      "rules": "Only appears during the two Free Spins features (not in the base game). At every free spin, each MONEY symbol takes a random money value. Possible values: 2x, 5x, 10x, 15x, 20x, 25x, 50x, 100x, 200x, 500x, 1666x, 2500x or 5000x TOTAL BET. During the regular Free Spins feature and during Golden Lake Free Spins, each FISHERMAN WILD that lands/is present collects the value of all MONEY symbols currently on screen (multiplied further by the current collection-level multiplier once retriggers have been achieved — see features.wild_collection_and_retrigger).",
      "source": "rules p2 (info_p2.png): 'MONEY SYMBOL ... Possible values are: 2x, 5x, 10x, 15x, 20x, 25x, 50x, 100x, 200x, 500x, 1666x, 2500x or 5000x total bet.'"
    }
  },

  "technical_summary": {
    "rtp_percent": {"default": 96.07, "ante_bet": 96.07, "buy_free_spins": 96.07, "buy_golden_lake_free_spins": 96.07},
    "rtp_source": "rules p5 (info_p5.png): 'The theoretical RTP of this game is 96.07% ... The RTP of the game when using \"ANTE BET\" is 96.07% ... \"BUY FREE SPINS\" is 96.07% ... \"BUY GOLDEN LAKE FREE SPINS\" is 96.07%.' All four values are identical.",
    "volatility": "High — shown as a 'VOLATILITY' badge with 5 filled lightning-bolt icons, plus 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": "rules p5 (info_p5.png)",
    "bet_min": "$0.10",
    "bet_max": "$375.00",
    "bet_source": "rules p5 (info_p5.png): 'MINIMUM BET: $0.10  MAXIMUM BET: $375.00'",
    "demo_default_bet": "$2.00",
    "demo_credit": "$100,000.00",
    "reels_and_lines": "5 reels x 3 rows (base game); 10 fixed paylines, paying left to right on adjacent reels starting from the leftmost reel. Only the highest win per line is paid; wins on multiple lines are summed. All wins multiplied by bet per line.",
    "paylines_diagram": "10 small numbered line diagrams (1-10) shown on rules p5 (info_p5.png); individual cell-by-cell shapes were too small to reliably read in the capture and are not enumerated (see unreadable_or_uncertain).",
    "max_win": "5,000x bet. 'The maximum win amount is limited to 5,000x bet. If the total win of a FREE SPINS ROUND reaches 5,000x the round immediately ends, win is awarded and all remaining free spins are forfeited.'",
    "max_win_source": "rules p4 (info_p4.png) and p7 (info_p7.png)",
    "ante_bet": {
      "description": "Optional bet modifier, toggled via a scroll-shaped panel on the left of the base game reading 'HIGHER CHANCE TO WIN FEATURE' with a green ON/OFF toggle (captured frame shows it OFF, with a preview cost of $3.00 shown against the base $2.00 bet — consistent with the 1.5x multiplier of the 15x ante tier over the default 10x tier).",
      "bet_multiplier_10x": "Normal play (default, ante bet effectively off/at baseline).",
      "bet_multiplier_15x": "Higher chance to trigger the Free Spins round — more SCATTER symbols are present on the reels. When ante bet is on, there is also a chance for 3 SCATTERS to be added in random positions at the end of a spin or a scatter-triggered respin; these added scatters win the Free Spins feature but the triggering spin itself does not pay for lines. The BUY FREE SPINS feature is disabled while ante bet (15x) is active.",
      "source": "rules p4 (info_p4.png)"
    },
    "scatter_respin_mechanic": "In the base game, whenever exactly 2 SCATTER symbols hit without a 3rd, there is a chance for a 3rd to be brought onto the screen by a random feature: either (a) a respin where reels already showing a SCATTER move it one position down without leaving the reel area while reels without a SCATTER also respin, or (b) one additional SCATTER appears in a random position after the initial spin result.",
    "scatter_respin_source": "rules p2 (info_p2.png)",
    "bonus_buy": {
      "buy_free_spins": {"cost_multiplier": "100x total bet", "demo_cost_at_2usd_bet": "$200.00", "effect": "Instantly triggers the Free Spins feature from the base game. Before the round starts, the player picks one card from 12 face-down red fish-back cards ('PICK A CARD' screen); the revealed card determines whether the regular FREE SPINS round or the GOLDEN LAKE FREE SPINS round is played."},
      "buy_golden_lake_free_spins": {"cost_multiplier": "270x total bet", "demo_cost_at_2usd_bet": "$540.00", "effect": "Instantly and directly triggers the GOLDEN LAKE FREE SPINS feature; there is no card-pick step for this option."},
      "source": "bonus_buy_menu.png + rules p4 (info_p4.png)"
    },
    "keyboard": "SPACE and ENTER start/stop the spin; holding SPACE performs a turbo spin ('HOLD SPACE FOR TURBO SPIN' hint shown center-bottom of the base game screen).",
    "spin_speed_cycle": "A dedicated icon cycles through normal speed, quick spin and turbo spin (info_p6.png)."
  },

  "features": {
    "free_spins_regular": {
      "trigger": "3, 4 or 5 SCATTER symbols anywhere on the reels award 10, 15 or 20 free spins respectively (also obtainable via BUY FREE SPINS with the 'BONUS' card outcome).",
      "wild_behavior": "During this round, FISHERMAN WILD appears on all reels; each WILD that lands also collects the values of all MONEY symbols currently on screen.",
      "collection_and_retrigger": "See features.wild_collection_and_retrigger (shared mechanic with Golden Lake Free Spins).",
      "gameplay_reels": "Normal 5x3 symbol reels remain in play (regular game symbols + WILD + MONEY can appear); confirmed via free_spins_gameplay_01.png / free_spins_money_collect.png.",
      "end_of_round": "'FREE SPINS COMPLETED' banner with the total round WIN amount is shown; game returns to the base game with an updated CREDIT balance.",
      "source": "rules p2 (info_p2.png); free_spins_win_screen.png"
    },
    "golden_lake_free_spins": {
      "trigger": "Obtained either via the BUY FREE SPINS pick-a-card outcome revealing a 'SECRETS OF THE GOLDEN LAKE' card, or directly via BUY GOLDEN LAKE FREE SPINS (270x total bet, no card pick).",
      "special_reels": "Normal symbols fade away and only an empty grid remains; the reels are replaced with special reels containing ONLY MONEY symbols, FISHERMAN WILD symbols and blank tiles (rendered as small yellow/gold diamond shapes). The round starts with 10 free spins.",
      "resolution_per_spin": "At every spin, all winlines/winning combinations formed by MONEY symbols are paid, and every FISHERMAN WILD symbol that lands collects the value of all MONEY symbols currently on screen.",
      "layout_note": "Captured Golden Lake gameplay frames (golden_lake_gameplay_01.png, golden_lake_money_collect.png, golden_lake_retrigger.png) show a non-uniform, staggered arrangement of MONEY boxes/blank diamonds/WILD portraits across the 5 reel columns — column heights and the number of visibly filled cells vary between frames (likely tied to a reveal/expand animation on this special reel set). The exact fixed grid dimensions of the Golden Lake special reels could not be reliably determined from the captured static frames beyond '5 columns, special money/wild/blank symbol pool' (see unreadable_or_uncertain).",
      "collection_and_retrigger": "See features.wild_collection_and_retrigger (shared mechanic).",
      "end_of_round": "'GOLDEN LAKE! YOU HAVE WON $X.XX IN N FREE SPINS' banner shown on a glowing tan scroll panel with 'Press anywhere to continue'; game returns to base game with updated CREDIT. Captured example: 'GOLDEN LAKE! YOU HAVE WON $554.00 IN 20 FREE SPINS' (10 base spins + 10 spins awarded from one retrigger), credit updated to $99,615.63.",
      "source": "rules p3 (info_p3.png); golden_lake_win_screen.png"
    },
    "wild_collection_and_retrigger": {
      "mechanic": "All FISHERMAN WILD symbols that land during either Free Spins feature are collected and tracked in a running tally for the whole round (not reset between spins). Every 4th FISHERMAN WILD collected retriggers the feature, awards 10 more free spins, and increases the multiplier applied to MONEY-symbol collection: the multiplier becomes 2x at the 2nd retrigger level (i.e. after the 4th WILD), 3x at the 3rd level (after the 8th WILD), and 10x at the 4th level (after the 12th WILD). After the 4th level (12 WILDs collected) the feature cannot be retriggered anymore.",
      "ui_tracker": "A wooden-plank ribbon strip spans the top of the screen during both Free Spins features, divided into 12 slots in 3 groups of 4: within each group, the first 3 slots show a FISHERMAN WILD portrait icon (greyscale/silhouette while uncollected; turns to a full-color portrait with a teal/green border when that WILD has been collected) and the 4th slot of each group is a grey shield icon reading '+10 FREE SPINS x2', '+10 FREE SPINS x3' or '+10 FREE SPINS x10' respectively — this shield slot turns orange/gold and highlighted when its retrigger threshold is reached (observed in golden_lake_retrigger.png: after exactly 4 WILDs collected, the first 3 slots show colored portraits and the 'x2' shield slot is lit orange).",
      "random_bridging_features": "During any type of Free Spins round, three additional random events can occur at the end of a spin: (1) if WILD symbols are on screen but no MONEY symbols, MONEY symbols can appear in random positions; (2) if MONEY symbols are on screen but no WILD symbols, a hook animation appears and pulls a random reel up to bring FISHERMAN WILD symbols onto the screen; (3) if WILD symbols are on screen but no MONEY symbols, a curtains animation can instead appear and change all non-WILD symbols on screen to something else.",
      "source": "rules p2 (info_p2.png) and p3 (info_p3.png); golden_lake_retrigger.png"
    },
    "win_celebration_tiers": {
      "observed_tiers": ["EPIC WIN!", "MEGA WIN!"],
      "appearance": "Large arced orange-to-yellow gradient 3D text with a black outline, overlaid on a darker-tinted version of the current background; gold coins (each stamped with the letters 'RK', the Reel Kingdom studio mark) rain down and bounce across the screen; the accumulating win amount is shown in large white text with a black outline beneath the banner text, updating as the celebration plays (captured mid-count values of $6.30 and $7.20 before settling to final totals of $10.00-range and $257.20 respectively in the surrounding frames).",
      "source": "golden_lake_epic_win.png, golden_lake_mega_win.png",
      "note": "Only observed during the Golden Lake Free Spins captures; no equivalent celebration screen was captured for the regular Free Spins round (its win frame goes straight to a static 'FREE SPINS COMPLETED' summary)."
    }
  },

  "screens": {
    "preview": {
      "type": "preview",
      "content": "Promo/splash screen shown before entering the game. Left: the fisherman king character (green tunic, red cape, gold crown, brown boots) standing in shallow water holding a long fishing rod and a red/orange/yellow striped shield. Center: a large green bass fish leaping on a hook above the 'BIG BASS / Secrets of / The Golden Lake' title banner. Right of center: a round dark-blue 'enter' button showing two white curved arrows around a small crowned-gorilla emblem (Reel Kingdom mark). Bottom-center text in bold white with black outline: 'ONLY ONE FISHING TRIP GETS THIS WILD!' Bottom-left: a small square checkbox with the label 'DON'T SHOW NEXT TIME'.",
      "purpose": "Entry point; clicking the round enter button starts the base game.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Enter button is a white icon on a dark circle (shape-based, not color-coded); promo text is large high-contrast white-on-dark."
    },
    "base_game": {
      "type": "base_game",
      "overall_layout": "5 reels x 3 rows, symbols floating directly over the underwater background with no reel-frame border.",
      "title_banner": "Top-center, small 'BIG BASS / Secrets of The Golden Lake' logo repeated from the splash screen.",
      "left_side_panels": "Two stacked brown scroll-shaped panels on the far left, above the reels: 'BET $3.00 / HIGHER CHANCE TO WIN FEATURE' (ante bet) with a green toggle switch showing 'OFF' and a right-pointing arrow glyph, and below it a 'BUY FEATURE' scroll button.",
      "bottom_bar": {
        "far_left": "Round hamburger MENU button (three horizontal lines) and round 'i' INFO button side by side; 'REEL KINGDOM' studio credit in small grey text at the very bottom-left corner.",
        "balance_labels": "'CREDIT $100,000.00' in blue text and 'BET $2.00' in yellow text, stacked, left-of-center.",
        "center_hint": "'HOLD SPACE FOR TURBO SPIN' in white bold text.",
        "right_controls": "Round '−' (decrease bet) button, the large round SPIN button (white circular double-arrow around a small crowned-gorilla emblem), a round '+' (increase bet) button, and a pill-shaped 'AUTOPLAY' button beneath the spin button."
      },
      "color_blind_notes": "Controls are white glyphs on dark circles (shape-based). The ante-bet toggle communicates state via switch position AND the word 'OFF'/'ON', not color alone. CREDIT (blue) vs BET (yellow) are additionally distinguished by their text labels, not hue alone."
    },
    "paytable": {
      "type": "paytable",
      "page": "1 of 8 (header 'GAME RULES')",
      "content": "Intro line: 'All symbols pay from left to right on adjacent reels starting from the leftmost reel.' Grid of 5 high-value symbol icons with 5/4/3(/2 for the top symbol)-of-a-kind payouts, followed by a row of 5 card-royal icons (A/K/Q/J/10) with their payouts (see 'symbols'). Below: the FISHERMAN WILD card with its substitution rule text, and the SCATTER medallion with its rule text.",
      "navigation": "Bottom-left: three green circular controls — ◄ (previous page), X (close, center), ► (next page). 'Page 1/8' shown bottom-right. A separate white X at the top-right of the panel also closes the booklet.",
      "color_blind_notes": "The three green nav controls are differentiated by shape (left triangle / cross / right triangle), not color alone."
    },
    "rules": {
      "type": "rules (info booklet pages 2-8; same dark semi-transparent panel with green circular ◄ X ► nav and 'Page n/8' indicator on each page)",
      "p2_money_symbol_and_free_spins": "Page 2/8. 'MONEY SYMBOL' section describing the money icon and its possible values (2x-5000x total bet). 'FREE SPINS' section: 3/4/5 SCATTER trigger 10/15/20 free spins; base-game 2-scatter respin/extra-scatter mechanic; pick-a-card mechanic (12 cards, BONUS card = regular Free Spins, 'SECRETS OF THE GOLDEN LAKE' card = Golden Lake Free Spins); regular-round WILD money-collection rule; all WILDs collected until round end; every 4th WILD retriggers +10 spins with money-multiplier 2x/3x/10x for levels 2/3/4; no retrigger after level 4.",
      "p3_golden_lake_free_spins": "Page 3/8. Describes the Golden Lake special reels (money/WILD/blank only), 10 starting spins, per-spin resolution and WILD collection, the shared retrigger mechanic (repeated verbatim), and the three random bridging features (MONEY appearing, hook bringing WILD, curtain reshuffle).",
      "p4_max_win_ante_buy": "Page 4/8. 'MAX WIN' — 5,000x bet cap, round ends immediately and remaining spins forfeited if reached. 'ANTE BET' — 15x (higher scatter chance, buy free spins disabled) vs 10x (normal) bet multiplier options, plus the ante-on extra-scatter mechanic. 'BUY FREE SPINS' — 100x (pick-a-card into regular or Golden Lake Free Spins) and 270x (direct Golden Lake Free Spins, no card pick) options.",
      "p5_game_rules_volatility_rtp": "Page 5/8 'GAME RULES'. VOLATILITY badge (5/5 lightning bolts) + high-volatility explanatory text; 'All symbols pay from left to right on selected paylines. All wins are multiplied by bet per line. All values are expressed as actual wins in coins. Only the highest win is paid per line. When winning on multiple paylines, all wins are added to the total win.'; 10 numbered mini payline diagrams (1-10); RTP 96.07% for default/ante bet/buy free spins/buy Golden Lake free spins (all identical); 'SPACE and ENTER buttons on the keyboard can be used to start and stop the spin.'; 'Malfunction voids all pays and plays.'; MINIMUM BET $0.10 / MAXIMUM BET $375.00.",
      "p6_how_to_play": "Page 6/8 'HOW TO PLAY'. Explains bet +/- and bet menu, SPIN button, settings-menu icon, spin-speed-cycle icon (normal/quick/turbo), sound toggle, info-page icon, CREDIT/BET coin-vs-cash toggle, and the AUTOPLAY button (click again to stop).",
      "p7_settings_menu": "Page 7/8 'SETTINGS MENU'. INTRO SCREEN / AMBIENT / SOUND FX / GAME HISTORY toggle descriptions; information-screen ◄/► navigation and X-close; bet menu description (bet multiplier + total bet in coins/cash, +/- adjusters); repeats the 5,000x max-win cap text.",
      "p8_autoplay": "Page 8/8 'AUTOPLAY'. Explains selecting a number of auto-spins to start Autoplay, and that SKIP SCREENS auto-skips feature intro/end screens after a short delay.",
      "color_notes": "Body text is white on a dark semi-transparent panel; section headers in white/light-blue; green nav controls distinguished by shape."
    },
    "settings": {
      "type": "settings",
      "title": "SYSTEM SETTINGS",
      "panel_style": "Centered dark navy-blue panel with a white 'X' close button at the top-right.",
      "left_side": "'GAME HISTORY' button with an external-link icon, and a 'TOTAL BET' stepper: round green '−' button, value field showing '$2.00', round green '+' button.",
      "right_side_toggles": "Four labelled toggle switches, each with a short description beneath: 'BATTERY SAVER' (save battery life by reducing animation speed — captured OFF/white), 'AMBIENT MUSIC' (turn game music on/off — captured ON/green), 'SOUND FX' (turn game sounds on/off — captured ON/green), 'INTRO SCREEN' (show the intro screen before starting the game — captured ON/green).",
      "color_blind_notes": "Toggle state is shown by switch handle position (left=off / right=on) in addition to color (white=off, green=on) — position is the non-color cue."
    },
    "autoplay": {
      "type": "autoplay",
      "title": "AUTOPLAY SETTINGS",
      "layout": "Dark navy-blue panel over the dimmed base game; white 'X' close at top-right.",
      "options": "Three round checkbox options in a row: 'TURBO SPIN', 'QUICK SPIN', 'SKIP SCREENS' (captured with SKIP SCREENS checked/green with a white check mark; the other two unchecked).",
      "autospins_selector": "'NUMBER OF AUTOSPINS' label above a horizontal slider (green filled track, round green handle) with the current value '100' shown to the right.",
      "action": "Large green 'START AUTOPLAY (100)' button spanning the bottom of the panel.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Checkbox state is shown by a white check-mark glyph (shape), not color alone; the action button has explicit text."
    },
    "bonus_buy_menu": {
      "type": "bonus",
      "content": "Two side-by-side tan parchment scroll buttons over the dimmed base game: left scroll reads 'BUY FREE SPINS / $200.00'; right scroll reads 'BUY GOLDEN LAKE FREE SPINS / $540.00'. 'TOTAL BET' stepper with '−'/'+' buttons and a '$2.00' field shown at the bottom-center.",
      "color_blind_notes": "The two options are distinguished by their full text labels and prices, not color."
    },
    "bonus_pick_a_card": {
      "type": "bonus",
      "content": "After buying BUY FREE SPINS ($200.00), a 'PICK A CARD' screen appears: 12 identical face-down red playing cards (each showing an orange/red stylized fish illustration on its back) arranged in a 2-row x 6-column grid. Large white bold 'PICK A CARD' caption beneath the grid. Left side, a 'FEATURE ACTIVE' scroll panel replaces the earlier 'BUY FEATURE' button, confirming the purchase is in progress.",
      "purpose": "Clicking one card reveals either a 'BONUS' card (regular Free Spins) or a 'SECRETS OF THE GOLDEN LAKE' card (Golden Lake Free Spins), determining which feature round is played.",
      "color_blind_notes": "All 12 cards are visually identical (same back design) — selection is a random blind pick, not a color-coded choice."
    },
    "free_spins_gameplay_regular": {
      "type": "free_spins",
      "top_tracker": "12-slot wild-collection ribbon strip across the top (see features.wild_collection_and_retrigger for the full breakdown).",
      "reels": "Same 5x3 grid as the base game; captured frame shows a mix of card royals, the tackle-box symbol, the dragonfly, the fishing rod, and (in free_spins_money_collect.png) the FISHERMAN WILD and a MONEY box worth $1.00.",
      "counter": "'FREE SPINS LEFT N' shown bottom-center in blue label / yellow number (captured values 9 and 5 across frames).",
      "win_readout": "'WIN $X.XX' shown bottom-center during/after a paying spin (captured: WIN $20.00).",
      "color_blind_notes": "Feature state conveyed via explicit text ('FREE SPINS LEFT', 'WIN') in addition to any background tint — not color alone."
    },
    "free_spins_win_screen_regular": {
      "type": "win_screen",
      "content": "Static end-of-round readout over the base game background (no coin-rain celebration observed at this tier): 'WIN $21.00' in large blue/yellow text and 'FREE SPINS COMPLETED' in smaller text beneath it, bottom-center. CREDIT updated to $99,821.00.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Win amount and status are both text-based, high-contrast."
    },
    "golden_lake_gameplay": {
      "type": "free_spins",
      "top_tracker": "Same 12-slot wild-collection ribbon strip as the regular Free Spins feature.",
      "special_reels": "5 columns of MONEY-symbol boxes, small yellow/gold diamond 'blank' tiles, and (once collected) the FISHERMAN WILD portrait; layout is staggered/non-uniform between captured frames (see features.golden_lake_free_spins.layout_note).",
      "counter_and_win": "'FREE SPINS LEFT N' and 'WIN $X.XX' shown bottom-center, same styling as the regular feature (captured values: 9 spins left / no win yet at start; 7 spins left / WIN $10.00 during money collection; WIN $250.00 accumulating after a retrigger).",
      "color_blind_notes": "Money values are always printed as white text on the ribbon tag beneath each box — legible independent of the box's gold color."
    },
    "golden_lake_win_screen": {
      "type": "win_screen",
      "content": "Large glowing tan parchment scroll panel, edges lit with a yellow/gold outer glow, centered on the darker Golden Lake background: 'GOLDEN LAKE!' in orange 3D outlined text; 'YOU HAVE WON' in black; '$554.00' in large black bold text; 'IN 20 FREE SPINS' in black; 'Press anywhere to continue' in smaller white italic text beneath the scroll. Bottom bar shows CREDIT $99,615.63, WIN $554.00, FREE SPINS LEFT 0.",
      "color_blind_notes": "All key information (win amount, spin count) is rendered as large high-contrast text, not conveyed by color."
    }
  },

  "accessibility_observations": {
    "screen_reader": "Stable control positions across all screens: menu+info buttons bottom-left, CREDIT/BET readout left-of-center, bet +/- flanking the central SPIN button, AUTOPLAY directly beneath SPIN. The info booklet is a linear 8-page sequence navigated with ◄/► and closed with a center X — consistent placement on every page.",
    "motor": "Large round click targets; the central SPIN button is the largest interactive element. SPACE/ENTER also spin (keyboard-operable), and holding SPACE performs a turbo spin. AUTOPLAY (with an adjustable spin count and a SKIP SCREENS option) reduces the number of required clicks for extended play.",
    "color_blind": "Most affordances are non-color: icon glyphs (menu/speaker/info), switch handle position for toggles, explicit numeric/text counters (FREE SPINS LEFT, WIN, Page n/8), and shape-differentiated nav arrows (◄ triangle / X cross / ► triangle, all rendered green together but distinguished by shape). Money values are always printed as white text regardless of the surrounding box color. Residual risk: the 5 card-royal symbols (A/K/Q/J/10) are differentiated primarily by letter/number glyph plus color (purple/blue-purple/salmon/green/gold) — the letter itself is the safe cue, color is redundant/decorative here.",
    "deaf_hard_of_hearing": "No audio-only information observed; AMBIENT MUSIC and SOUND FX are independently toggleable and purely decorative. All game state (wins, spins remaining, feature triggers, retrigger levels, money values) is conveyed through on-screen text and iconography."
  },

  "unreadable_or_uncertain": [
    "Exact cell-by-cell shape of the 10 numbered payline diagrams on rules p5 (info_p5.png) — icons too small in the capture to trace individual reel/row positions reliably; only the count (10 fixed lines) and the general rule (left-to-right, adjacent reels) are documented.",
    "Exact fixed grid dimensions of the Golden Lake special reels — captured gameplay frames show a staggered/non-uniform number of visible symbol slots per column, which may be a reveal/expand animation rather than the feature's steady-state layout; not confidently enumerated as a fixed NxM grid.",
    "Whether a coin-rain 'WIN' celebration tier (BIG WIN / EPIC WIN / etc.) also exists for the regular (non-Golden-Lake) Free Spins feature — only a static 'FREE SPINS COMPLETED' summary was captured for that mode, while EPIC WIN and MEGA WIN overlays were captured specifically inside a Golden Lake round; no regular-feature big-win overlay was observed to confirm or rule this out.",
    "Whether tiers below EPIC WIN (e.g. BIG WIN, SUPER WIN) exist — only EPIC WIN and MEGA WIN were captured; a standard PP win-tier ladder is common industry-wide but was not directly observed on these frames, so lower/higher tiers are not asserted.",
    "Base-game per-spin RTP contribution breakdown (e.g. how much of the 96.07% RTP is attributable to base game vs. each Free Spins mode) — not disclosed on any captured screen."
  ]
}