Bigger Bass Blizzard – Christmas Catch™

{
  "game": {
    "name": "Bigger Bass Blizzard – Christmas Catch",
    "provider": "Pragmatic Play",
    "studio": "Reel Kingdom (Pragmatic Play sub-studio; printed in the footer of every in-game screen as 'REEL KINGDOM', and on the loading screen as a stand-alone logo 'REEL KINGDOM' with a grey monkey-face mascot wearing an orange crown, above the text 'Powered by PRAGMATIC PLAY')",
    "theme": "Winter/Christmas ice-fishing. A bearded fisherman in a yellow puffer jacket, black shoulder pads, fur-trimmed hood, red beanie, green ski-goggles and a fishing rod is the mascot; he is shown holding up a caught fish. Snow-covered mountains, snowfall, pine trees and frozen lake ice.",
    "documentation_purpose": "Exhaustive accessibility documentation (blind/low-vision screen-reader users, deaf/hard-of-hearing, color-blind users of all types, motor-impaired users) built from 23 desktop screenshots (approx. 1280x800) plus OCR ground truth and zoomed pixel-level crops.",
    "method_notes": "Every screen was opened and read at native/zoomed resolution; numbers were taken verbatim from on-screen text. Where the capturer's note in manifest.json conflicted with what is actually visible in the pixels, the pixel content is used and the discrepancy is listed separately below. Two independent Free Spins sessions were captured (one bought at a $48.00 total bet, one bought at the default $1.20 total best) – their frames are not sequential by file name and have been reconstructed into two separate chronologies using the CREDIT/BET values printed on each frame.",
    "language": "English"
  },

  "color_palette": {
    "base_game_background": "Cool medium-to-dark blue frozen lake / night sky, with a light-blue-to-white ice ledge and hanging icicles across the very top of the screen, and dark green pine trees silhouetted at the left and right edges of the frame.",
    "reel_area": "Reels sit directly on the blue background (no separate reel-cell tiles or dividers); thin vertical columns of rising white bubbles run between the reels as a decorative water-motif.",
    "ui_panels": "Left-side info panels ('BUY FREE SPINS', 'EXTRA CHANCE OF SCATTERS') are translucent light-blue/white glass-like rounded rectangles with yellow/white text.",
    "dialog_panels": "Rules/paytable/settings/autoplay panels are a near-black to dark-navy rounded rectangle, sometimes with a light-blue border, white/cyan headings, and white body text.",
    "accent_colors": "Yellow (CREDIT/BET amounts, MEGA WIN gold coins), cyan/light-blue (headings, info icon, toggle-on tracks and START buttons which are green not blue – see below), green (toggle-on state, confirm/checkmark buttons, spin-button ring highlight during Free Spins), red (Ante-Bet OFF label background, cancel/X buttons, Q letter symbol), orange/gold (wordmark 'BASS', 10 letter symbol, tackle box, MONEY-symbol value banners, jackpot-tier gold fish icon), purple (A letter symbol), blue (K letter symbol), pink/magenta (fisherman's ski-goggle reflection tint on some Free Spins meter cells, and A/K letters' colour differs from card faces below).",
    "wordmark_colors": "'BIGGER' in magenta/pink with a yellow outline; 'BASS' in orange/red gradient with a yellow outline; 'BLIZZARD' in light blue; 'Christmas Catch' in red script."
  },

  "symbols": {
    "note": "All payout values were read from the in-game paytable (paytable_p1.png, 'GAME RULES' page 1/7) at the demo default bet of $1.20 total bet (12 lines x 10 coins-per-line x $0.01 coin value = $1.20, per info_0.png bet menu at its non-BET-MAX state). Values are dollar amounts as printed; the game states 'All wins are multiplied by bet per line' (rules_p3.png) and 'All values are expressed as actual wins in coins.' Per-line/per-symbol coin-denomination breakdown was not separately exposed on any captured screen, so payouts are reported here as printed (dollars at $1.20 total bet), not converted to a bet-multiplier basis.",
    "high_value": [
      {
        "name": "Snowmobile",
        "appearance": "A parked green-and-tan snow scooter/snowmobile on skis, apparently with a small rider figure in grey/blue winter clothing seated on it (seen small on the base-game reels).",
        "payouts": {"5": "$240.00", "4": "$24.00", "3": "$6.00", "2": "$0.60"},
        "rank": "highest-paying regular symbol; the only symbol in the paytable with a listed 2-of-a-kind payout"
      },
      {
        "name": "Fishing rod & reel stand (ice-fishing tip-up)",
        "appearance": "A pink/red spinning fishing reel mounted on a rod, resting horizontally on a light-blue circular ice-fishing stand.",
        "payouts": {"5": "$120.00", "4": "$18.00", "3": "$3.60"}
      },
      {
        "name": "Bobber / fishing float",
        "appearance": "A red-white-and-green striped teardrop-shaped fishing float sitting in blue water with circular ripples around it.",
        "payouts": {"5": "$60.00", "4": "$12.00", "3": "$2.40"}
      },
      {
        "name": "Tackle box",
        "appearance": "An open orange/tan fishing tackle box revealing its contents: a green mug, a blue thread spool, red/orange lures and coiled rope/line.",
        "payouts": {"5": "$60.00", "4": "$12.00", "3": "$2.40"}
      }
    ],
    "money_bundle_paytable_entry": {
      "name": "Money-fish bundle icon (paytable legend entry, not a reel symbol)",
      "appearance": "A cluster of small overlapping fish (green/pink patterned bass, plus one gold/copper-toned fish) illustrating the MONEY symbol family.",
      "printed_text": "5 - TOTAL MONEY VALUE AMOUNT / 4 - $6.00 / 3 - $1.20",
      "interpretation_caveat": "The paytable states that 5-of-a-kind MONEY symbols pay the sum of their individual random money values ('TOTAL MONEY VALUE AMOUNT') rather than one fixed number, while 4-of-a-kind and 3-of-a-kind MONEY-symbol combinations pay an additional fixed $6.00 / $1.20 on top of (or independent of) the individual fish's own random money value. The exact interaction between this fixed combo-pay and each fish's own displayed random value was not spelled out further on any captured screen; reported here exactly as printed, not inferred further."
    },
    "royal_letters": [
      {"name": "A", "color": "purple/violet with gold outline", "payouts": {"5": "$12.00", "4": "$3.00", "3": "$0.60"}},
      {"name": "K", "color": "blue with gold outline", "payouts": {"5": "$12.00", "4": "$3.00", "3": "$0.60"}},
      {"name": "Q", "color": "red/orange with gold outline", "payouts": {"5": "$12.00", "4": "$3.00", "3": "$0.60"}},
      {"name": "J", "color": "green with gold outline", "payouts": {"5": "$12.00", "4": "$3.00", "3": "$0.60"}},
      {"name": "10", "color": "orange/gold with darker gold outline", "payouts": {"5": "$12.00", "4": "$3.00", "3": "$0.60"}}
    ],
    "wild": {
      "name": "WILD",
      "appearance": "A white-bordered polaroid-style photo of the fisherman mascot (in his yellow jacket, red beanie, green goggles) holding up a green fish.",
      "rules": "Per paytable_p1.png: 'This is the WILD symbol. It appears on all reels during the FREE SPINS round. Substitutes for all symbols except SCATTER.' It was not observed on any base-game reel screenshot, consistent with this text (WILD is Free-Spins-only).",
      "special_role_in_feature": "During Free Spins, each WILD that lands also collects (adds to a running total) the values of all MONEY symbols currently showing on the screen (rules_p1.png). A gold 'xN' multiplier badge can appear on a WILD during the feature after a retrigger (seen as 'x2' on free_spins_6.png).",
      "source": "paytable_p1.png + rules_p1.png"
    },
    "scatter": {
      "name": "SCATTER",
      "appearance": "A pink/green patterned bass fish on a hook line, with a black ribbon banner reading 'SCATTER' underneath it.",
      "rules": "Appears on all reels. 3, 4 or 5 SCATTER symbols anywhere on screen award 10, 15 or 20 Free Spins respectively. When only 2 SCATTER symbols land in the base game, there is a random chance that a hook animation appears and pulls a 3rd SCATTER onto the screen to trigger the feature anyway (rules_p1.png).",
      "source": "paytable_p1.png + rules_p1.png"
    },
    "money_symbol": {
      "name": "MONEY symbol (fish with a dollar-value ribbon tag)",
      "appearance": "A small green-and-pink patterned fish inside a light-blue/white square 'photo' tile, with a pink ribbon banner beneath it printed with a dollar amount (e.g. '$96.00', '$240.00', '$12.00'); the rare top-tier value is shown as a gold/copper-coloured fish instead of green.",
      "rules_verbatim": "'This is the MONEY symbol. At every spin the MONEY symbol takes a random money value from the following: 2x, 5x, 10x, 15x, 20x, 25x, 50x or 4000x total bet. The fish paying symbols are also MONEY symbols. At every spin, the fish take a random money value which can be won during the FREE SPINS feature.' (rules_p1.png)",
      "payout_basis": "MONEY-symbol values are multipliers of TOTAL BET (2x/5x/10x/15x/20x/25x/50x/4000x), even though the UI always displays them pre-converted to a dollar amount for the current bet. Cross-checked on-screen: at a $48.00 total bet, a tagged fish reading '$96.00' = 2x, '$240.00' = 5x, '$480.00' = 10x, '$720.00' = 15x, '$960.00' = 20x, '$2,400.00' = 50x; at $1.20 total bet, tags of '$2.40' = 2x, '$6.00' = 5x, '$12.00' = 10x, '$24.00' = 20x were observed on Free Spins reels (free_spins_2.png, free_spins_6.png). The top 4000x tier was shown once, in gold, as '$192,000.00' at a $48.00 bet (free_spins_4.png) – 4000 x $48.00 = $192,000.00, confirming the basis.",
      "collection_mechanic": "During the FREE SPINS feature, the fisherman WILD symbol collects the value of every MONEY symbol on screen when it lands; collected WILDs accumulate toward retriggers (see Features > Free Spins below)."
    }
  },

  "bet_and_lines": {
    "grid": "5 reels x 4 rows, fixed grid (reel_layout heights 4/4/4/4/4 per manifest and confirmed visually on base_game_0.png).",
    "mechanic": "Lines - 12 fixed paylines. Confirmed by two independent sources: the bet menu heading 'BETTING ON 12 LINES' (info_0.png) and the numbered 1-12 payline diagram over a 5x4 grid on rules_p3.png ('GAME RULES', page 4/7).",
    "line_rule_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.' (rules_p3.png)",
    "min_bet": "$0.12 (rules_p3.png, printed 'MINIMUM BET: $0.12')",
    "max_bet_printed": "$360.00 (rules_p3.png, printed 'MAXIMUM BET: $360.00')",
    "max_bet_printed_caveat": "This printed figure corresponds to the Ante Bet 18x mode, not to ordinary play. Measured directly in-game via the BET MAX button with the Ante Bet toggle OFF (info_0.png): TOTAL BET reaches $240.00 (COINS PER LINE 10 x COIN VALUE $2.00 x 12 LINES = $240.00). Ratio check: $360.00 / $240.00 = 1.5, exactly matching the printed ante multiplier ratio 18x / 12x = 1.5. The real base-game bet ceiling is therefore $240.00, and $360.00 is that ceiling multiplied by the Ante Bet surcharge.",
    "max_bet_real": "$240.00 (ordinary play, Ante Bet OFF, measured via BET MAX)",
    "demo_default_bet": "$1.20 (base_game_0.png, BET $1.20)",
    "demo_credit": "$100,000.00"
  },

  "ante_bet": {
    "ui_label": "'EXTRA CHANCE OF SCATTERS' toggle on the left side of the base-game screen (base_game_0.png), showing the surcharge bet amount and an ON/OFF switch (OFF = red background with a right-pointing red arrow icon and white 'OFF' text; ON = green background with a checkmark and white 'ON' text, per info_1.png).",
    "rules_verbatim": "'The player has the option to select the bet multiplier. Depending on the selected bet, the game behaves differently. The possible values are: Bet multiplier 18x - the chance to win the respin round naturally is higher. More SCATTER symbols are present on the reels. The BUY FREE SPINS feature is disabled. Bet multiplier 12x - Normal play.' (rules_p2.png)",
    "measured_ratio": "With Ante OFF, base bet was $48.00 (info_0/1 baseline before ante toggle); toggling Ante ON changed BET to $72.00 on the same screen (info_1.png) - a factor of exactly x1.5, matching 18/12.",
    "buy_free_spins_interaction": "When Ante Bet is ON, the BUY FREE SPINS panel/button is shown visibly washed-out/lower-opacity compared to its normal solid appearance, consistent with the rules text stating the Buy Free Spins feature is disabled while Ante Bet is active (info_1.png)."
  },

  "buy_free_spins": {
    "ui_label": "'BUY FREE SPINS' panel on the left side of the base game, showing a live price equal to 100x the current total bet (e.g. '$120' at $1.20 bet, '$4,800' at $48.00 bet, '$24,000' shown once total bet was raised to $240.00 via BET MAX in info_0.png).",
    "rules_verbatim": "'The FREE SPINS round can be instantly triggered from the base game by buying it for 100x current total bet. When buying the FREE SPINS round, on the triggering spin 3, 4 or 5 SCATTERS can hit randomly.' (rules_p2.png)",
    "purchase_dialog": "Confirmation dialog 'BUY FREE SPINS' with the cost in large yellow text (e.g. '$4,800'), a red rounded rectangle with a white X (cancel) and a green rounded rectangle with a white checkmark (confirm) (bonus_0.png).",
    "disabled_during_ante": "Disabled (visually washed out) whenever the Ante Bet (18x) mode is active - see ante_bet section."
  },

  "features": {
    "free_spins": {
      "trigger_natural": "3, 4 or 5 SCATTER symbols anywhere on screen award 10, 15 or 20 Free Spins respectively.",
      "trigger_near_miss": "If only 2 SCATTER symbols land in the base game, there is a random chance a hook animation appears and pulls a 3rd SCATTER onto the screen, triggering the feature.",
      "trigger_buy": "Buying the feature for 100x total bet guarantees 3, 4 or 5 SCATTERS land on the purchase spin (random which count).",
      "award_screen": "'CONGRATULATIONS! 10 FREE SPINS' (or 15/20) on a dark rounded panel, with the fisherman mascot shown full-body on the right holding up a fish, a small polaroid WILD icon and a 3-fish cluster icon on the left, and (observed once) a gold-framed tile showing the top-tier gold MONEY-fish icon and its dollar value as a preview/highlight of the biggest possible prize (free_spins_4.png: '$192,000.00' = 4000x at the $48.00 bet in play).",
      "wild_collection": "During Free Spins, every WILD (fisherman polaroid) that lands collects the values of all MONEY symbols currently on screen. All WILDs that land are tallied/collected until the round ends.",
      "retrigger_meter": "A horizontal strip across the top of the screen shows 9 small grayscale fisherman-photo 'pips' interspersed with 3 label tiles reading '+10 FREE SPINS x2', '+10 FREE SPINS x3' and '+10 FREE SPINS x10' (in groups of 4 cells: 3 pips + 1 label, repeated 3 times = 12 cells total). Pips turn from grayscale to full colour as WILDs are collected; a label tile is highlighted/coloured once its retrigger threshold is reached.",
      "retrigger_rule_verbatim": "'Every 4th WILD symbol collected, retriggers the feature, awards 10 more free spins and the multiplier for MONEY symbol collection increases to 2x for the first retrigger, 3x for the second retrigger and 10x for the third retrigger. The retriggered spins are played after the previous batch of free spins ends. The multiplier applies to the retriggered spins. After the third retrigger, the feature cannot be retriggered anymore.' (rules_p1.png)",
      "retrigger_celebration_screen": "'CONGRATULATIONS! THE NEXT 10 FREE SPINS ARE NOW X2!' (or X3/X10) dark rounded panel with a small WILD polaroid icon, over 'PRESS ANYWHERE TO CONTINUE...' prompt (free_spins_5.png).",
      "in_feature_multiplier_display": "Once a retrigger multiplier is active, WILD symbols on the reels display a gold circular badge with the active multiplier (e.g. 'x2') next to/over the polaroid (free_spins_6.png).",
      "extra_random_events": "'Randomly, when there are only 1 or 2 WILD symbols on the screen, at the end of a free spin, fish MONEY symbols can appear in random positions.' and 'Randomly, 1 or 2 hooks can appear at the end of a spin and pull the reels up to reveal WILD and MONEY symbols.' (rules_p1.png)",
      "special_reels": "'Special reels are in play during the feature.' (rules_p1.png) - i.e. the Free Spins round uses a different reel strip set than the base game.",
      "mega_win_moment": "A 'MEGA WIN!' banner (large orange/yellow 3-D text) can appear mid-round when a WILD collects MONEY values, with an animated pile of falling gold coins and a rapidly counting dollar total overlaying the reels (free_spins_3.png showed the counter mid-count at '$33.33', rising toward the round's running total of 'WIN $42.33' shown in the bottom bar at that same instant - i.e. the big number is a live animation, not a second separate win amount).",
      "end_of_round": "Feature ends when Free Spins reach 0 (no further retrigger), or immediately if the round's total win reaches the 4,000x cap (see max_win). A 'CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE WON $X.XX' summary panel is then shown, followed by 'PRESS ANYWHERE TO CONTINUE...' and a return to the base game.",
      "sessions_captured": "Two separate Free Spins purchases were captured in this screenshot set at different bet sizes; see 'reconstructed_sessions' below for the exact per-frame chronology."
    }
  },

  "max_win": {
    "value": "4,000x total bet",
    "rules_verbatim": "'The maximum win amount is limited to 4,000x bet. If the total win of a round reaches 4,000x bet the round immediately ends, win is awarded and all remaining features are forfeited.' (rules_p2.png), repeated in slightly different wording on rules_p5.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.'"
  },

  "rtp_and_volatility": {
    "rtp_base": "96.08% ('The theoretical RTP of this game is 96.08%', rules_p3.png)",
    "rtp_ante_bet": "96.08% ('The RTP of the game when using the \"ANTE BET\" is 96.08%', rules_p3.png)",
    "rtp_buy_free_spins": "96.07% ('The RTP of the game when using \"BUY FREE SPINS\" is 96.07%', rules_p3.png)",
    "volatility": "High. Shown as a 'VOLATILITY' badge with 5 of 5 lightning-bolt icons fully filled in solid yellow/orange (rules_p3.png), and confirmed by the accompanying sentence: 'High volatility games pay out less often on average but the chance to hit big wins in a short time span is higher.'"
  },

  "reconstructed_sessions": {
    "note": "The manifest's free_spins file names/order do not correspond to a single chronology. Reconstructed here from the CREDIT/BET values printed on each frame (anti-hallucination: only movements that are arithmetically consistent are asserted).",
    "session_A_bet_48": {
      "purchase": "bonus_0.png - 'BUY FREE SPINS' confirmation dialog, price '$4,800', TOTAL BET $48.00.",
      "trigger_spin": "free_spins_0.png - reel reveal after the purchase spin. CREDIT $95,200.00 (=$100,000.00-$4,800.00), BET $48.00, prompt 'SPIN TO WIN!'. Visible symbols include tackle boxes, a snowmobile, letter symbols, and several MONEY-tagged fish reading '$96.00' (x3) and '$240.00' (x2). Only 2 fish carry a black 'SCATTER' ribbon banner that are clearly legible in this frame (one on reel 1, one on reel 4) - see discrepancies list below regarding the capturer's claim of 3 scatters.",
      "award_screen": "free_spins_4.png - 'CONGRATULATIONS! 10 FREE SPINS' panel, CREDIT still $95,200.00 (no spins resolved yet), BET $48.00. Shows the fisherman mascot, a WILD polaroid icon, a 3-fish cluster icon, and a gold-framed top-tier MONEY-fish tile reading '$192,000.00' (=4000x $48.00) as a prize preview.",
      "gameplay_frames": "Not individually captured for this $48 session (feature auto-resolved between the award screen and the win screen).",
      "result": "win_screen_0.png - 'CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE WON $816.00', CREDIT $96,016.00 (=$95,200.00+$816.00, consistent), BET $48.00, FREE SPINS LEFT 0. The retrigger meter shows 3 of 9 pips collected/coloured and the '+10 FREE SPINS x2' label tile in an un-achieved (pink, not fully highlighted) state - i.e. this run ended without ever reaching a retrigger.",
      "post_feature": "info_1.png - back in the base game, WIN $816.00 still displayed, caption 'FREE SPINS COMPLETED'; the Ante Bet ('EXTRA CHANCE OF SCATTERS') toggle is shown switched ON (BET now $72.00 = $48.00 x1.5) and the BUY FREE SPINS panel ('$4,800') is rendered in a lighter/washed-out style consistent with being disabled. info_2.png then shows the result of one ante-bet spin at BET $72.00 with only 1 SCATTER landed and no win ('SPIN TO WIN!' prompt)."
    },
    "session_B_bet_1_20": {
      "purchase": "Not separately captured (implied by the $120 = 100x$1.20 price shown on the base-game 'BUY FREE SPINS' panel in base_game_0.png).",
      "gameplay_1": "free_spins_2.png - FREE SPINS LEFT 9, CREDIT $99,880.00 (=$100,000.00-$120.00, consistent with the $1.20-bet purchase), BET $1.20. All 9 retrigger-meter pips are grayscale (0 WILDs collected yet). Reels show MONEY-tagged fish '$24.00', '$12.00', '$6.00' and one SCATTER-bannered fish.",
      "mega_win_moment": "free_spins_3.png - 'MEGA WIN!' banner, animated coins, live counter shown mid-animation at '$33.33' rising toward the round total 'WIN $42.33' (bottom bar), 'AAA  LINE 8 PAYS $0.60' annotation also visible. Retrigger meter: 3 of 9 pips coloured (3 WILDs collected), '+10 FREE SPINS x2' label not yet reached. A WILD (fisherman polaroid) tagged '$20.40' is visible on reel 1, plus a MONEY fish tagged '$12.00' elsewhere on the grid.",
      "retrigger": "free_spins_5.png - 'CONGRATULATIONS! THE NEXT 10 FREE SPINS ARE NOW X2!' panel, CREDIT $99,782.80, BET $1.20, WIN $80.40 so far. Retrigger meter: 5 of 9 pips coloured and the '+10 FREE SPINS x2' label tile now highlighted/consumed (blue).",
      "post_retrigger_gameplay": "free_spins_6.png - FREE SPINS LEFT 8, CREDIT $99,782.80, BET $1.20, WIN $81.60. A WILD symbol on reel 2 now displays a gold 'x2' multiplier badge; MONEY-tagged fish read '$2.40' (x2 badge shown beside it) and '$6.00'.",
      "result": "This session's own concluding win-screen frame was not separately captured; win_screen_0.png in this manifest belongs to session A ($48 bet), not this session."
    }
  },

  "screens": {
    "preview_loading": {
      "type": "preview",
      "file": "preview_0.png",
      "content": "Loading screen on a dark navy-to-purple gradient background with a faint radial glow behind the centre. Centred logo: 'REEL KINGDOM' in bold white block letters with a black outline; a small grey monkey-face mascot wearing an orange 3-point crown sits between the words 'REEL' and 'KINGDOM'. Below: 'Powered by PRAGMATIC PLAY' (grey text + the Pragmatic Play circular orange-egg logo). Below that: a horizontal loading progress bar (blue-white filled portion on the left, grey unfilled track on the right)."
    },
    "preview_splash": {
      "type": "preview",
      "file": "preview_1.png",
      "content": "Intro/splash screen. Winter sky background (blue gradient with falling snow specks) over a hazy mountain range and frosted ice-rink ground. Left: the fisherman mascot standing full-body, holding a green fish up in his right hand, and an ice-fishing rod-and-reel in his left hand. Centre: a large copper/orange 3-D bass fish jumping out of a circular badge with small pine trees and mountains inside it, sparkling rays behind it. Below the fish badge: the game wordmark 'BIGGER' (pink/magenta with yellow outline), 'BASS' (orange/red gradient with yellow outline), 'BLIZZARD' (light blue), 'Christmas Catch' (red script). Below the wordmark: 'BIG REELS AND COOL FISH WINS ALWAYS ON OFFER!' in white bold text with a black outline. Bottom-left: a small unchecked square checkbox with the label \"DON'T SHOW NEXT TIME\". Right side: a round dark button with two white curved arrows forming a circle around a grey monkey-face-with-crown icon (Reel Kingdom mascot) - this is the actual click-to-enter control, and below/right of it a polaroid-style photo repeating the fisherman-with-fish pose (this polaroid is the same art used later as the WILD symbol icon).",
      "color_blind_notes": "The enter control is distinguished by its circular double-arrow icon shape, not colour."
    },
    "base_game": {
      "type": "base_game",
      "file": "base_game_0.png",
      "layout": "5 (columns) x 4 (rows) symbol grid, no visible cell borders, symbols sit directly over the blue winter background. Top of screen: a light ice ledge with hanging icicles spans the width of the screen; the game wordmark ('BIGGER BASS BLIZZARD Christmas Catch', smaller) is centred at the very top with a jumping red/orange fish icon on each side of it.",
      "left_panel": "Two stacked glassy light-blue rounded-rectangle buttons: 'BUY FREE SPINS $120' (top) and 'BET $1.80 EXTRA CHANCE OF SCATTERS' with a red 'OFF' toggle switch and a small red right-arrow icon (bottom).",
      "bottom_bar": {
        "far_left": "Two small round dark-navy icon buttons stacked vertically: a hamburger menu (three horizontal lines) on top, a speaker/sound icon below it.",
        "info_button": "A separate round 'i' information button just to the right of the menu/sound column.",
        "balance_labels": "Centre-left: 'CREDIT' (light blue) '$100,000.00' (yellow) above 'BET' (light blue) '$1.20' (yellow).",
        "center_hint": "'HOLD SPACE FOR TURBO SPIN' in white bold text, horizontally centred.",
        "right_controls": "A round grey '-' (minus) button, a large dark circular SPIN button (white double-arrow ring around the grey monkey-with-crown mascot icon), a round grey '+' (plus) button, and an 'AUTOPLAY' pill-shaped button (with a small spin-speed icon) below the spin button.",
        "branding": "'REEL KINGDOM' in small grey capital letters at the very bottom-left corner."
      },
      "symbols_on_this_frame": "A transient random mix (changes every spin) - visible on the captured frame: bobber, snowmobile, tackle box, letters Q/A/10/J/K, another snowmobile. NOTE: exact per-cell layout is random and not a fixed game property, so it is not enumerated cell-by-cell.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Bottom-bar icon buttons are white glyphs on dark circles (shape-based). CREDIT/BET use colour (light blue label / yellow value) but both are also distinguished by their text label, not colour alone."
    },
    "paytable": {
      "type": "paytable",
      "file": "paytable_p1.png",
      "page": "1 of 7 ('GAME RULES')",
      "content": "Dark panel headed 'GAME RULES' and the subheading 'All symbols pay from left to right on adjacent reels starting from the leftmost reel.' Top row: 5 paying symbols (snowmobile, fishing-rod stand, bobber, tackle box, money-fish bundle) each with its 5/4/3(/2)-of-a-kind payouts printed beneath. Second row: the 5 card/letter symbols (A, K, Q, J, 10) each with identical 5/4/3 payouts. Bottom: two callouts - the WILD polaroid icon with its rules text, and the SCATTER fish icon with its rules text.",
      "navigation": "Bottom-left of the panel: three green circular buttons - left triangle (previous page), a green X in the centre (close), right triangle (next page). Page indicator 'Page 1/7' at bottom-right. A separate white X in a dark square sits at the very top-right corner of the panel (also closes it).",
      "color_blind_notes": "The three green nav buttons are differentiated by icon shape (triangle-left / X / triangle-right), not colour alone."
    },
    "rules_p1": {
      "type": "rules",
      "file": "rules_p1.png",
      "page": "2 of 7",
      "title": "MONEY SYMBOL",
      "content": "Left: the money-fish bundle icon. Right: MONEY-symbol rules text (verbatim in features/money_symbol above) followed by a 'FREE SPINS' subheading and its trigger/collection/retrigger/random-event rules (verbatim above)."
    },
    "rules_p2": {
      "type": "rules",
      "file": "rules_p2.png",
      "page": "3 of 7",
      "title": "MAX WIN / ANTE BET / BUY FREE SPINS",
      "content": "Three stacked text blocks, verbatim quoted in max_win / ante_bet / buy_free_spins sections above."
    },
    "rules_p3": {
      "type": "rules",
      "file": "rules_p3.png",
      "page": "4 of 7",
      "title": "GAME RULES",
      "content": "A 'VOLATILITY' badge (5/5 solid yellow lightning bolts) with explanatory sentence; payline mechanic text; a numbered 1-12 grid diagram showing the 12 fixed payline shapes over a 5x4 grid; RTP figures for base/Ante/Buy Free Spins; keyboard shortcut note ('SPACE and ENTER buttons on the keyboard can be used to start and stop the spin.'); malfunction disclaimer; MIN/MAX BET figures."
    },
    "rules_p4": {
      "type": "rules",
      "file": "rules_p4.png",
      "page": "5 of 7",
      "title": "HOW TO PLAY",
      "content": "Explains the +/- bet buttons and bet menu, the SPIN button, the hamburger MAIN GAME INTERFACE settings-menu icon, the spin-speed-cycle icon (normal/quick/turbo), the sound toggle icon, the 'i' info-page icon, the CREDIT/BET coins-vs-cash toggle, and the AUTOPLAY button (click again to stop)."
    },
    "rules_p5": {
      "type": "rules",
      "file": "rules_p5.png",
      "page": "6 of 7",
      "title": "SETTINGS MENU / INFORMATION SCREEN / BET MENU",
      "content": "Describes INTRO SCREEN, AMBIENT, SOUND FX and GAME HISTORY toggles/links; the info-page left/right scroll arrows and X-close icon; the BET MENU (lines count, total bet in coins and cash, COINS PER LINE and COIN VALUE +/- controls); repeats the 4,000x max-win cap text."
    },
    "rules_p6": {
      "type": "rules",
      "file": "rules_p6.png",
      "page": "7 of 7 (last page)",
      "title": "AUTOPLAY",
      "content": "Explains that clicking a shown auto-spin-count button starts Autoplay, and that SKIP SCREENS auto-skips the feature intro/end screens after a short delay."
    },
    "settings": {
      "type": "settings",
      "file": "settings_0.png",
      "title": "SYSTEM SETTINGS",
      "content": "Dark panel, cyan title. Left: 'GAME HISTORY' link (with an external-link icon) and a 'TOTAL BET' stepper showing '$1.20' between a green '-' and a green '+' button. Right: four labelled toggle switches - 'BATTERY SAVER' (off, white circle on the left of a dark track), 'AMBIENT MUSIC' (on, green), 'SOUND FX' (on, green), 'INTRO SCREEN' (on, green, appears to have a brighter glow around it in this frame).",
      "color_blind_notes": "Toggle state is shown by the switch handle's left/right position in addition to grey-vs-green colouring - position is the non-colour cue."
    },
    "autoplay": {
      "type": "autoplay",
      "file": "autoplay_0.png",
      "title": "AUTOPLAY SETTINGS",
      "content": "Dark panel, cyan title. Three round checkbox options in a row: 'TURBO SPIN' (unchecked, dark circle), 'QUICK SPIN' (unchecked, dark circle), 'SKIP SCREENS' (checked, green circle with a white checkmark). Below: 'NUMBER OF AUTOSPINS' label above a horizontal slider (green filled track on the left, round green handle, grey unfilled track on the right) showing the value '100'. Bottom: a full-width green 'START AUTOPLAY (100)' button.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Checked/unchecked state is shown by a checkmark glyph (shape), not colour alone."
    },
    "info_bet_menu": {
      "type": "info",
      "file": "info_0.png",
      "content": "A 'BETTING ON 12 LINES' panel opened from the bet +/- controls, overlapping the right side of the reels. Shows 'COINS PER LINE' (value '10', green -/+ buttons), 'COIN VALUE' (value '$2.00', green -/+ buttons), 'TOTAL BET' (value '$240.00' after pressing BET MAX, green -/+ buttons), and a green 'BET MAX' button at the bottom. This frame is after BET MAX was pressed with Ante OFF: the left-side 'BUY FREE SPINS' panel now reads '$24,000' (100x $240.00) and 'EXTRA CHANCE OF SCATTERS' reads '$360.00' (the ante-inclusive figure, 1.5x $240.00)."
    },
    "info_ante_on": {
      "type": "info",
      "file": "info_1.png",
      "content": "Base game with the Ante Bet ('EXTRA CHANCE OF SCATTERS') toggle switched to green/ON. BET now shows '$72.00' (up from an implied $48.00 base, i.e. x1.5). 'BUY FREE SPINS $4,800' panel is rendered lighter/washed-out (disabled). Bottom bar shows 'WIN $816.00' and caption 'FREE SPINS COMPLETED' - i.e. this is the base-game screen shown immediately after session A's Free Spins round ended."
    },
    "info_ante_spin_result": {
      "type": "info",
      "file": "info_2.png",
      "content": "Result of one spin with Ante Bet active (BET $72.00 shown top-left panel). Only 1 SCATTER-bannered fish symbol landed (on reel 3). Prompt reads 'SPIN TO WIN!'; no win this spin. CREDIT $95,944.00."
    },
    "bonus_buy_dialog": {
      "type": "bonus",
      "file": "bonus_0.png",
      "content": "Confirmation dialog over the dimmed reels: white bold heading 'BUY FREE SPINS', large yellow price '$4,800' beneath it, a red rounded-rectangle button with a white X (cancel) on the left and a green rounded-rectangle button with a white checkmark (confirm) on the right. 'TOTAL BET $48.00' shown centred at the bottom with its own -/+ steppers."
    },
    "win_screen": {
      "type": "win_screen",
      "file": "win_screen_0.png",
      "content": "End-of-Free-Spins summary panel (session A, $48 bet): dark rounded rectangle reading 'CONGRATULATIONS!' then 'YOU HAVE WON' then the amount '$816.00' in large light-blue text, and 'PRESS ANYWHERE TO CONTINUE...' beneath it in white. The 12-cell retrigger meter is visible across the very top of the screen (3 of 9 pips coloured, '+10 FREE SPINS x2' label not yet reached). Bottom bar: CREDIT $96,016.00, BET $48.00, WIN $816.00, FREE SPINS LEFT 0.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Win amount is large high-contrast light-blue-on-dark-navy text, legible without colour discrimination."
    }
  },

  "accessibility_observations": {
    "screen_reader": "Stable control positions across the whole session: hamburger-menu + sound icons stacked far bottom-left, a separate 'i' info button just to their right, CREDIT/BET labelled text centre-left, bet -/+ and SPIN centred-right, AUTOPLAY just below SPIN. The rules/paytable booklet is a strictly linear 7-page sequence navigated with left-arrow/X-close/right-arrow, with a 'Page N/7' text indicator on every page - reliable for sequential reading.",
    "motor": "Large circular touch targets for SPIN, menu, sound, info and bet +/-. SPACE and ENTER keys also start/stop a spin (rules_p3.png), reducing the need for precise pointer clicks. Autoplay (with a configurable spin count and a SKIP SCREENS option) reduces the number of manual actions needed to play many spins.",
    "color_blind": "Most state is conveyed redundantly: toggle switches move position (not just change colour), the Ante Bet toggle prints the word 'ON' or 'OFF' on the switch itself, MONEY-symbol values are always printed as text on the fish tile, retrigger-meter progress is shown by desaturated-vs-colour pips AND by a numeric 'FREE SPINS LEFT' counter AND by explicit '+10 FREE SPINS xN' text labels, and WILD/SCATTER symbols carry a printed text banner ('SCATTER') or are visually distinct as a photo/polaroid rather than relying on colour alone. Residual risk: the disabled state of the 'BUY FREE SPINS' button during Ante Bet is communicated mainly through reduced opacity/washed-out colour, with no explicit on-screen 'disabled' text on the base-game screen itself (the explanation only exists in the separate rules booklet) - a low-vision or color-blind player might not immediately notice the button is inactive from the base-game screen alone.",
    "deaf_hard_of_hearing": "No information observed to be conveyed by audio alone; SOUND FX and AMBIENT MUSIC are purely decorative toggles in SYSTEM SETTINGS. All game state (win amounts, spins left, multipliers, bet, retrigger progress) is shown as on-screen text/graphics."
  },

  "discrepancies_vs_capturer_notes": [
    "manifest note for free_spins_0.png claims 'reels show 3 SCATTER (bass fish) symbols and two MONEY fish symbols reading $96.00 and $240.00'. On inspection of the actual pixels, only 2 fish symbols carry a legible black 'SCATTER' ribbon banner (one on reel 1 row 3, one on reel 4 row 2); a possible third scatter was not independently located in the frame. The frame also shows three (not two) distinct MONEY-tagged fish values: '$96.00' appears twice and '$240.00' appears twice as well (i.e. more than the 'two' cited). Documented per the visible pixels, not the note.",
    "manifest note for free_spins_2.png labelled it '2nd purchase' and free_spins_3/5/6.png were assumed to be a later continuation of the SAME $48-bet purchase as free_spins_0/4/win_screen_0. On inspection, the BET value printed on free_spins_2/3/5/6.png is $1.20 (not $48.00), and the CREDIT values on those frames only reconcile against a $120 (100x$1.20) purchase cost, not the $4,800 (100x$48.00) cost seen in bonus_0.png/free_spins_0.png/free_spins_4.png. These are therefore two separate Free Spins purchases at two different bet sizes, not one continuous session - see 'reconstructed_sessions' above.",
    "manifest note for free_spins_4.png ('Later Free Spins turn: WIN $336.00 (cumulative) shown, FREE SPINS LEFT 6, reels show a $720.00 money-fish and multiple card/regular symbols') does not match the actual pixel content of that file at all: the frame actually visible is the 'CONGRATULATIONS! 10 FREE SPINS' trigger-award panel at CREDIT $95,200.00 / BET $48.00, i.e. the very start of session A, not a late-round gameplay frame. Documented per the visible pixels."
  ],

  "unreadable_or_uncertain": [
    "The precise combined-payout mechanic for the 'money-fish bundle' paytable legend entry (5-TOTAL MONEY VALUE AMOUNT / 4-$6.00 / 3-$1.20) relative to each fish's own individually random MONEY value was not explained beyond the verbatim printed text; not further inferred.",
    "Whether a third SCATTER symbol was actually present but out of frame/occluded on free_spins_0.png (only 2 are legibly confirmed) - see discrepancies list.",
    "Exact coin-denomination breakdown of symbol payouts (coin value x coins-per-line) was not separately exposed on a dedicated screen; paytable values are reported as printed dollar amounts at the $1.20 demo default bet.",
    "Session B's (the $1.20-bet purchase) own concluding win-screen amount was not captured - only its in-progress win totals ($42.33, $80.40, $81.60) are documented.",
    "Whether the base game itself can ever show a natural (non-purchased) Free Spins trigger was not observed directly in this screenshot set (per manifest.not_captured, natural base-game spins were attempted but no scatter trigger or line win landed in the sampled spins); the feature was only captured via purchase in both sessions."
  ]
}