Buffalo King Megaways

{
  "game": {
    "name": "Buffalo King Megaways",
    "provider": "Pragmatic Play",
    "theme": "North American wildlife / desert prairie hunting theme. Bison/buffalo, bald eagle, cougar (mountain lion), grey wolf and moose portrayed as realistic painted wildlife-photography-style trading cards. Warm golden-orange desert daytime palette in the base game (sky-blue background, sandy desert floor, distant mesas, saguaro cacti, dry shrubs) that shifts to a cool deep-blue starry night palette during Free Spins.",
    "documentation_purpose": "Exhaustive accessibility documentation (blind/low-vision screen-reader users, deaf/hard-of-hearing, color-blind of all types, motor-impaired) from 20 desktop screenshots (1280x800), read directly (vision) with OCR cross-check where available. Numbers taken verbatim from on-screen text. Anything unclear is listed in 'unreadable_or_uncertain' and not invented.",
    "language": "English",
    "megaways_disclaimer": "This is a MEGAWAYS(TM) title (used under licence from Big Time Gaming, credited in small print at the bottom of the base game and paytable screens). The reel grid has 6 reels of VARIABLE height, so the number of 'rows' is NOT a fixed game property and is intentionally not stated as a fixed number below — see 'reel_grid'. The number of ways-to-win recalculates every spin AND after every tumble."
  },

  "color_palette": {
    "base_game_background": "Bright daytime desert: pale blue sky with white clouds at the top, layered brown/purple distant mountains, sandy tan desert floor in the foreground with green cacti, small pink desert flowers and dry brush at the very bottom edge.",
    "free_spins_background": "Deep navy-blue night sky scattered with small white stars, silhouetted dark-blue mountain ridges, a dark red-tinted foreground strip of desert brush at the very bottom — clearly distinct from the base game so the feature state is recognisable without reading text.",
    "reel_frame": "Rustic weathered wooden plank frame (medium brown wood with visible grain and dark knots), bound at the corners with wrapped tan rope and large round rivets/bolts; two wooden posts extend below the reel area like a hitching post.",
    "reel_cells": "Dark maroon/near-black semi-transparent cells in the base game; dark navy-blue semi-transparent cells during free spins. Individual symbol cards each have their own coloured inner border (see symbols).",
    "wordmark": "'BUFFALO' and 'KING' in bold red 3-D letters with a thick gold outline and gold drop-shadow, stacked two lines, top-left of the base game screen (larger, top-right area of the preview/splash screen); 'MEGAWAYS(TM)' in solid gold 3-D letters directly below.",
    "accent_colors": "Gold (frames, wordmark outline, buttons, WILD/BONUS symbol borders, MEGAWAYS counter plaque text), red (wordmark fill, CONGRATULATIONS win-panel background, ANTE/DOUBLE CHANCE plaque background, the letter 'A' royal), green (start-autoplay button, toggle-on switches, checkmarks, the letter 'Q' royal, cougar-card border), blue (bald-eagle-card border, letter 'K' royal), purple (wolf-card border)."
  },

  "reel_grid": {
    "type": "Megaways variable-height grid, 6 reels.",
    "reel_heights": "Reels 1 and 6 can show up to 7 symbols each; reels 2, 3, 4 and 5 can show up to 8 symbols each (stated verbatim in the paytable, info_p1: 'Reels 1 and 6 can have up to 7 symbols. Reels 2, 3, 4 and 5 can have up to 8 symbols.'). Actual visible height changes every spin.",
    "top_row_behaviour": "The top row of reels 2 to 5 spins independently, right-to-left, and is shown partially cropped/sliced at the very top edge of the reel frame above the main grid.",
    "ways_counter": "A wood-plank plaque labelled 'MEGAWAYS(TM)' with the current number of ways in gold digits underneath, fixed top-right corner of the screen at all times during play. Observed values across captured spins: 50400 (base_game.png), 5760 (base_game_win.png), 4800 (base_spin_result.png), 6272 (bonus_buy_dialog.png), 6720 (free_spins_trigger.png), 8400 (free_spins_gameplay.png), 12 (free_spins_gameplay2.png), 20 (free_spins_tumble.png), 9000 (free_spins_retrigger.png), 10500 (free_spins_win.png) — confirms the ways count is a per-spin/per-tumble RANDOM value, recalculated continuously, not a fixed game property.",
    "max_ways": "200704 (stated in paytable info_p1: 'In total the maximum number of possible ways to win is 200704.')",
    "rows_fixed_value": "Intentionally omitted — rows are variable by design (see reel_heights); no single fixed 'rows' number applies to this game.",
    "cell_by_cell_note": "Individual symbol placement per cell is a random snapshot each spin and is not enumerated (not a fixed game property)."
  },

  "bet_mechanic": {
    "type": "megaways",
    "note": "Ways-to-win recalculated every spin (and after every tumble step) from the current per-reel symbol counts; NOT fixed paylines. Payline count/ways is not user-selectable."
  },

  "win_evaluation_rules": {
    "direction": "All symbols pay left to right on adjacent reels, starting from the leftmost reel (reel 1).",
    "only_highest_per_way": "Only the highest win is paid per winning combination on the same pay way.",
    "multiple_ways_summed": "When winning on multiple pay ways, all wins are added to the total win.",
    "payout_basis": "All symbol payout tiers below are stated in dollars on the paytable at the demo default bet of $2.00 total bet. Dividing every listed payout by $2.00 gives a clean, consistent multiplier for every symbol (buffalo 6-of: $40.00/$2.00=20x; eagle 6-of: $12.50/$2.00=6.25x; cougar 6-of: $7.50/$2.00=3.75x; wolf/moose 6-of: $3.00/$2.00=1.5x; A/K 6-of: $2.00/$2.00=1x; Q 6-of: $1.50/$2.00=0.75x; J/10 6-of: $1.20/$2.00=0.6x — all clean multiples of the total bet, confirming payouts are expressed as a multiplier of TOTAL BET, which is the correct payout basis for this ways/megaways game (there is no separate 'per line'/'per way' bet unit exposed anywhere in the UI, only TOTAL BET is shown/adjusted in the bet menu and settings panel).",
    "source": "info_p4 (game rules page): 'Only the highest win is paid per winning combination on the same pay way. When winning on multiple pay ways, all wins are added to the total win. Free spins and bonus wins are added to the pay way win. All wins are multiplied by base bet. All values are expressed as actual wins in coins.'"
  },

  "symbols": {
    "note": "Payouts read directly off the paytable (info_p1.png), verbatim dollar amounts at $2.00 total bet, plus the TOTAL-BET multiplier derived per 'payout_basis' above. Ranked highest to lowest.",
    "high_value": [
      {
        "name": "Buffalo / bison (head, orange-gold frame)",
        "appearance": "Front-facing head-and-shoulders portrait of an angry-looking American bison/buffalo with large curved horns, on a warm orange background, gold ornate border. Highest-paying symbol; also depicted as the giant hero image on the preview splash and as the game's mascot.",
        "payouts_at_2usd_bet": {"6": "$40.00", "5": "$20.00", "4": "$8.00", "3": "$4.00", "2": "$2.00"},
        "payout_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"6": "20x", "5": "10x", "4": "4x", "3": "2x", "2": "1x"},
        "rank": "highest-paying symbol; uniquely also pays on only 2-of-a-kind"
      },
      {
        "name": "Bald eagle",
        "appearance": "White-headed bald eagle with yellow beak, perched, on a blue background with a rope-style blue border.",
        "payouts_at_2usd_bet": {"6": "$12.50", "5": "$5.00", "4": "$2.50", "3": "$1.50"},
        "payout_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"6": "6.25x", "5": "2.5x", "4": "1.25x", "3": "0.75x"}
      },
      {
        "name": "Cougar / mountain lion",
        "appearance": "Tan/orange cougar head, green background, green rope-style border.",
        "payouts_at_2usd_bet": {"6": "$7.50", "5": "$2.50", "4": "$1.50", "3": "$1.00"},
        "payout_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"6": "3.75x", "5": "1.25x", "4": "0.75x", "3": "0.5x"}
      },
      {
        "name": "Grey wolf",
        "appearance": "Grey/blue-toned wolf head, dark purple/blue background, purple border.",
        "payouts_at_2usd_bet": {"6": "$3.00", "5": "$1.50", "4": "$1.00", "3": "$0.60"},
        "payout_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"6": "1.5x", "5": "0.75x", "4": "0.5x", "3": "0.3x"}
      },
      {
        "name": "Moose",
        "appearance": "Brown moose head with antlers, dusty-red/pink background, red border.",
        "payouts_at_2usd_bet": {"6": "$3.00", "5": "$1.50", "4": "$1.00", "3": "$0.60"},
        "payout_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"6": "1.5x", "5": "0.75x", "4": "0.5x", "3": "0.3x"},
        "note": "Identical payout tier to the grey wolf; the two are tied as the lowest-paying 'high' symbols."
      }
    ],
    "royals_low_value": [
      {"name": "A", "color": "red, gold outline", "payouts_at_2usd_bet": {"6": "$2.00", "5": "$1.00", "4": "$0.60", "3": "$0.40"}, "multiplier": {"6": "1x", "5": "0.5x", "4": "0.3x", "3": "0.2x"}},
      {"name": "K", "color": "blue, gold outline", "payouts_at_2usd_bet": {"6": "$2.00", "5": "$1.00", "4": "$0.60", "3": "$0.40"}, "multiplier": {"6": "1x", "5": "0.5x", "4": "0.3x", "3": "0.2x"}},
      {"name": "Q", "color": "green, gold outline", "payouts_at_2usd_bet": {"6": "$1.50", "5": "$0.80", "4": "$0.40", "3": "$0.20"}, "multiplier": {"6": "0.75x", "5": "0.4x", "4": "0.2x", "3": "0.1x"}},
      {"name": "J", "color": "orange/gold, gold outline", "payouts_at_2usd_bet": {"6": "$1.20", "5": "$0.80", "4": "$0.40", "3": "$0.20"}, "multiplier": {"6": "0.6x", "5": "0.4x", "4": "0.2x", "3": "0.1x"}},
      {"name": "10", "color": "purple, gold outline", "payouts_at_2usd_bet": {"6": "$1.20", "5": "$0.80", "4": "$0.40", "3": "$0.20"}, "multiplier": {"6": "0.6x", "5": "0.4x", "4": "0.2x", "3": "0.1x"}, "note": "Identical payout tier to J."}
    ],
    "wild": {
      "name": "WILD",
      "appearance": "A reddish-orange sandstone mesa/rock butte glowing against a pink-to-purple sunset sky, inside a gold ornate frame with a small gold star at each top corner; the word 'WILD' in yellow-gold 3-D letters across the bottom of the card.",
      "rules": "Substitutes for all symbols except the BONUS symbol. Appears ONLY on reels 2, 3, 4 and 5 (never on reels 1 or 6).",
      "free_spins_behaviour": "During the Free Spins round, WILD symbols land carrying a random multiplier of 2x, 3x or 5x (own icon overlaid with a large 'xN' label, observed as 'x3' and 'x2' simultaneously on two different WILD symbols in one spin, free_spins_gameplay.png). Every time a WILD is involved in a winning combination, its multiplier is accumulated into a tumble multiplier indicator; all WILD multipliers that hit during one tumble sequence multiply together (not add), and the accumulated multiplier applies to the total win of that tumble sequence at the end of the sequence.",
      "source": "paytable (info_p1) for base appearance/reel restriction; free spins rules (info_p2) for the in-feature multiplier behaviour"
    },
    "bonus_scatter": {
      "name": "BONUS",
      "appearance": "Round gold coin/medallion bearing an embossed buffalo head, on an orange background with a gold ornate rectangular border (visually a smaller coin-styled variant of the buffalo artwork).",
      "rules": "Appears on all 6 reels. 4 or more BONUS symbols anywhere on the reels trigger the Free Spins feature. Also has its own direct scatter payout: 6x BONUS pays 100x total bet, 5x BONUS pays 20x total bet, 4x BONUS pays 5x total bet (paid as scatter wins regardless of position).",
      "trigger_spins": "4 BONUS symbols award 12 free spins; 5 BONUS symbols award 17 free spins; 6 BONUS symbols award 22 free spins.",
      "retrigger": "3 or more BONUS symbols landing during the Free Spins round award +5 more free spins. There is no stated limit to the number of possible retriggers ('There are no limits to the number of possible retriggers.').",
      "source": "free spins rules (info_p2)"
    }
  },

  "features": {
    "tumble_cascade": {
      "name": "Tumble Feature",
      "mechanic": "After every spin, winning combinations are paid and all winning symbols disappear/vanish. The remaining symbols fall to the bottom of the screen and the empty positions are refilled with new symbols falling from above. New symbols are of the same reel size as the initial spin result (i.e. the tumble does not change how many rows are on each reel for that spin's remaining tumbles). Tumbling continues until no more winning combinations appear as a result of a tumble. All wins from all tumbles resulting from one base spin are added to the player's balance together, after the whole sequence finishes.",
      "megaways_interaction": "Because ways-to-win are recalculated from the current per-reel symbol arrangement, the MEGAWAYS counter changes on every tumble step within the same spin (observed dropping from thousands down to double digits mid-sequence, e.g. free_spins_gameplay2.png shows 12 and free_spins_tumble.png shows 20 during active tumble/motion-blur frames, versus 8400/9000+ on settled frames).",
      "visual_capture": "Two frames (free_spins_gameplay2.png, free_spins_tumble.png) were captured mid-tumble showing motion-blurred/vertically-streaked symbol art as new symbols drop into place; this is the intended cascade animation, not a capture artifact.",
      "source": "info_p2 (Tumble Feature section)"
    },
    "free_spins": {
      "name": "Free Spins",
      "trigger": "4 or more BONUS symbols anywhere on the reels (natural trigger); can also be purchased directly (see bonus_buy below).",
      "spins_awarded": {"4_bonus": 12, "5_bonus": 17, "6_bonus": 22},
      "retrigger": "3+ BONUS symbols during the feature award +5 free spins; unlimited retriggers.",
      "special_reels": "'Special reels are in play during FREE SPINS feature' (stated in rules; the visible effect captured is the WILD multiplier behaviour and the shift to a night-time background palette).",
      "in_feature_multiplier": "WILD symbols on reels 2-5 carry a random 2x/3x/5x multiplier that multiplies together across all WILDs hit within one tumble sequence, applied to that tumble sequence's total win (see 'symbols.wild.free_spins_behaviour').",
      "captured_round": "Purchased via Buy Free Spins for $200 (100x the $2.00 total bet then in effect). Trigger screen awarded 12 free spins ('CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON 12 FREE SPINS', WIN $10.00 shown from the awarding scatter hit). During the round, a retrigger fired mid-feature awarding +5 more free spins ('CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON +5 FREE SPINS', running WIN $196.00 at that point). Round completed after 17 total free spins (12 base + 5 retrigger) with a final summary 'CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON $204.40 IN 17 FREE SPINS'.",
      "source": "info_p2 (Free Spins Rules) + captured gameplay screens"
    },
    "ante_bet": {
      "name": "Ante Bet",
      "mechanic": "The player can select a bet multiplier that changes how the game behaves. Bet multiplier 20x = Normal Play (standard game, default). Bet multiplier 25x = the chance to win Free Spins is naturally doubled and more BONUS symbols are present on the reels, but the symbol paytable itself is unaffected and pays exactly as under the 20x multiplier.",
      "ui_control": "Labelled 'DOUBLE CHANCE TO WIN FEATURE' on a wood-sign toggle on the left edge of the base game screen, with an ON/OFF arrow-style switch (captured state: OFF). When enabled, the effective total bet becomes 1.25x the base 20x-multiplier bet (observed as a static 'BET $2.50' reference line on the same sign stack while the live bottom-bar bet shown was $2.00, i.e. 20x multiplier active/base) — consistent with a 25x vs 20x multiplier relationship (25/20 = 1.25).",
      "interaction_with_buy": "When the 25x Ante Bet feature is enabled, the Buy Free Spins feature is disabled (mutually exclusive).",
      "source": "info_p3 (Ante Bet section) + base_game.png / base_game_win.png UI"
    },
    "bonus_buy": {
      "name": "Buy Free Spins",
      "cost": "100x current total bet, instantly triggers the Free Spins feature from the base game.",
      "outcome_distribution": "4, 5 or 6 BONUS symbols hit randomly when buying, awarding 12, 17 or 22 free spins respectively (same tiers as the natural trigger).",
      "ui": "A wood-sign button labelled 'BUY FREE SPINS' with the cost below it (captured: '$200' while total bet was $2.00, confirming the 100x cost) on the left edge of the base game screen, just above the Ante Bet toggle. Clicking opens a confirmation dialog ('BUY FREE SPINS $200' on a wooden sign board, with a red X to cancel and a green checkmark to confirm).",
      "restriction": "Disabled when the 25x Ante Bet (Double Chance) feature is enabled.",
      "source": "info_p3 (Buy Free Spins section) + bonus_buy_dialog.png"
    },
    "max_win_cap": {
      "value": "5000x bet (5,000x total bet).",
      "rule": "The maximum win amount is limited to 5,000x bet. If the total win of a Free Spins round reaches 5,000x bet, the round immediately ends, the win is awarded up to the cap, and all remaining free spins/features are forfeited.",
      "source": "info_p3 and info_p6 (both state this rule identically)"
    }
  },

  "technical_summary": {
    "rtp_percent_base": 96.52,
    "rtp_percent_ante_bet": 96.49,
    "rtp_percent_buy_free_spins": 96.50,
    "rtp_source": "info_p4: 'The theoretical RTP of this game is 96.52%. The RTP of the game when using the \"ANTE BET\" is 96.49%. The RTP of the game when using \"BUY FREE SPINS\" is 96.50%.'",
    "volatility": "High — shown as a 'VOLATILITY' badge with 5 of 5 filled gold lightning-bolt icons on a dark rounded pill (info_p4 and preview.png); text: 'High volatility games pay out less often on average but the chance to hit big wins in a short time span is higher.'",
    "bet_min": "$0.20",
    "bet_max": "$300.00",
    "bet_source": "info_p4: 'MINIMUM BET: $0.20  MAXIMUM BET: $300.00'",
    "demo_default_bet": "$2.00 (later observed at $2.50 in some panel captures, consistent with switching bet levels during capture)",
    "demo_credit_starting": "$100,000.00",
    "reels": "6 reels, variable height per reel (Megaways) — see 'reel_grid'.",
    "max_ways": "200704 (see 'reel_grid.max_ways')",
    "max_win": "5000x total bet (hard cap; round ends immediately if reached)",
    "keyboard": "SPACE and ENTER keys start and stop the spin (info_p4). Holding SPACE also activates Turbo Spin ('HOLD SPACE FOR TURBO SPIN' hint shown center-bottom of the base game).",
    "currency_view": "CREDIT and BET labels can be clicked to switch between coins view and cash view (info_p5).",
    "malfunction_clause": "'Malfunction voids all pays and plays.' (info_p4)"
  },

  "screens": {
    "preview": {
      "type": "preview",
      "content": "Splash/promo screen shown on demo load. Large preview of the reel grid on the left (partially populated with symbols including a visible WILD mesa card and a BONUS coin card). Game wordmark 'BUFFALO KING MEGAWAYS(TM)' top-right in the red/gold 3-D style described above. Below the wordmark: a round dark circular button with two white curved arrows forming a refresh/enter icon, with a small white upward-pointing hand/cursor icon above it (click target to enter the game). Below that: a 'VOLATILITY' pill badge with 5/5 lightning bolts. Below that: a small gold-outlined checkbox labelled \"DON'T SHOW NEXT TIME\". Lower-left of the reel preview: gold text '4x [BONUS icon] WINS FREE SPINS' explaining the trigger at a glance. Bottom center: 'MEGAWAYS(TM) IS USED UNDER LICENCE FROM [BIG (Big Time Gaming) round red logo badge]'.",
      "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); volatility conveyed by bolt COUNT (5 filled) plus the word 'VOLATILITY', not colour alone; trigger hint uses the number '4x' and the BONUS icon shape, not colour."
    },
    "base_game": {
      "type": "base_game",
      "overall_layout": "6-reel variable-height Megaways grid centered on screen inside the rustic wooden-plank frame with rope-wrapped corner posts, standing on two wooden support posts at the bottom.",
      "top_left": "Wordmark 'BUFFALO KING MEGAWAYS(TM)' (see color_palette.wordmark).",
      "top_right": "'MEGAWAYS(TM)' plaque with the live ways counter beneath it in gold digits (see reel_grid.ways_counter).",
      "left_edge_signpost": "Two stacked wooden sign-plank buttons: 'BUY FREE SPINS' with cost below it (e.g. '$200'), and below it the current 'BET' reference value (e.g. '$2.50'); further below, a 'DOUBLE CHANCE TO WIN FEATURE' sign with an amber ON/OFF arrow toggle switch (captured state: OFF).",
      "background": "Bright desert daytime scene (see color_palette.base_game_background).",
      "bottom_bar": {
        "far_left_icons": "Round hamburger MENU button ('≡' three horizontal lines, dark circle) opening System Settings; a round SOUND speaker-icon button beneath it; a round 'i' INFORMATION button opening the paginated rules booklet.",
        "balance_labels": "Left-center, yellow text: 'CREDIT $100,000.00' and 'BET $2.00' (values update live).",
        "center_hint": "'HOLD SPACE FOR TURBO SPIN' in white, center of the bottom bar (replaced by other transient status text such as 'PLACE YOUR BETS!' between spins).",
        "right_controls": "Large round SPIN button (two white curved arrows forming a circle) center-right, with an oval '−' (decrease bet) to its left and oval '+' (increase bet) to its right; an 'AUTOPLAY' pill button with a small looping-arrow icon directly below the spin button.",
        "branding": "'PRAGMATIC PLAY' in small grey text, bottom-left corner."
      },
      "symbols_on_this_frame": "A transient random mix, changes every spin — not enumerated cell-by-cell (see reel_grid.cell_by_cell_note).",
      "color_blind_notes": "Bottom-bar controls are white glyphs on dark circles (shape-based). Bet +/- distinguished by the +/- glyph. The 'DOUBLE CHANCE' toggle position (left/right) plus the printed 'ON'/'OFF' word conveys state without relying on colour."
    },
    "paytable_info_p1": {
      "type": "rules",
      "page": "1 of 7 ('GAME RULES')",
      "content": "Grid of the 10 paying symbols with 6/5/4/3(/2 for buffalo)-of-a-kind payouts in dollars (see 'symbols'). Subtitle text: 'All symbols pay from left to right on adjacent reels starting from the leftmost reel.' Middle-left: the WILD mesa card with its substitution rule and reel restriction text. Middle-right: a 'Ways to win' diagram — two 7-column grids with black dots marking symbol positions; the left diagram has a green checkmark (valid win pattern, dots forming any adjacent shape), the right diagram has a red X over a pattern with a vertical red highlighted column (showing an INVALID way — i.e. wins are not restricted to straight vertical lines, any adjacent left-to-right shape counts). Explanatory text below: reel-height rule and the 200704 max-ways figure (see reel_grid).",
      "navigation": "Bottom-left: three GREEN nav icons — ◄ (previous, disabled/greyed appearance possible on page 1), X (close, center), ► (next). 'Page 1/7' bottom-right. Small print at bottom-center: 'MEGAWAYS(TM) IS USED UNDER LICENCE FROM [BIG logo]'.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Nav icons differentiated by SHAPE (triangle-left / cross / triangle-right), not colour alone. Ways-to-win diagram uses a green check vs red X PLUS shape (check-mark vs cross) for redundancy."
    },
    "rules_info_p2": {
      "type": "rules",
      "page": "2 of 7",
      "sections": ["TUMBLE FEATURE", "FREE SPINS RULES"],
      "content": "See 'features.tumble_cascade' and 'features.free_spins' for full verbatim text.",
      "navigation": "Same ◄ X ► green nav, 'Page 2/7'."
    },
    "rules_info_p3": {
      "type": "rules",
      "page": "3 of 7",
      "sections": ["ANTE BET", "BUY FREE SPINS"],
      "content": "See 'features.ante_bet', 'features.bonus_buy' and 'features.max_win_cap' for full verbatim text.",
      "navigation": "Same ◄ X ► green nav, 'Page 3/7'."
    },
    "rules_info_p4": {
      "type": "rules",
      "page": "4 of 7 ('GAME RULES')",
      "content": "VOLATILITY badge (5/5 bolts) plus explanatory text; win-evaluation rules (see 'win_evaluation_rules'); RTP figures for base/ante/buy; MINIMUM/MAXIMUM BET; malfunction clause. See 'technical_summary' for exact figures.",
      "navigation": "Same ◄ X ► green nav, 'Page 4/7'."
    },
    "rules_info_p5": {
      "type": "rules",
      "page": "5 of 7 ('HOW TO PLAY')",
      "content": "Explains the +/- bet buttons and bet menu; SPIN button; hamburger/MENU icon opens Settings; the spin-speed cycle icon (double-arrow) cycles normal speed / quick spin / turbo spin; speaker icon toggles sound and music; 'i' icon opens the Information page; CREDIT/BET labels toggle coins/cash view when clicked; a circular refresh icon 'starts the game'; AUTOPLAY button opens/closes the automatic play menu.",
      "navigation": "Same ◄ X ► green nav, 'Page 5/7'."
    },
    "rules_info_p6": {
      "type": "rules",
      "page": "6 of 7 ('SETTINGS MENU')",
      "content": "Describes INTRO SCREEN, AMBIENT, SOUND FX and GAME HISTORY settings toggles; explains the ◄/► information-page scroll arrows and the X close icon; explains the BET MENU (bet multiplier and total bet shown in coins and cash, +/- buttons for BET and COIN VALUE fields); repeats the 5000x max-win cap rule (see 'features.max_win_cap').",
      "navigation": "Same ◄ X ► green nav, 'Page 6/7'."
    },
    "rules_info_p7": {
      "type": "rules",
      "page": "7 of 7 ('AUTOPLAY') — confirmed as the final page by the 'Page 7/7' indicator",
      "content": "'Click on the buttons showing number of possible auto-spins to start Autoplay.' 'SKIP SCREENS option auto-skips the feature introduction and end screens after a short period of time.'",
      "navigation": "Same ◄ X ► green nav, 'Page 7/7'. Confirms the info booklet is fully paginated and this documentation has read every page."
    },
    "settings": {
      "type": "settings",
      "title": "SYSTEM SETTINGS",
      "panel_style": "Centered dark translucent panel over the dimmed reels, closed via an X icon at the top-right of the panel header.",
      "left_side": "'GAME HISTORY' label with an external-link icon; a 'TOTAL BET' adjuster below it: round white '−' button, value field (e.g. '$2.00'), round green '+' button.",
      "right_side_toggles": "Four labelled on/off toggle switches, top to bottom: 'BATTERY SAVER — save battery life by reducing animation speed' (captured OFF, switch left/white/grey), 'AMBIENT MUSIC — turn on or off the game music' (captured ON, switch right/green), 'SOUND FX — turn on or off the game sounds' (captured ON, green), 'INTRO SCREEN — show the intro screen before starting the game' (captured ON, green).",
      "color_blind_notes": "Toggle state conveyed by switch handle POSITION (left=off/white, right=on/green) in addition to colour — position is the non-colour cue."
    },
    "autoplay": {
      "type": "autoplay",
      "title": "AUTOPLAY SETTINGS",
      "layout": "Dark translucent panel over the dimmed reels; X close icon top-right.",
      "options": "Three square checkboxes in a row: 'TURBO SPIN' (unchecked), 'QUICK SPIN' (unchecked), 'SKIP SCREENS' (checked, green filled box with white checkmark, captured state).",
      "autospins_selector": "'NUMBER OF AUTOSPINS' label above a horizontal slider (green filled track on the left portion, round white handle, grey unfilled track on the right) with the numeric value '100' shown to the right of the slider.",
      "action": "Large green 'START AUTOPLAY (100)' button spanning the width of the panel at the bottom.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Checkbox state uses a checkmark glyph (shape) in addition to green fill; primary action button carries explicit text 'START AUTOPLAY'."
    },
    "bonus_buy_dialog": {
      "type": "bonus",
      "content": "Wooden sign-board overlay reading 'BUY FREE SPINS' in large cream/tan letters, below it a red plank strip with the price '$200' in white, and two square wood-button choices beneath: a red X (cancel/decline, left) and a green checkmark (confirm/accept, right). Background shows the dimmed reels with the ways counter reading 6272 and a visible BONUS coin symbol and moose cards.",
      "footer": "CREDIT $99,990.00 / TOTAL BET $2.00 with +/- adjusters shown at the very bottom (still adjustable before confirming).",
      "color_blind_notes": "Accept/decline distinguished by shape (X vs checkmark) as well as colour (red vs green) — redundant, safe for colour-blind users."
    },
    "free_spins_trigger": {
      "type": "free_spins",
      "content": "Wooden sign-board plaque, header 'CONGRATULATIONS', subtext 'YOU HAVE WON', a red inset plank showing the number of free spins won in large yellow-gold digits ('12' in the captured purchase), then 'FREE SPINS' and 'PRESS ANYWHERE TO CONTINUE' beneath. Background reels already show the night-time Free Spins palette and the left-edge 'FREE SPINS' sign-counter (see free_spins_gameplay).",
      "footer": "CREDIT / BET / 'WIN $10.00' / 'FREE SPINS LEFT 12' shown at the bottom.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Free-spin count is a large white-outlined gold NUMBER, legible without colour discrimination."
    },
    "free_spins_gameplay": {
      "type": "free_spins",
      "left_edge_counter": "A wooden sign-plank fixed to the left edge reading 'FREE SPINS' with the remaining count in large gold digits beneath it (e.g. '11', decrements each spin).",
      "reels": "Same variable-height grid but over the dark navy starry-night background (distinct from the base game's daytime palette).",
      "wild_multiplier_display": "WILD symbols show their own mesa-rock icon with a large gold 'xN' multiplier label overlaid directly on the symbol art (captured simultaneously as 'x3' and 'x2' on two different WILD symbols within the same spin, reel positions 3-4).",
      "bottom_bar": "'WIN $10.00' large centered text, 'FREE SPINS LEFT 11' beneath it, alongside CREDIT/BET.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Feature state signalled by BOTH a full palette shift (day-to-night) AND text ('FREE SPINS LEFT', 'FREE SPINS' plaque) — not colour alone. WILD multiplier is a printed number, not a colour code."
    },
    "free_spins_tumble_frames": {
      "type": "free_spins",
      "content": "Two frames (free_spins_gameplay2.png, free_spins_tumble.png) captured mid-cascade: several reel cells show vertically motion-blurred/streaked symbol artwork (falling animation) mixed with already-settled symbols, illustrating the Tumble Feature drop-in animation described in features.tumble_cascade. MEGAWAYS counter is very low on these frames (12 and 20 respectively) because it is captured mid-recalculation during the cascade, before settling to its post-tumble value.",
      "note": "No separate 'TUMBLE MULTIPLIER' text/track panel was visible on either captured frame; the WILD multiplier is only shown as the per-symbol 'xN' overlay described above. If a dedicated tumble-multiplier meter exists elsewhere in the UI, it was not captured — flagged in unreadable_or_uncertain."
    },
    "free_spins_retrigger": {
      "type": "free_spins",
      "content": "Same wooden CONGRATULATIONS sign-board layout as the trigger screen, but the red inset plank shows '+5' and the text below reads 'FREE SPINS' (i.e. an addition to the remaining count, not a fresh award). Left-edge counter shows '3' (spins remaining at the moment of the retrigger, before the +5 is added).",
      "footer": "'WIN $196.00' (running total win at that point in the round) shown at the bottom.",
      "color_blind_notes": "The '+5' prefix distinguishes an ADD from a fresh award using text/symbol (+), not colour."
    },
    "win_screen": {
      "type": "win_screen",
      "content": "Same wooden CONGRATULATIONS sign-board layout; red inset plank shows the total round win in large gold digits ('$204.40'), 'IN 17 FREE SPINS' beneath (the '17' in a slightly different weight), 'PRESS ANYWHERE TO CONTINUE'.",
      "footer": "'WIN $204.40' / 'FREE SPINS LEFT 0' / CREDIT $99,812.19 / BET $2.00 shown at the bottom, confirming the round has ended and spins are exhausted.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Win amount is large high-contrast gold text on dark wood — legible without colour discrimination."
    }
  },

  "accessibility_observations": {
    "screen_reader": "Stable control positions across all screens: menu (hamburger) + sound icons stacked far bottom-left, a separate 'i' info button just to their right, bet +/- flanking the large central SPIN button, AUTOPLAY directly beneath SPIN. The info booklet is a strictly linear 7-page sequence (◄/► to move, X to close, page indicator 'Page N/7' on every page) — fully enumerable for a screen reader.",
    "motor": "Large round click targets; the central SPIN button is the largest control on screen. SPACE and ENTER keys also start/stop spins (keyboard-operable) and holding SPACE activates Turbo Spin, reducing the number of discrete clicks needed. Autoplay (with configurable spin count and stop conditions such as SKIP SCREENS) further reduces required interaction for extended play.",
    "color_blind": "Most affordances are non-colour-coded: nav arrows differentiated by shape (triangle/cross), settings toggles by handle position, Buy-Free-Spins confirm/cancel by X-vs-checkmark shape, free-spin counts and win amounts always shown as printed numbers/text, WILD multipliers shown as printed 'xN' labels on the symbol art rather than colour bands, and the base-game-vs-free-spins state is reinforced by a full background palette shift (day vs night) in addition to on-screen text labels ('FREE SPINS LEFT'). Residual note: symbol identification for wolf vs moose relies partly on card-border colour (purple vs red) plus the depicted animal shape — shape/species art is the safe redundant cue.",
    "deaf_hard_of_hearing": "No audio-only information was observed; SOUND FX and AMBIENT MUSIC are purely decorative toggles (info_p6). All game state (wins, free spins remaining, multipliers, ways count, bet/credit) is conveyed visually and via on-screen text."
  },

  "unreadable_or_uncertain": [
    "No dedicated 'TUMBLE MULTIPLIER' meter/track panel was visible on the two captured mid-cascade frames (free_spins_gameplay2.png, free_spins_tumble.png) despite manifest capture notes suggesting one; only the per-symbol WILD 'xN' overlay was actually legible on these frames. If such a meter exists in-game, it was not captured on these specific frames and is not documented here as a confirmed UI element.",
    "The static 'BET $2.50' text visible on the left-edge sign stack in several base-game/menu screenshots, next to a live bottom-bar 'BET $2.00' — interpreted as the reference cost shown for the 25x Ante Bet multiplier (20x normal vs 25x ante, ratio 1.25 matches $2.00 to $2.50) while the 25x feature itself is toggled OFF; not explicitly labelled as such on-screen, so flagged as an inference rather than a directly-read fact.",
    "Whether a natural (non-purchased) Free Spins trigger screen looks pixel-identical to the purchased one was not independently verified by capturing an un-bought trigger; per manifest anomalies note, the mechanic is stated to be identical, only the preceding Buy-confirmation dialog differs.",
    "Exact default/starting total bet at first load (captured screens show both $2.00 and $2.50 total-bet states depending on when the frame was taken, reflecting bet-level changes during capture, not a single fixed default)."
  ]
}