Ding Dong Christmas Bells

{
  "game": {
    "name": "Ding! Dong! Christmas Bells",
    "brand_provider": "Pragmatic Play",
    "studio": "Reel Kingdom",
    "studio_evidence": "The bottom-left footer text on every in-game screen reads 'REEL KINGDOM' (verified on base_game.png, paytable.png, all rules pages, settings.png, autoplay.png, bonus/free-spins screens) instead of 'PRAGMATIC PLAY'. Reel Kingdom is Pragmatic Play's sub-studio (same pattern as John Hunter and the Aztec Treasure / Happy Hooves in this catalogue, see memory 'footer-name-is-studio-not-casino-skin'). The spin button also carries a small gold-crowned gorilla mascot icon, which is the Reel Kingdom brand mark (visible in base_game.png, distinct from the plain double-arrow PP spin icon used by in-house PP titles).",
    "theme": "A snow-covered, timber-framed Christmas village at dusk/blue-hour, with fairy-light strings, a stone footbridge over a frozen creek, snow-capped rooftops and shop signs ('Butcher', 'Sweets', 'The Pub'). Five anthropomorphic Christmas 'bell' characters (a snowman, a Christmas tree, Santa Claus, a gingerbread man, and a reindeer, each rendered as a bell-shaped body with a character face) are the visual mascots and also the five highest-paying symbols.",
    "documentation_purpose": "Exhaustive accessibility documentation (blind/low-vision screen-reader users, deaf/hard-of-hearing, color-blind of all types, motor-impaired users) built from 17 desktop screenshots (1280x800) + OCR ground truth (pytesseract) + zoomed pixel-level crops of the reel-top bell characters and the Ante Bet panel.",
    "method_notes": "All numeric values (RTP, bet range, max win, payouts, buy cost, win amounts) were read directly from on-screen text and cross-checked against OCR output and, where relevant, against CREDIT-balance deltas between consecutive frames (e.g. buy cost verified as exactly $200.00 via CREDIT $100,000.00 -> $99,800.00; free-spins win verified as exactly $21.00 via CREDIT $99,800.00 -> $99,821.00). Nothing in this document is inferred from memory of other slots.",
    "language": "English"
  },

  "color_palette": {
    "background_scene": "Consistent across preview/base game/menus: pale blue winter sky, snow-covered half-timbered Christmas-village houses with warm yellow window glow, strings of round warm-white fairy lights, a stone bridge over a light-blue frozen stream in the foreground (preview screen).",
    "reel_frame": "Thick reddish-brown wood-plank frame topped with a snow drift; ornate dark-brown carved wood scroll/swirl brackets at the frame corners; strings of warm fairy lights and green pine garland with red/gold baubles run down the left and right frame edges.",
    "reel_cells": "Dark plum/deep-purple flat background behind each symbol, separated by thin dark dividers.",
    "reel_top_characters": "Five bell-shaped character heads sit on top of the reel frame, left to right: pale icy-blue snowman (black top hat with a pink/green striped band, pink/green striped scarf), bright green Christmas tree (multicolour baubles, yellow star on top), red Santa (white beard, red hat with white pompom), golden-yellow gingerbread man (blue icing eyebrows, pink/magenta icing dot buttons, white icing swirls), and bright pink reindeer (tan antlers and inner ears, red nose, light-blue eye rings).",
    "free_spins_background": "Switches to a night-time version of the same wood-framed reel set against a dark sky with pink/green/purple aurora borealis (northern lights) bands - a clear non-color-dependent state cue (whole scene changes, not just a tint) in addition to text 'FREE SPINS LEFT'.",
    "ui_text_colors": "CREDIT label in cyan/light-blue, its value in yellow; BET label in cyan, its value in yellow; WIN readout in cyan label + yellow value; feature banner text ('DING! DONG!') in red with white outline on a green wreath-textured panel; 'THESE ARE WILD!' in gold with red outline.",
    "buttons": "Round dark-grey/black translucent circular buttons with white icon glyphs (menu hamburger, speaker, info 'i', bet +/-); the central SPIN button is a larger dark circle with a white circular double-arrow icon and a small gold-crowned black gorilla mascot badge in the middle (Reel Kingdom branding); AUTOPLAY is a labelled dark pill button below the spin button.",
    "ante_bet_panel": "Left-side dark wood-sign plaque: gold 'BET $3.00' heading (preview of the ante-bet cost), red 'HIGHER CHANCE TO WIN FEATURE' text, and a red circular right-arrow toggle icon with candy-cane striped border plus red 'OFF' label when disabled.",
    "mystery_bell_panel": "Left-side wood-sign plaque below the Ante Bet panel: green 'MYSTERY BELL' heading, gold '$200.00' price, illustrated below by a small pile of colourful wrapped Christmas presents (green/blue, pink/blue, yellow/green, purple/red boxes)."
  },

  "symbols": {
    "note": "All payout tiers read directly from paytable.png (Page 1/7, 'GAME RULES') and cross-verified against the identical bell payout table repeated on rules_p1.png (Page 2/7, Free Spins rules). All wins are multiplied by BET PER LINE (confirmed by rules_p3.png text: 'All wins are multiplied by bet per line'), not by total bet. 11 payout rows total, within the 12-row limit.",
    "payout_basis": "bet per line. Demo default total bet $2.00 / 10 fixed lines = $0.20 per line (also matches the Ante Bet math: total bet $2.00 at multiplier x10 -> $3.00 preview at multiplier x15, ratio 1.5 = 15/10, confirmed by zoomed crop of the Ante Bet panel).",
    "bell_symbols_high_value": [
      {
        "name": "Gold bell / Gingerbread Man",
        "color": "golden-yellow bell body",
        "appearance": "Gingerbread-man face with blue icing eyebrows, dark eyes, pink/magenta icing-dot 'buttons', white icing swirl decorations, small green candy-like topper knob",
        "payouts": {"5": "$400.00", "4": "$100.00", "3": "$20.00"},
        "rank": "highest-paying symbol",
        "special_role": "Only this bell (along with the other 4 bells below) can transform into a WILD symbol during the Free Spins feature."
      },
      {
        "name": "Pink/magenta bell / Reindeer",
        "color": "bright pink bell body",
        "appearance": "Reindeer face with tan antlers and inner ears, red nose, light-blue eye rings, open smiling mouth",
        "payouts": {"5": "$100.00", "4": "$50.00", "3": "$16.00"}
      },
      {
        "name": "Red bell / Santa Claus",
        "color": "red bell body",
        "appearance": "Santa Claus face with white beard/moustache, red hat with white trim and pompom, rosy cheeks",
        "payouts": {"5": "$100.00", "4": "$50.00", "3": "$16.00"}
      },
      {
        "name": "Blue bell / Snowman",
        "color": "pale icy-blue bell body",
        "appearance": "Snowman face with black top hat (pink/green striped band), orange carrot nose, coal-black eyes, pink/green striped scarf",
        "payouts": {"5": "$60.00", "4": "$30.00", "3": "$10.00"}
      },
      {
        "name": "Green bell / Christmas Tree",
        "color": "bright green bell body",
        "appearance": "Smiling Christmas-tree face covered in multicolour round baubles, a yellow star on top",
        "payouts": {"5": "$60.00", "4": "$30.00", "3": "$10.00"}
      }
    ],
    "card_symbols_low_value": [
      {"name": "A", "color": "pink/magenta candy-cane diagonal stripes on white", "payouts": {"5": "$32.00", "4": "$16.00", "3": "$6.00"}},
      {"name": "K", "color": "orange/gold candy-cane diagonal stripes on white", "payouts": {"5": "$32.00", "4": "$16.00", "3": "$6.00"}},
      {"name": "Q", "color": "green candy-cane diagonal stripes on white", "payouts": {"5": "$32.00", "4": "$16.00", "3": "$6.00"}},
      {"name": "J", "color": "blue candy-cane diagonal stripes on white", "payouts": {"5": "$12.00", "4": "$6.00", "3": "$3.00"}},
      {"name": "10", "color": "red/white candy-cane diagonal stripes", "payouts": {"5": "$12.00", "4": "$6.00", "3": "$3.00"}},
      {"name": "9", "color": "red/white candy-cane diagonal stripes (same palette as '10', distinguished by the character shape/digit only)", "payouts": {"5": "$8.00", "4": "$4.00", "3": "$2.00"}}
    ],
    "wild": {
      "name": "WILD (dynamic, no dedicated base-game icon)",
      "appearance": "There is NO separate WILD symbol printed in the base-game paytable. During the Free Spins feature, 1 to 5 of the five bell symbols above are individually converted into WILD versions of themselves (same bell art, same color/character, glowing outline) for the remainder of the feature.",
      "rules": "A WILD bell substitutes for all other symbols in that position. Each active WILD bell carries a x2 win multiplier on any line it is part of; if a winning combination contains more than one WILD, their multipliers ADD together (e.g. 2 WILDs in one combination = x2 + x2 = x4 total; 3 WILDs = x6; up to a theoretical x10 if all 5 bells are WILD in one combination).",
      "source": "rules_p1.png (Page 2/7, 'FREE SPINS') and confirmed visually on free_spins_trigger.png / free_spins_natural_trigger.png / free_spins_play.png"
    },
    "scatter_or_bonus_symbol": {
      "present": false,
      "note": "There is no scatter/bonus symbol on the reels at all. The Free Spins feature is NOT triggered by landing a specific symbol count - it is a hidden random chance that can fire any time a bell paying symbol lands anywhere and 'sends musical notes' to its matching bell character above the reels (rules_p1.png). This is an important accessibility point: a player (or assistive description) cannot predict the trigger from watching the reel grid alone; it is invisible RNG layered on top of normal paying spins."
    }
  },

  "technical_summary": {
    "grid": "5 reels x 3 rows, confirmed visually on base_game.png, free_spins_play.png and base_game_win.png.",
    "bet_mechanic": "lines",
    "bet_mechanic_value": 10,
    "paylines_note": "10 fixed paylines. rules_p3.png shows 10 small numbered line-pattern diagrams (labelled 1 to 10), but the exact zigzag path of each individual line is not legible at the rendered screenshot resolution - marked uncertain (non-critical: per-slot exact line paths are a minor cosmetic detail, not required for basis math).",
    "rtp_percent": 96.05,
    "rtp_source": "rules_p3.png (Page 4/7): three separate statements, all 96.05% - 'The RTP of the game when using the \"ANTE BET\" is 96.05%', 'The theoretical RTP of this game is 96.05%', 'The RTP of the game when using \"BUY MYSTERY BELL\" is 96.05%'. Unusual but explicit: all three modes share the identical stated RTP.",
    "volatility": "High - shown as a 'VOLATILITY' badge with 5 of 5 filled lightning-bolt icons (rules_p3.png), 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.'",
    "bet_min": "$0.10",
    "bet_max": "$375.00",
    "bet_source": "rules_p3.png: 'MINIMUM BET: $0.10' / 'MAXIMUM BET: $375.00'",
    "demo_default_total_bet": "$2.00",
    "demo_default_credit": "$100,000.00",
    "max_win": "2,100x bet, identical in base game and Free Spins.",
    "max_win_source": "rules_p2.png (Page 3/7): 'The maximum win amount is limited to 2,100x bet in both base game and free spins. If the total win of a FREE SPINS round reaches 2,100x bet the round immediately ends, win is awarded and all remaining free spins are forfeited.' Repeated in slightly more general wording on rules_p5.png (Page 6/7): '...if the total win of a round reaches 2100X bet the round immediately ends, win is awarded up to the cap and all remaining features forfeited.'",
    "win_rules": "All symbols pay left to right on adjacent reels starting from the leftmost reel, on the 10 selected/fixed paylines. All wins are multiplied by bet per line. Only the highest win is paid per line; when winning on multiple paylines, all line wins are added to the total win. Free spins and bonus wins are added to the payline win. All values are expressed as actual wins in coins. Free spins total win is awarded to the player after the Free Spins round completes (source: rules_p3.png).",
    "keyboard": "SPACE and ENTER start and stop the spin (rules_p3.png). Holding SPACE also triggers Turbo Spin per the on-screen hint 'HOLD SPACE FOR TURBO SPIN' visible on every base-game/menu screenshot.",
    "malfunction_clause": "'Malfunction voids all pays and plays.' (rules_p3.png)",
    "currency_view": "CREDIT and BET labels can be clicked to switch between coins view and cash view (rules_p4.png)."
  },

  "settings_ante_bet": {
    "name": "Ante Bet (bet multiplier selector)",
    "not_a_bonus_buy": "This is a persistent bet-modifier setting, NOT a one-off bonus purchase - it changes the ODDS of the round, not an instant trigger.",
    "values": {
      "10x": "Normal play (default/current state in all captured screenshots - Ante Bet OFF).",
      "15x": "Higher chance to win the Free Spins feature naturally; more BELL symbols are present on the reels; the BUY MYSTERY BELL (bonus buy) feature is DISABLED while this is selected."
    },
    "pixel_evidence": "base_game.png shows a left-side plaque reading 'BET $3.00 / HIGHER CHANCE TO WIN FEATURE / [red arrow icon] OFF' while the actual current total bet at the bottom of the screen is $2.00. $3.00 / $2.00 = 1.5, exactly matching the stated 15x / 10x multiplier ratio - confirms the panel is previewing the cost of turning Ante Bet ON.",
    "source": "rules_p2.png (Page 3/7, 'ANTE BET' section) + base_game.png panel",
    "captured_state": "Only the OFF state was captured (toggle showing a red right-arrow icon and 'OFF' label). The ON-state color/icon of this toggle was not captured on any screenshot - marked uncertain, not invented."
  },

  "features": {
    "free_spins": {
      "trigger_mechanic": "Each of the 5 bell paying symbols is permanently associated with one bell character of the same design shown fixed at the top of the reel frame. Every time a bell paying symbol lands anywhere on the reels, it sends 'musical notes' up to its matching bell character. Randomly, this can trigger the Free Spins feature (rules_p1.png). There is no guaranteed scatter-count trigger - it is an invisible RNG chance layered on any bell-symbol land.",
      "activation_result": "On trigger, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 of the bell paying symbols are transformed into WILD symbols for the round, depending on which/how many bells were randomly activated at trigger time.",
      "in_feature_wild_multiplier": "Each active WILD bell carries a x2 multiplier on any winning line it is part of. If multiple WILDs are part of the same winning combination, their multipliers ADD together (2 WILDs = x4, 3 WILDs = x6, etc., up to x10 if all 5 possible WILDs are in one combination).",
      "mid_feature_extra_activation": "During the Free Spins round, bell characters that were NOT activated at the start can still randomly activate when touched by musical notes mid-round. When this happens, that bell's paying symbol also transforms into WILD for the remainder of the feature, and 5 additional free spins are awarded. If more than one bell activates on the same free spin, still only 5 additional free spins are awarded (not 5 per bell).",
      "special_reels": "'Special reels are in play during the feature' (rules_p1.png) - distinct reel strip/weighting used only during Free Spins (exact composition not disclosed in the rules text).",
      "base_award_observed": "Both captured trigger screenshots (bought via Buy Mystery Bell, and a natural in-play trigger) show '+10 FREE SPINS' on the intro card. The written rules do not state an explicit base free-spin count anywhere - this '10' is an observed on-screen value from two independent trigger instances, not a rule-text guarantee, and is reported here as evidence rather than an official fixed number.",
      "background_change": "Reel background switches from the daytime village scene to a night sky with pink/green/purple aurora borealis during the feature (free_spins_play.png) - a whole-scene palette change, not a single color swap.",
      "buy_option": {
        "name": "BUY MYSTERY BELL",
        "cost": "100x current total bet",
        "cost_evidence": "At total bet $2.00, the Buy Mystery Bell price shown is $200.00 (base_game.png side panel and bonus_buy_dialog.png), and CREDIT dropped from exactly $100,000.00 to $99,800.00 immediately after confirming the purchase (free_spins_trigger.png) - a verified delta of $200.00 = 100 x $2.00.",
        "effect": "Instantly triggers the Free Spins round from the base game. On the triggering spin, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 BELL symbols can transform into WILD randomly, exactly as with a natural trigger.",
        "dialog": "bonus_buy_dialog.png shows a 'MYSTERY BELL $200.00' wood-sign header over a spinning-post display of six wrapped Christmas presents, a red X (cancel) bauble button on the left and a green checkmark (confirm) bauble button on the right, with a 'TOTAL BET $2.00' adjuster (+/-) at the bottom allowing the bet to be changed before confirming.",
        "disabled_when": "Ante Bet is set to the 15x 'higher chance' multiplier."
      },
      "not_a_separate_mechanic": "'MYSTERY BELL' is only the purchase button's theme name for buying this same Free Spins feature - there is no second bonus mechanic (no separate Hold & Spin / Money Collect); the gift boxes and spinning post are purely decorative for the buy-feature dialog."
    }
  },

  "screens": {
    "preview": {
      "type": "preview",
      "content": "Splash/promo screen shown before the game loads. Five bell characters (snowman, tree, Santa, gingerbread, reindeer) sit atop a carved wood sign reading 'DING! DONG! CHRISTMAS BELLS' (red/gold lettering on a green wreath-like panel with fairy lights around the border). Below the sign, red text with white outline: 'LET THE BELLS RING OUT FOR CHRISTMAS CASH!'. A circular grey icon with white double-arrow + gold-crowned gorilla badge sits to the right of the sign (Reel Kingdom enter/spin icon). Bottom-left: a small unchecked square checkbox labelled 'DON'T SHOW NEXT TIME'.",
      "not_shown_here": "No max-win figure, volatility badge or RTP number appears on this preview screen (those are only on the rules booklet pages).",
      "color_blind_notes": "Title text uses both color and heavy white/black outline plus large bold font, readable regardless of hue perception; the checkbox uses a checkmark/empty-box shape, not color, to show state."
    },
    "base_game": {
      "type": "base_game",
      "overall_layout": "5-reel x 3-row grid inside a thick reddish-brown wood-plank frame with a snow cap on top; the five bell characters sit on top of the frame (decorative, fixed, one per matching paying symbol); pine-garland-and-fairy-light strips run down both sides of the frame.",
      "reel_content_note": "Only card symbols (9/10/J/Q/K/A) and bell symbols land in the grid; the captured frame shows a random mix of A/Q/J/9/10 - this is a transient random snapshot, not enumerated cell by cell.",
      "left_side_panels": "Two stacked wood-sign panels: (1) Ante Bet preview panel ('BET $3.00 / HIGHER CHANCE TO WIN FEATURE / [red arrow] OFF'); (2) 'MYSTERY BELL $200.00' buy panel with an illustration of wrapped presents below it.",
      "top_right": "A small copy of the game logo plaque ('DING! DONG! CHRISTMAS BELLS') in the top-right corner of the playfield.",
      "bottom_bar": {
        "far_left_vertical": "Round hamburger MENU button ('≡') on top, round SOUND speaker-icon button below it.",
        "info_button": "Separate round 'i' INFORMATION button just to the right of the menu/sound column - opens the 7-page paytable/rules booklet.",
        "balance_labels": "'CREDIT $100,000.00' (yellow) and 'BET $2.00' (yellow) with cyan labels, left of center.",
        "center_hint": "'HOLD SPACE FOR TURBO SPIN'.",
        "right_controls": "Large round SPIN button (white double-arrow + gold-crowned gorilla badge) center-right; round '-' (decrease bet) to its left, round '+' (increase bet) to its right; an 'AUTOPLAY' pill button below the spin button.",
        "branding": "'REEL KINGDOM' in small grey text at the very bottom-left corner."
      },
      "color_blind_notes": "All controls are white glyphs on dark circles (shape-based, not color-coded). CREDIT/BET numeric values are yellow-on-dark for high contrast regardless of hue vision."
    },
    "paytable": {
      "type": "paytable",
      "page": "1 of 7 (header 'GAME RULES')",
      "content": "Header text: 'All symbols pay from left to right on adjacent reels starting from the leftmost reel.' Row 1: the five bell symbols with 5/4/3-of-a-kind payouts (see symbols.bell_symbols_high_value). Row 2: the six card symbols A/K/Q/J/10/9 with their 5/4/3 payouts (see symbols.card_symbols_low_value).",
      "navigation": "Bottom-left: three green nav controls - left-pointing triangle (previous, disabled on page 1), a green X (close, center), right-pointing triangle (next). Bottom-right: 'Page 1/7'. 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) as well as position, not color alone - safe for color-blind users."
    },
    "rules": {
      "type": "rules (booklet pages 2-7, dark semi-transparent panel over the dimmed reels; identical green triangle/X/triangle nav + 'Page n/7' on every page)",
      "p1_free_spins_rules": "Page 2/7 'FREE SPINS'. Explains the bell-to-bell trigger mechanic, shows all 5 bell icons with the gold bell's payout table repeated, and states the WILD/multiplier/retrigger rules (full text captured in features.free_spins).",
      "p2_max_win_ante_buy": "Page 3/7 (untitled continuation). 'MAX WIN' section (2,100x bet, applies to base game and free spins, round ends and forfeits remaining spins at cap). 'ANTE BET' section (10x normal / 15x higher chance + buy disabled). 'BUY MYSTERY BELL' section (100x current total bet, 1-5 bells WILD on trigger spin).",
      "p3_game_rules_rtp_bet": "Page 4/7 'GAME RULES'. VOLATILITY badge (5/5 lightning bolts) + high-volatility explanatory text; win-calculation rules (bet-per-line multiplier, highest win per line, multi-line wins summed, FS win added after round, values in coins); 10 small numbered payline diagrams (1-10, exact paths not legible); three RTP statements all 96.05% (base/ANTE BET/BUY MYSTERY BELL); SPACE/ENTER spin controls; malfunction clause; MIN BET $0.10 / MAX BET $375.00.",
      "p4_how_to_play": "Page 5/7 'HOW TO PLAY'. Explains +/- bet buttons and bet menu, SPIN button, MAIN GAME INTERFACE icons: hamburger menu (Settings), spin-speed-cycle icon (normal/quick spin/turbo), speaker icon (sound/music toggle), 'i' info icon, CREDIT/BET coins-vs-cash toggle, gorilla-badge SPIN icon ('starts the game'), AUTOPLAY button (opens/stops autoplay).",
      "p5_settings_menu": "Page 6/7 'SETTINGS MENU'. Describes INTRO SCREEN, AMBIENT, SOUND FX, GAME HISTORY toggles/links; info-page prev/next/close nav icons; BET MENU (bet multiplier + total bet in coins/cash, +/- for BET and COIN VALUE fields); repeats the 2,100x max-win rule in slightly more general wording ('a round' instead of specifically 'FREE SPINS round').",
      "p6_autoplay": "Page 7/7 'AUTOPLAY'. Explains clicking an auto-spin-count button to start Autoplay, and the SKIP SCREENS option (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/gold; the VOLATILITY badge uses gold lightning-bolt icons plus the explicit word 'VOLATILITY' and 'High' in the surrounding text - not color-coded alone."
    },
    "settings": {
      "type": "settings",
      "title": "SYSTEM SETTINGS",
      "panel_style": "Centered dark-blue rounded panel; closed via a white 'X' at the top-right of the panel header. Captured mid-session (background shows the just-completed Free Spins result: CREDIT $99,821.00, WIN $21.00, 'FREE SPINS COMPLETED').",
      "left_side": "'GAME HISTORY' link button (with an external-link icon) and a 'TOTAL BET' adjuster: round green '-' button, value '$2.00' in a black field with cyan border, round green '+' button.",
      "right_side_toggles": "Four labelled on/off toggle switches, each with a short description line: 'BATTERY SAVER' (OFF, grey/white handle left - 'save battery life by reducing animation speed'), 'AMBIENT MUSIC' (ON, green, handle right - 'turn on or off the game music'), 'SOUND FX' (ON, green, handle right - 'turn on or off the game sounds'), 'INTRO SCREEN' (ON, green, handle right - 'show the intro screen before starting the game').",
      "color_blind_notes": "Toggle state is shown by BOTH switch handle position (left=off / right=on) and color (grey vs green) - position is the safe non-color cue, confirmed present here."
    },
    "autoplay": {
      "type": "autoplay",
      "title": "AUTOPLAY SETTINGS",
      "layout": "Dark panel overlay on the dimmed reels (Free-Spins-completed state still visible behind it: WIN $21.00). White 'X' close button top-right.",
      "options": "Three checkbox-style options in a row: 'TURBO SPIN' (unchecked), 'QUICK SPIN' (unchecked), 'SKIP SCREENS' (checked, green checkmark).",
      "autospins_selector": "'NUMBER OF AUTOSPINS' label above a horizontal slider (green filled track left of handle, round green handle) with value '100' shown to the right.",
      "action": "Large green 'START AUTOPLAY (100)' button at the bottom.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Checkbox state is shown by an explicit checkmark glyph appearing/disappearing (shape), not by color alone; the primary action button carries explicit text 'START AUTOPLAY'."
    },
    "bonus_buy_dialog": {
      "type": "bonus",
      "content": "Confirmation dialog for purchasing the Free Spins feature. Wood-sign header 'MYSTERY BELL $200.00' with warm orange light-ray effect radiating from a lit gold lantern at the very top. Below, six wrapped Christmas gift boxes (green/blue striped, pink/blue, light-blue, yellow/green, purple/pink, red/green) arranged around a candy-cane-striped post. A red circular ornament with a white 'X' (cancel) on the left, a green circular ornament with a white checkmark (confirm) on the right. Bottom bar: 'TOTAL BET' label with '$2.00' value and round '-'/'+' adjusters, letting the bet be changed before confirming.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Cancel/confirm are differentiated by BOTH color (red/green) AND shape/glyph (X cross vs checkmark) - safe for color-blind users."
    },
    "free_spins_trigger": {
      "type": "free_spins",
      "content_bought": "Intro card shown immediately after confirming the Buy Mystery Bell purchase. Green wreath-textured panel framed in wood, red '3D' title 'DING! DONG!' at the top. Center-left: the gold gingerbread bell icon (glowing). Center-right, gold text 'THESE ARE WILD!' with red outline. Below the bell: 'WINS UP TO' and a purple-outlined gold 'X2' badge. Below the WILD text: white '+10' and gold 'FREE SPINS'. CREDIT shown as $99,800.00 (down exactly $200.00 from the pre-purchase $100,000.00), confirming the $200 buy cost.",
      "content_natural": "An equivalent intro card captured during ordinary autoplay (not purchased): same layout, but the transformed bell is the pale-blue SNOWMAN bell (with top hat and scarf) instead of the gingerbread bell, again 'WINS UP TO X2' and '+10 FREE SPINS'. CREDIT $99,813.00 (consistent with a $2.00 spin deduction from a prior $99,815.00 balance per the capture note), proving this trigger fired organically during play, not via purchase.",
      "note_on_variability": "Which bell(s) turn WILD, and therefore which character/color appears on this intro card, varies per trigger (gold gingerbread on the bought round; blue snowman on the natural round observed here) - consistent with the rules text that 1 to 5 of the 5 bells can be selected at random.",
      "prompt_and_footer": "No explicit 'press anywhere' text is printed on this specific card as captured (unlike the win screen); the game auto-advances into the feature. Bottom bar shows the CREDIT/BET readouts as on the base game.",
      "color_blind_notes": "The specific bell character/color that becomes WILD is also shown via its distinct face/silhouette (hat/scarf for snowman vs icing dots for gingerbread), not by color alone."
    },
    "free_spins_gameplay": {
      "type": "free_spins",
      "reels": "Same 5x3 grid inside the same wood frame, but the background behind/around the frame switches to a night sky with pink/green/purple aurora borealis bands.",
      "left_panel": "A dark wood-sign panel reading 'WILDS WIN UP TO X2' remains visible for the duration of the feature as a persistent reminder of the active multiplier per WILD.",
      "counter": "Bottom-center: 'FREE SPINS LEFT' label (cyan) with the remaining count in yellow (captured frame: 9).",
      "wild_symbols_on_frame": "On the captured frame, two gold bell (gingerbread) WILD symbols are visible on reel 4 (both rows 1 and 2, each shown with a glowing gold-outlined frame), distinguishing them from the plain gold bell paytable icon by the added glow outline.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Feature state is signalled by BOTH a full background palette/scene change (day village -> night aurora) AND persistent text ('FREE SPINS LEFT', 'WILDS WIN UP TO X2') - not by a color swap alone. Active WILD symbols carry a glowing outline (shape/lighting cue), not just a color difference from the normal paytable icon."
    },
    "win_screen": {
      "type": "win_screen",
      "free_spins_result": "End-of-Free-Spins summary shown on a green wreath-textured panel with a red bow at the top and small red/orange/blue/green/purple ornament baubles around the border: red '3D' 'CONGRATULATIONS!' title, gold 'YOU HAVE WON', and the amount 'YOU HAVE WON $21.00' in large gold text with a red outline. 'PRESS ANYWHERE TO CONTINUE' in white below. Bottom bar shows 'WIN $21.00' (cyan label / yellow value) and CREDIT $99,821.00, which is exactly $99,800.00 + $21.00 - confirms the win amount reconciles with the balance delta from the purchase frame.",
      "base_game_win_result": "A smaller in-line win readout captured during ordinary autoplay: 'WIN $3.00' at the bottom of the reels, with a red combination readout '10 10 10  Line 6 Pays $3.00' directly beneath it (three matching '10' card symbols on a payline), and the winning bell/pink-bell symbol highlighted with a glowing red-outlined frame on reel 5. CREDIT $99,853.00, BET $2.00.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Win amounts are large high-contrast gold/yellow text on dark backgrounds, legible without color discrimination; the specific winning line/symbols are marked by an added glow OUTLINE (shape cue) in addition to any color highlight."
    }
  },

  "accessibility_observations": {
    "screen_reader": "Control layout is stable across all screens: menu (hamburger) + sound icons stacked far-left, a separate 'i' info button just to their right, bet -/+ flank the large central SPIN button, AUTOPLAY sits directly below SPIN. The info/rules booklet is a strictly linear 7-page sequence (left-triangle/X/right-triangle to navigate, each page numbered 'Page n/7'), which is easy to describe and navigate step-by-step for a screen-reader user.",
    "motor": "All interactive targets are large rounded buttons/circles; the central SPIN button is the largest single target. SPACE and ENTER also start/stop a spin (keyboard-operable, confirmed by rules_p3.png), and holding SPACE activates Turbo Spin, reducing the number of discrete clicks needed. Autoplay (with adjustable spin count and a SKIP SCREENS option that auto-dismisses feature intro/end cards) further reduces required interactions for repetitive play.",
    "color_blind": "The five bell paying symbols are differentiated PRIMARILY by hue (gold, pink/magenta, red, blue, green), which could be a genuine risk point for red-green and other color-vision-deficient users trying to tell the red (Santa) bell apart from the pink (reindeer) bell, or the green (tree) bell from either. However, each bell also carries a distinct secondary shape/character cue that does not rely on color: the snowman's top hat and striped scarf silhouette, the tree's needle texture and star topper, Santa's beard and pompom hat, the gingerbread man's icing-dot pattern, and the reindeer's antlers and long ears. These character outlines remain visually distinguishable at low color saturation. One residual risk noted: the reel-top display ORDER of the five bells (snowman, tree, Santa, gingerbread, reindeer, left to right) does NOT match their payout ranking (gold-gingerbread highest, then pink-reindeer/red-Santa tied, then blue-snowman/green-tree tied) - a color-blind or low-vision player relying on position alone to infer symbol value would be misled; numeric text values must always be consulted. The Free-Spins background changes from a full daytime scene to a full night aurora scene (not a simple color filter), which is a reliable non-color state cue. Card symbols (A/K/Q/J/10/9) are also color-coded by stripe hue but are always paired with a distinct printed letter/number glyph, so identity is never color-dependent for that tier.",
    "deaf_hard_of_hearing": "No audio-only information was observed on any captured screen; sound (ambient music, sound FX) is explicitly togglable and decorative. All game state - spins remaining, win amounts, feature triggers, multipliers, RTP/volatility/bet-range figures - is conveyed through on-screen text and numerals, not through audio cues alone."
  },

  "unreadable_or_uncertain": [
    "Exact zigzag path of each of the 10 fixed paylines: rules_p3.png shows 10 small numbered line-pattern diagrams (1 through 10), but the individual cell pattern of each diagram is too small to read reliably even in a full-resolution crop of that region. The count (10 lines) and the fact that they are FIXED (not adjustable ways/lines-selection) are legible and used; the specific path shapes are not enumerated.",
    "Base free-spins award count as a formal RULE: the written Free Spins rules text never states a base number of spins (it only specifies which/how many bells become WILD, 1-5). Both captured trigger screenshots (bought and natural) happened to show '+10 FREE SPINS' - reported as an observed value, not confirmed as the only possible base award.",
    "ON-state appearance of the Ante Bet toggle: only the OFF state (red arrow icon + 'OFF' label) was captured; no screenshot shows Ante Bet switched on, so its ON-state color/icon is not confirmed and not invented here.",
    "Whether the 5 payline diagrams shown as icons on rules_p3.png correspond 1:1 in position to the actual gameplay paylines or are purely illustrative - not stated in the text, not tested against gameplay.",
    "Exact release date of the game is not present on any captured screen - out of scope for this tech-doc pass (handled by the separate dates enrichment pipeline)."
  ]
}