Fa Cai Shen Deluxe

{
  "game": {
    "name": "Fa Cai Shen Deluxe",
    "provider": "Habanero",
    "provider_ref": "SGFaCaiShenDeluxe",
    "theme": "Chinese god-of-wealth (Fa Cai Shen) fortune theme. A smiling, rosy-cheeked deity in a red-and-gold silk robe with an ornate gold headdress (green gem centerpiece, gold scrollwork 'ears') stands beside the reels holding a gold ingot; auspicious wealth objects (coins, jade, dragon, money tree, lucky knot) fill the symbol set.",
    "art_style": "Flat-shaded 2D vector/cartoon illustration with bold black outlines, warm saturated fills (gold, red, jade green) and soft ambient shading rather than photoreal lighting; a cheerful, rounded 'cute deity' character design (large head, simplified facial features) typical of casual mobile-casino art; daylight-bright temple courtyard scene on the reels, a starfield/nebula backdrop with soft glow on the splash screen; no gritty/cinematic or dark-neon treatment anywhere in the build.",
    "grid": "6 reels x 5 rows, all reels the same height (no variable-height reels observed).",
    "mechanic": "Habanero's own 'Horizontal and Vertical Pays': any horizontal row-run or vertical column-run of 3-6 identical symbols pays according to the paytable; a single row or column can contain more than one win; wins can intersect/overlap on the same row or column; only the highest win for any one combination is paid; wins for different combinations are added together (rules_p3.png, 'Horizontal and Vertical Pays'). No fixed number of paylines or 'ways' is printed anywhere in the game (booklet or the 12-page Help screen) -- confirmed by reading every page of both documents, and separately by the fact that the game's own automated Help-reader (scripts/providers/habanero/help_facts.py) could not find a lines/ways line to report.",
    "spin_cost": "Fixed at 28 coins regardless of bet level (booklet 'Other Rules' page, rules_p4.png: 'Play for 28 coins only'; Help screen, help_p1.png: 'Total bet in coins is 28 multiplied by the bet level').",
    "documentation_purpose": "Exhaustive accessibility documentation (blind/low-vision screen-reader users, deaf/hard-of-hearing, color-blind of all types, motor-impaired) built from 24 desktop screenshots (1280x800) covering the splash, base game, the 8-page in-game booklet, the 12-page Help screen, settings, autoplay, a measured base-game win, a wild-expansion win, and a Big Win celebration -- plus OCR/verbatim text and zoomed crops of every paytable row.",
    "method_notes": "Numbers are taken verbatim from the booklet, the Help screen and the game's own control bar; every scalar figure in 'technical_summary' was cross-read on at least two of these three surfaces (see cross_checks). Free Games gameplay was NOT observed (505 real spins hunted at the minimum bet without a trigger) and is documented from the printed rules only, clearly flagged as unobserved. Nothing in this document is invented; anything not legible or not printed anywhere in the build is listed in 'unreadable_or_uncertain'.",
    "language": "English"
  },

  "color_palette": {
    "base_game_background": "Deep red/maroon temple courtyard. A green ceramic-tile pagoda roof with round gold roof-end caps runs across the very top edge, curling down at both corners. Pale-pink cherry-blossom branches drape in from the top-right and lower-left corners. A grey stone lantern/pagoda ornament sits at the bottom-left edge, partly cropped by the frame.",
    "reels": "Symbols float directly on the red backdrop -- there are no individual light/dark cell tiles or grid divider lines between reel positions; only the six vertical reel columns are implicitly separated by symbol spacing.",
    "title_banner": "'FA CAI SHEN DELUXE' centered at the top: 'FA CAI SHEN' in thick gold 3D letters with a red-orange outline and a red drop-shadow; 'DELUXE' in smaller gold letters inside a red hexagonal ribbon/banner beneath it.",
    "jackpot_pills": "Two identical red rounded-pill banners with a thin gold border, gold Chinese-coin ornaments at each end: 'Minor Jackpot' (top-left) and 'Grand Jackpot' (top-right), both with gold-yellow numeric readouts on the red pill.",
    "character": "Fa Cai Shen stands at the right edge of the base-game reels: pale pink skin, black eyebrows and thin moustache/goatee, closed smiling eyes, gold headdress with a green cabochon jewel and gold scroll 'wings', red-and-gold robe, holding a gold ingot.",
    "control_bar": "Bottom game control bar: dark red/maroon oval buttons with a thin gold border and gold-outlined orange/red circular icon buttons (info, bet level +/-, bet max, spin, autoplay, coin +/-); numeric readouts in bright gold/yellow text on the dark red pill background.",
    "service_bar": "Thin dark-red platform strip at the very bottom edge: gold gear icon, gold 'BALANCE'/'BET' labels and values, a small clock readout, a gold lightning-bolt (turbo) icon, a fullscreen (diamond outline) icon, a speaker (sound) icon, and the white 'HABANERO' wordmark, all in gold/white on dark red.",
    "help_screen_overlay": "Full-black modal overlay with white heading text, light-grey body text and orange/amber highlighted keywords and numbers (e.g. bet levels, coin values, RTP figures); a white 'X' close icon top-right.",
    "booklet_panel": "A red parchment-style panel inside a thick gold Chinese-motif picture frame with scrollwork corner flourishes; a gold 'key-fret' geometric border strip runs under each page heading; heading text is white/cream, body text is gold/cream; navigation arrows (◀ / home / ▶) at the bottom are orange-gold circular buttons; a row of small page-indicator dots sits above them (one dot lit red = current page, others yellow)."
  },

  "symbols": {
    "note": "All identities and payouts read directly from the zoomed in-game booklet pages (paytable_p1..p4). Payout values are printed in the demo currency ('‡', Habanero's demo-currency glyph) at the paytable's own reference bet of ‡1.5.60 (bet level 1, coin 0.20) -- this is 'paytable_bet_anchor' in the manifest. The 'multiplier_of_full_bet' figure in each row is a derived value (tier currency ÷ 5.60) added here for accessibility/portability; it is NOT printed in-game and would need to be recomputed if the reference bet changes. Grid is 6 reels x 5 rows; the highest count printed for every regular symbol is 6-of-a-kind (a full row or column).",
    "wild": {
      "name": "Wild (Fa Cai Shen portrait)",
      "appearance": "Square gold-framed red card showing a close-up portrait of the Fa Cai Shen deity: gold headdress with green jewel, closed smiling eyes, thin moustache, on a plain red card background. No text is printed on the symbol art itself.",
      "payouts": {"3": "‡3.60 (0.64x of a ‡5.60 bet)"},
      "rules": [
        "Substitutes for all other symbols except the Scatter (gold-ingot) symbol (paytable_p1.png).",
        "Any Wild expands to cover 3 positions on its reel before pays are awarded (paytable_p1.png). Help screen (help_p2.png) gives the exact expansion geometry: a Wild landing on rows 2, 3 or 4 expands from the CENTER outward (one cell up and one cell down); a Wild landing on row 1 expands from the TOP downward; a Wild landing on row 5 expands from the BOTTOM upward -- in every case the result is a vertical run of exactly 3 Wild cells on that reel.",
        "1, 2 or 3 Wilds can appear in the base game per spin, but never on adjacent reels (paytable_p1.png).",
        "Because every Wild always expands to exactly 3 vertical cells, the only Wild-only payout printed is for a 3-symbol run (there is no 4/5/6 tier for the Wild itself)."
      ],
      "observed": "base_game_wild_expand.png shows two Wilds (reels 4 and 5) each expanded to 3 vertical cells, a third un-expanded Wild visible on reel 1; win_screen.png (Big Win, ‡0.48 at ‡0.28 bet) shows two Wild banner graphics either side of the win counter, evidencing a multi-Wild spin."
    },
    "scatter": {
      "name": "Scatter (gold ingot)",
      "appearance": "A stylized gold Chinese ingot/sycee (boat-shaped gold bar with a dragon-scroll engraving) on a small red rounded-rectangle card with a thin gold border.",
      "payouts": {
        "6": "‡492.80 (88.0x)",
        "5": "‡156.80 (28.0x)",
        "4": "‡44.80 (8.0x)",
        "3": "‡5.60 (1.0x)"
      },
      "rules": [
        "Pays anywhere on the grid, not restricted to a line/row/column (paytable_p2.png).",
        "Scatter wins are added to line/combination wins, not replacing them.",
        "Scatter wins are multiplied by TOTAL BET (paytable_p2.png) -- explicitly a different unit from the regular-symbol wording 'multiplied by bet level' (rules_p3.png). This distinction is the basis for the payout_basis = 'other' determination (see technical_summary.payout_basis).",
        "3, 4, 5 or 6 Scatters appearing anywhere trigger the Free Games feature, awarding 8, 18, 28 or 88 free games respectively (rules_p1.png).",
        "Scatters do NOT appear during Free Games (rules_p2.png)."
      ]
    },
    "high_value": [
      {
        "name": "Dragon",
        "appearance": "Green-and-gold Chinese dragon head (open jaws, red whiskers/spines, single visible front leg) on a blue oval card.",
        "payouts": {"6": "‡577.60 (103.14x)", "5": "‡57.60 (10.29x)", "4": "‡11.60 (2.07x)", "3": "‡3.60 (0.64x)"},
        "rank": "highest-paying regular symbol"
      },
      {
        "name": "Tied gold coins (three ancient coins bound with a red ribbon)",
        "appearance": "Three round gold coins, each with a square cut-out center and engraved rim detail, overlapping and bound together by a crossed red ribbon; shown directly on the page's red background (no separate oval card frame).",
        "payouts": {"6": "‡177.60 (31.71x)", "5": "‡37.60 (6.71x)", "4": "‡11.60 (2.07x)", "3": "‡3.60 (0.64x)"}
      },
      {
        "name": "Koi fish on a plate (prosperity fish)",
        "appearance": "A red koi/carp fish with a pale flowing tail, garnished with a green leaf and surrounded by small gold coins, served on a blue oval plate.",
        "payouts": {"6": "‡117.60 (21.00x)", "5": "‡17.60 (3.14x)", "4": "‡7.60 (1.36x)", "3": "‡1.60 (0.29x)"}
      },
      {
        "name": "Money tree (coin bonsai)",
        "appearance": "A miniature tree whose 'foliage' is a cluster of gold coins, with a gold curved trunk and a small gold ingot at its base, on a green oval card.",
        "payouts": {"6": "‡77.60 (13.86x)", "5": "‡17.60 (3.14x)", "4": "‡7.60 (1.36x)", "3": "‡1.60 (0.29x)"}
      },
      {
        "name": "Chinese lucky knot",
        "appearance": "An ornate red-and-gold decorative macramé-style knot (flower-shaped with multiple loops) with hanging red tassels, on a green oval card.",
        "payouts": {"6": "‡57.60 (10.29x)", "5": "‡11.60 (2.07x)", "4": "‡5.60 (1.00x)", "3": "‡1.00 (0.18x)"}
      },
      {
        "name": "Jade ring",
        "appearance": "A green jade bangle/ring with carved spiral (scroll) motifs, on a gold/yellow oval card.",
        "payouts": {"6": "‡37.60 (6.71x)", "5": "‡11.60 (2.07x)", "4": "‡5.60 (1.00x)", "3": "‡1.00 (0.18x)"},
        "rank": "lowest-paying of the six high-value symbols"
      }
    ],
    "low_value": [
      {"name": "A", "color": "red", "payouts": {"6": "‡31.60 (5.64x)", "5": "‡7.60 (1.36x)", "4": "‡3.60 (0.64x)", "3": "‡1.00 (0.18x)"}},
      {"name": "K", "color": "light purple/lavender", "payouts": {"6": "‡25.60 (4.57x)", "5": "‡7.60 (1.36x)", "4": "‡3.60 (0.64x)", "3": "‡1.00 (0.18x)"}},
      {"name": "Q", "color": "blue", "payouts": {"6": "‡17.60 (3.14x)", "5": "‡5.60 (1.00x)", "4": "‡1.60 (0.29x)", "3": "‡0.60 (0.11x)"}},
      {"name": "J", "color": "green", "payouts": {"6": "‡11.60 (2.07x)", "5": "‡5.60 (1.00x)", "4": "‡1.60 (0.29x)", "3": "‡0.60 (0.11x)"}},
      {"name": "10 (rendered 'IO')", "color": "silver/light grey-blue", "payouts": {"6": "‡7.60 (1.36x)", "5": "‡3.60 (0.64x)", "4": "‡1.00 (0.18x)", "3": "‡0.40 (0.07x)"}},
      {"name": "9", "color": "gold/tan", "payouts": {"6": "‡5.60 (1.00x)", "5": "‡3.60 (0.64x)", "4": "‡1.00 (0.18x)", "3": "‡0.40 (0.07x)"}}
    ]
  },

  "technical_summary": {
    "rtp_percent": 96.75,
    "rtp_source": "Help screen, 'Return To Player (RTP)' section (help_p11.png): 'The theoretical RTP for Fa Cai Shen Deluxe is 96.75%'. Confirmed machine-read via scripts/providers/habanero/help_facts.py. This is the ONLY RTP value printed anywhere in this build -- there is no bonus-buy or ante-bet variant (neither purchase mechanic exists in this game, see 'not_captured').",
    "rtp_caveat": "The provider's marketing page separately lists 'Available RTPs' of approximately 86%, 92%, 94%, 97% and 98% -- an operator-configuration menu, NOT the RTP of this build. This build's 96.75% is not among those listed values (known provider pattern, P-H03). It is NOT used anywhere in this document.",
    "volatility": "Not printed anywhere in this build. Checked two independent ways: (1) the full 8-page in-game booklet and the full 12-page Help screen were read end to end -- no volatility word or icon scale was found on either; (2) a full canvas/DOM text scan (scripts/scene_probe.py --texts), which also reads text positioned off-screen, returned no match for 'volatil'. Left as null/uncertain rather than guessed.",
    "bet_levels": [1, 2, 5, 7, 10],
    "bet_levels_note": "A fixed, NON-arithmetic set of five levels (Help screen, help_p1.png: 'Bet level can be selected as 1, 2, 5, 7 & 10') -- not a 1-10 range. A reader should not assume intermediate levels (3, 4, 6, 8, 9) exist.",
    "coin_denominations": [0.01, 0.02, 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 1, 2, 5],
    "coin_denominations_source": "Help screen (help_p1.png): 'Coin can be selected as 0.01, 0.02, 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 1, 2 & 5'.",
    "bet_formula": "Total bet in coins = 28 (fixed spin cost) x bet level. Total bet in player currency = total bet in coins x coin denomination.",
    "bet_min": "‡0.28",
    "bet_max": "‡1,400.00",
    "bet_source": "Cross-checked two ways: (1) Help screen -- min total bet in coins 28 (‡0.28), max total bet in coins 280 (‡1,400.00); (2) in-game control bar -- COIN dragged to its floor (0.01) with BET LEVEL at 1 gave BET ‡0.28; BET MAX raised only BET LEVEL to its ceiling (10, giving ‡2.80 -- see 'P-H12.4' caveat below), then COIN was raised by hand to its ceiling (5.00), giving BET ‡1,400.00, exactly matching 280 x 5.00.",
    "bet_max_button_caveat": "The BET MAX control button does NOT reach the true maximum bet by itself -- it only raises BET LEVEL to its ceiling (10) at whatever coin denomination is currently selected (confirmed in-game and by the Help screen, help_p6.png: 'Sets the bet level to the respective maximum value'). Reaching ‡1,400.00 requires separately raising the COIN denomination to its own ceiling (5.00) as well.",
    "demo_default_bet": "‡5.60 (bet level 1, coin 0.20) on entering the game.",
    "demo_credit": "‡2,000.00 on entering the game.",
    "grid": "6 reels x 5 rows, fixed height on every reel; mechanic is 'Horizontal and Vertical Pays' (see game.mechanic) -- no printed lines/ways count.",
    "payout_basis": {
      "value": "other",
      "why": "The unit phrase printed for ordinary wins is 'Wins are multiplied by bet level' (rules_p3.png) -- but this game prints no line count and no ways count anywhere (confirmed across the whole booklet and the whole Help screen), so there is no line or way to attach that unit to. Per the provider's own pattern (confirmed on 7 other Habanero titles with a fixed coin-cost spin and no printed line/way unit -- Orbs of Atlantis, Scopa, Candy Tower, Disco Beats, Nuwa Deluxe, Slime Party, Magic Oak), the correct label in that situation is 'other', not 'total_bet' or 'per_line'.",
      "measurement": "base_game_win_basis.png: bet level 2, coin 0.20, total bet ‡11.20; a vertical 3-of-a-kind win on the 'tied gold coins' / Knot-type high symbol (reel 4) paid ‡2.00 -- exactly the anchor-bet paytable tier (‡1.00 for 3-of-that-symbol) x (11.20 / 5.60) = 2.00. This arithmetic is consistent with EVERY candidate basis at once (a currency paytable already carries the bet-scaling inside the printed number), so it confirms the SCALING but does not, by itself, discriminate the label -- the label is decided by the absence of any printed line/way unit, per the reasoning above.",
      "practical_consequence": "For any bet, a symbol's win = (printed tier at the ‡5.60 anchor bet) x (actual total bet / 5.60). The 'multiplier_of_full_bet' figures given in the symbols section above are this value divided by 5.60 again, i.e. the multiplier of whatever the player's total bet happens to be."
    },
    "max_win_cap": "Not printed anywhere in the booklet or the Help screen (checked in full). The provider's marketing page separately claims 'Max Multiplier x577', which is a web-only figure (known provider pattern, P-H08) and is NOT recorded here as an in-game fact.",
    "jackpots": {
      "type": "Two fixed-name progressive jackpots, MINOR and GRAND, visible as live currency counters (EUR) above the reels at all times (top-left and top-right of the base game).",
      "tiers": [
        {"name": "Minor Jackpot", "seed": "EUR 50.00", "contribution_percent_of_bet": 0.25, "rtp_percent": 0.5, "observed_value_examples": ["€62.19 (base_game.png)", "€62.99 (settings.png / autoplay.png)", "€63.00 (win_screen.png, printed as '2.99' -- see caveat)"]},
        {"name": "Grand Jackpot", "seed": "EUR 5,000.00", "contribution_percent_of_bet": 0.25, "rtp_percent": 0.5, "observed_value_examples": ["€8,771.39 (base_game.png)", "€8,772.23 (settings.png / autoplay.png)"]}
      ],
      "rules": [
        "0.250% of every bet is contributed to MINOR JACKPOT and a separate 0.250% to GRAND JACKPOT (help_p9.png).",
        "Jackpots update with every debit action, are triggered at random, and have no upper ceiling (help_p9.png).",
        "If a jackpot is won it re-seeds to its initial value; jackpots are added on top of other wins (help_p10.png).",
        "Jackpots CANNOT be won during Fun Play or Bonus Play (help_p10.png) -- consistent with none being observed across the capture session.",
        "Currency is real EUR, NOT the demo-currency glyph ('‡') used for bet/win/balance figures -- the two jackpot pills are the only EUR-denominated readouts on screen."
      ],
      "color_blind_note": "Jackpot values update as live numeric text (not a color-coded bar/gauge), so they remain legible without color perception."
    },
    "keyboard": "Space bar starts and stops the reels (help_p3.png / help_p4.png).",
    "bonus_buy": "None. See 'not_captured' for the two independent checks that establish this."
  },

  "features": {
    "wild_expansion": {
      "type": "Base-game mechanic (always active every spin, not a separate purchasable bonus)",
      "trigger": "1, 2 or 3 Wild (Fa Cai Shen portrait) symbols can land per spin, anywhere except on two adjacent reels at once.",
      "effect": "Each Wild expands to fill exactly 3 vertical cells on its own reel before wins are evaluated: expanding from its CENTER if it landed on row 2, 3 or 4; from the TOP if it landed on row 1; from the BOTTOM if it landed on row 5.",
      "substitution": "Substitutes for every symbol except the gold-ingot Scatter.",
      "observed": "base_game_wild_expand.png (bet ‡0.28, bet level 1, coin 0.01): two Wilds on reels 4 and 5, each expanded to 3 vertical cells, plus a third un-expanded Wild on reel 1; a 3-in-a-row win of 'Q' symbols paid ‡0.03 (highlighted with a red outline), total spin WIN ‡1.07. win_screen.png (same hunt, later spin): a Big Win of ‡0.48 with two 'WILD' banner graphics flanking the counter, evidencing a multi-Wild spin that pushed the total above the game's celebration threshold."
    },
    "free_games": {
      "type": "Scatter-triggered feature (the game's printed name for what plays like free spins)",
      "trigger": "3, 4, 5 or 6 gold-ingot Scatter symbols appearing ANYWHERE on the grid (not restricted to a line).",
      "games_awarded": {"3_scatters": 8, "4_scatters": 18, "5_scatters": 28, "6_scatters": 88},
      "pre_round_transformation": "Before the start of any random free game, between 3 and 24 symbols on the grid change into the same random high-value symbol, chosen from: Dragon, tied gold coins, koi fish plate, money tree, lucky knot, or jade ring (rules_p2.png). NOTE: this in-game booklet figure (3-24) is used here; the task brief's marketing-page figure of '3 to 30' does NOT match the booklet and was not used -- see 'anomalies'.",
      "guaranteed_wild": "The Wild (Fa Cai Shen) symbol appears exactly twice on the screen every free game, but never on adjacent reels (rules_p1.png).",
      "scatter_during_feature": "Scatters do NOT appear during Free Games (rules_p2.png) -- consistent with no retrigger being possible.",
      "retrigger": "Explicitly disallowed: 'The feature cannot be retriggered' (rules_p2.png).",
      "bet_during_feature": "Free games are played at the bet of the triggering spin (rules_p2.png).",
      "observed_gameplay": "NOT CAPTURED -- see 'not_captured' below for the full evidence trail. All figures above come from the printed booklet only."
    }
  },

  "screens": {
    "preview": {
      "type": "preview",
      "content": "Full-screen splash/loading screen. A close, chest-up portrait of Fa Cai Shen fills most of the frame: gold headdress with a large green cabochon jewel and gold scroll ornaments either side, closed smiling eyes, thin black moustache and goatee, holding a large engraved gold ingot in his left hand and a small jade cup/charm on a red cord in his right. The game title 'FA CAI SHEN DELUXE' is set across his chest in the same gold-3D/red-ribbon style as the in-game banner. A horizontal loading progress bar sits below the title, with the white 'HABANERO' wordmark and a small flame-topped-house Habanero logo mark centered beneath it. Background: a dark navy/purple starfield with soft pink and white silk ribbons swirling around, and loose gold coins scattered/floating at the lower edges and upper-right corner.",
      "purpose": "Shown automatically while the game client loads before entering the base game; no interactive elements are visible on the captured frame (no 'Fun Play' modal was encountered in this build -- see game.method_notes)."
    },
    "base_game": {
      "type": "base_game",
      "layout": "6 reels x 5 rows of symbols floating directly on a red temple-courtyard background (see color_palette). Jackpot pills top-left/top-right, title banner top-center, Fa Cai Shen character standing at the right edge of the reels.",
      "control_bar": "Left to right: round 'i' info button (opens the booklet) -- pill 'BET ‡x.xx' -- round '−' / round '+' either side of the 'BET LEVEL' number -- a round button showing a rising stack of coins with an up-arrow (BET MAX) -- large circular orange/gold SPIN button (right-pointing play triangle) -- circular AUTO PLAY button (a looping refresh-arrow icon) -- round '−' / round '+' either side of the 'COIN' value -- pill 'BALANCE ‡x,xxx.xx'.",
      "service_bar": "Thin strip along the very bottom edge of the browser viewport: gold gear icon (opens Settings/Game Menu) -- 'BALANCE' value -- 'BET' value -- a small live clock (HH:MM) -- lightning-bolt icon (turbo/fast spin toggle) -- diamond-outline icon (fullscreen toggle) -- speaker icon (sound toggle) -- white 'HABANERO' wordmark.",
      "color_blind_notes": "All control-bar buttons are distinguished by icon SHAPE (play triangle, refresh loop, rising coin stack, +/- glyphs) on a uniform gold/red color scheme, not by hue alone. Numeric readouts (BET, BALANCE, jackpots) are always accompanied by their label text."
    },
    "paytable_p1_wild": {
      "type": "paytable",
      "page": "1 of 8 (in-booklet page-dot indicator)",
      "content": "Heading 'Wild' over a gold key-fret border strip. Shows the Wild card art with '3  ‡3.60' payout. Three rule lines below with inline symbol icons: expansion rule, substitution rule (excludes Scatter), and the '1, 2 OR 3 ... not on adjacent reels' base-game appearance rule (full text under symbols.wild.rules).",
      "footer": "'Malfunction voids all pays and plays · For more information, see How to Play · Last modified 2026/03/13 09:26:58 (UTC)' -- a build stamp, not the game's release date."
    },
    "paytable_p2_scatter": {
      "type": "paytable",
      "page": "2 of 8",
      "content": "Heading 'Scatter'. Shows the gold-ingot Scatter card with the 6/5/4/3 payout ladder (492.80/156.80/44.80/5.60), then three rule lines: 'pay anywhere', 'wins are added to line wins', 'wins are multiplied by total bet' (see symbols.scatter.rules)."
    },
    "paytable_p3_high_symbols": {
      "type": "paytable",
      "page": "3 of 8",
      "content": "Heading 'High Win Symbols'. A 4-column x 2-row grid of the six high-value symbols (Dragon, tied coins, fish plate, money tree in row 1; lucky knot, jade ring in row 2), each with its own 6/5/4/3 payout column (full values in symbols.high_value)."
    },
    "paytable_p4_low_symbols": {
      "type": "paytable",
      "page": "4 of 8",
      "content": "Heading 'Low Win Symbols'. A 4-column x 2-row grid of the six royal/letter symbols (A, K, Q, J in row 1; 10, 9 in row 2), each with its own 6/5/4/3 payout column (full values in symbols.low_value)."
    },
    "rules_p1_free_games_1": {
      "type": "rules",
      "page": "5 of 8",
      "content": "Heading 'Free Games Feature' (first of two pages). Four lines pairing Scatter count with games awarded (3->8, 4->18, 5->28, 6->88, each with a small Scatter icon), plus the 'Wild appears twice per game, not on adjacent reels' rule with the Wild icon."
    },
    "rules_p2_free_games_2": {
      "type": "rules",
      "page": "6 of 8",
      "content": "Heading 'Free Games Feature' (second page). States the pre-round '3-24 symbols change into the same random symbol' rule with all six high-symbol icons shown inline, then three short rule lines: Scatters do not appear during Free Games (with a crossed-out-style Scatter icon), 'The feature cannot be retriggered', 'Free games are played at the bet of the triggering game'."
    },
    "rules_p3_horizontal_vertical": {
      "type": "rules",
      "page": "7 of 8",
      "content": "Heading 'Horizontal and Vertical Pays'. Six plain rule lines (no icons) describing the core win-evaluation mechanic, quoted in full under game.mechanic."
    },
    "rules_p4_other_rules": {
      "type": "rules",
      "page": "8 of 8",
      "content": "Heading 'Other Rules'. A single line: 'Play for 28 coins only.' The rest of the page is empty red parchment."
    },
    "help_screen": {
      "type": "rules",
      "pages": "12 pages (help_p1.png .. help_p12.png), a single continuously-scrolling black HTML document reached via the gear icon -> 'Help', NOT the same document as the 8-page booklet",
      "content_summary": "Covers, in order: fun-money/coin/bet-level lists and bet-min/max figures; the Wild expansion-geometry rule (see symbols.wild.rules) and a 'Wild pays and acts as [Scatter]... ' NOTE -- see 'anomalies' for why this line is NOT treated as a rule change; a full 'Game Interface' glossary of every on-screen label and button (BALANCE, COINS, BET, BET (message bar), WIN (message bar), COIN +/-, BET LEVEL +/-, info/spin/skip/stop/BET MAX/autoplay/fullscreen/sound/turbo/settings icons); a 'Pay Table Interface' glossary (prev/next/home); an 'Auto Play' glossary (number of spins, stop-on-balance-drop, stop-on-single-win); a 'Disconnection Policy' section; a full 'Jackpots' section (rules quoted under technical_summary.jackpots); a 'Return To Player (RTP)' section with the game RTP and both jackpot RTPs; and a closing 'File Date / Client Version / Server Version / RNG Version / Jackpot Version' build-stamp block.",
      "close_button": "White 'X' at the top-right of the black overlay; the page title bar reads 'Fa Cai Shen Deluxe - Help'."
    },
    "settings": {
      "type": "settings",
      "content": "A dark, semi-transparent panel opens over the dimmed reels at the lower-left of the screen (reached via the gear icon in the service bar). Top row: a round '?' Help icon (label 'Help' beneath) and a round controller-style 'More Games!' icon (label beneath). Below that, four items -- three are on/off toggle switches with an orange-filled 'on' pill: 'Sound - Ambient' (on), 'Sound - Effects' (on), 'Sound - Voice Effects' (on); the fourth, 'Quick Spin', is a toggle shown OFF (grey/unfilled pill).",
      "color_blind_notes": "Each toggle's on/off state is shown by BOTH fill color (orange vs grey) AND the switch handle's left/right position -- position is the non-color cue."
    },
    "autoplay": {
      "type": "autoplay",
      "content": "A dark modal panel titled 'Number Of Spins' centered over the dimmed reels, with six selectable count buttons (10 / 20 / 30 / 50 / 100 / 500 -- '50' shown selected, highlighted white). Below: 'Stop Auto Play:' with an orange 'On' toggle for 'If FREE GAMES feature is triggered'; two optional numeric-entry fields, 'If balance decreases by' and 'If a single win exceeds' (both empty, each prefixed with the '‡' currency glyph); a note 'Auto Play will stop if a jackpot is won.'; a live summary line '‡5.60 x 50 spins = ‡280.00'; and two buttons at the bottom -- a grey/outlined 'Cancel' and a green 'Start Auto Play'.",
      "color_blind_notes": "The primary action ('Start Auto Play') is a green button with explicit label text, not a color-only cue; the selected spin-count button is marked by a filled WHITE background (shape/fill, not hue)."
    },
    "win_screen": {
      "type": "win_screen",
      "content": "A 'BIG WIN' celebration captured mid-count during the base-game hunt (bet ‡0.28, bet level 1, coin 0.01). Large red-and-gold 3D 'BIG WIN' banner text over a radiating orange/gold starburst glow, with the running total '0.48' in huge yellow 3D digits beneath it. Two 'WILD' banner graphics (red/orange 3D text) flank the counter left and right, and two small Fa Cai Shen character portraits (one on each side, holding gold ingots) frame the scene near the jackpot pills -- consistent with a spin that resolved multiple Wild expansions. The dimmed reel grid remains visible behind the celebration overlay (a Q, J, koi-fish, jade-ring, money-tree, A, K and gold-coin symbols are all partially visible). Bottom control bar and service bar remain visible underneath, reading BET ‡0.28, BALANCE ‡1,921.43, and the fast-forward/skip icon replacing SPIN mid-celebration.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Win amount and 'BIG WIN' banner are large, high-contrast yellow/red-on-dark text -- legible without color discrimination."
    }
  },

  "cross_checks": [
    "RTP 96.75%: Help screen text AND scripts/providers/habanero/help_facts.py machine read -- identical.",
    "Bet limits ‡0.28/‡1,400.00: Help screen printed figures AND live in-game button manipulation (COIN floor + BET LEVEL floor; COIN ceiling + BET LEVEL ceiling) -- identical.",
    "Spin cost 28 coins: Help screen ('Total bet in coins is 28 multiplied by the bet level') AND booklet 'Other Rules' page ('Play for 28 coins only') -- identical.",
    "Jackpot seed/contribution figures: Help screen 'Regular' jackpot section AND 'Return To Player (RTP)' section (0.50% RTP = 2 x 0.25% contribution, internally consistent) -- identical.",
    "Free Games award ladder (8/18/28/88) and pre-round transformation range (3-24): read directly off the in-game booklet pages (rules_p1.png, rules_p2.png), which is the higher-trust in-game source; the task brief's marketing-page figure ('3 to 30') was checked against this and does NOT match -- see 'anomalies'."
  ],

  "not_captured": [
    {
      "claim": "Free Games feature gameplay (trigger screen, in-feature reels, and end-of-feature summary) was not captured. The feature did not fire over 505 confirmed real base-game spins at the minimum bet (‡0.28 = bet level 1, coin 0.01), with Turbo/Quick Spin off. No purchase route exists for this feature in this build (see the bonus-buy claim below).",
      "methods": [
        "balance channel: a pixel diff on the BALANCE pill of the game's own control bar (not the ticking service-bar clock) confirmed 505/505 real spins one-by-one during the hunt; the aggregate balance change (1946.60 -> 1919.64, -26.96) is consistent with genuine wagering (505 x 0.28 = 141.40 wagered, ~114.44 paid back in ordinary base-game wins/Wild expansions -- a plausible short-sample outcome against the printed 96.75% RTP) rather than a stalled or frozen game.",
        "pixel/visual channel: every hunt frame was scored for a brightness flash and the top-ranked candidates of every batch were opened and reviewed by eye; besides ordinary small wins, only Wild expansions and one Big Win base-game celebration (promoted as win_screen.png) were found -- no 'FREE GAMES' trigger banner, Scatter-collection screen, or feature background/music change ever appeared on any reviewed frame."
      ]
    },
    {
      "claim": "Bonus buy / feature purchase: none exists in this build.",
      "methods": [
        "pixel channel: the bottom control bar has exactly 7 elements (info, BET, BET LEVEL +/-, BET MAX, SPIN, AUTO PLAY, COIN +/-, BALANCE) across every captured state (base_game.png, autoplay.png, settings.png) -- no separate purchase/Buy Feature button exists anywhere on screen.",
        "text channel: the full 12-page Help document was read end to end; its Return To Player section lists only ONE RTP line ('The theoretical RTP for Fa Cai Shen Deluxe is 96.75%') with no 'if Feature Buy is enabled' variant line (a pattern this provider prints when a purchase mode exists), and the word 'Buy' does not occur anywhere in Help or the booklet."
      ]
    }
  ],

  "anomalies": [
    "Booklet vs. task-brief marketing figure disagree on the pre-free-game symbol-transformation range: the in-game booklet (rules_p2.png) prints 'between 3 - 24 symbols change into the same random symbol'; the provider's marketing page (per the task brief) says '3 to 30'. The in-game booklet figure (3-24) was used throughout this document as the authoritative, directly-observed number.",
    "P-H03 (known provider pattern) reproduced: the in-game RTP (96.75%, from Help) does not match any single value from the provider marketing page's 'Available RTPs ~86%, 92%, 94%, 97%, 98%' list. Not used anywhere in this document.",
    "P-H08 (known provider pattern) reproduced: the provider marketing page's 'Max Multiplier x577' claim is not printed anywhere in the game (booklet or Help). Not used as a fact.",
    "Volatility is not printed anywhere in this build (two independent checks, see technical_summary.volatility).",
    "Help screen (help_p2.png) contains an easily-misread line: '[Wild icon] symbols pay and act as [Scatter-styled small icon] symbols.' On the frame captured, the small icon to the right visually resembles the Wild's own card art rather than the gold-ingot Scatter, and no wording anywhere states the Wild can substitute FOR the Scatter (the booklet explicitly says the opposite -- Wild substitutes for everything EXCEPT Scatter). This line is treated here as a restatement of 'the Wild is itself a paying/acting Wild symbol' rather than a substitution-rule override, because it directly contradicts the clearer, twice-repeated booklet rule if read the other way; flagged rather than silently resolved.",
    "TL basis correction: the capturer measured payout_basis correctly but initially labeled it 'total_bet'; the Technical Lead corrected the label to 'other' at Gate-1 without changing any measured number (full reasoning preserved in manifest.json under payout_basis.tl_correction, summarized in technical_summary.payout_basis.why above)."
  ],

  "accessibility_observations": {
    "screen_reader": "Control-bar element order is stable and left-to-right predictable: info -> bet display -> bet-level stepper -> bet-max -> spin -> autoplay -> coin stepper -> balance display. The 8-page booklet is a strictly linear sequence (◀ / home / ▶, with a page-dot indicator) and the 12-page Help screen is a single top-to-bottom scroll, both suited to sequential screen-reader navigation. Every numeric readout (BET, BALANCE, WIN, jackpots) is paired with a text label, never presented as a bare number.",
    "motor": "All primary controls are large circular/pill hit-targets on the fixed bottom bar; SPIN is the largest target and is also reachable via the Space bar (keyboard-operable, no drag/hold gestures required for a normal spin). Autoplay (fixed spin-count presets: 10/20/30/50/100/500, plus optional stop conditions) reduces the number of repeated clicks needed for extended play.",
    "color_blind": "Nearly every state is conveyed redundantly through shape, icon, or text rather than hue alone: settings/autoplay toggles show switch POSITION in addition to fill color; nav arrows are distinguished by triangle-direction shape; the Wild/Scatter/high-symbol icons are distinguished by illustrated content, not by color coding; win, bet and jackpot amounts are always printed as text/numerals. Residual risk: the six high-value symbols each sit on a differently-colored oval card (blue/red/blue/green/green/gold) but are also each a visually distinct illustrated object, so color is not the sole identifying cue.",
    "deaf_hard_of_hearing": "No audio-only information was observed; the Settings panel exposes three independent sound toggles (Ambient, Effects, Voice Effects) plus a master Volume control in Help, and game state (wins, balance, jackpot values, bet, feature counts) is always conveyed as on-screen text/numerals, never as an audio-only cue."
  },

  "unreadable_or_uncertain": [
    "Volatility rating: not printed anywhere in this build (booklet, Help screen, or on-canvas/off-canvas text scan) -- left as null rather than inferred.",
    "Maximum win cap / max multiplier: not printed anywhere in this build; the provider marketing page's 'x577' figure was checked and deliberately NOT used (no in-game confirmation, known provider pattern P-H08).",
    "Free Games feature gameplay: not observed in 505 real spins; the games_awarded/pre_round_transformation/guaranteed_wild rules above are sourced from the printed booklet only and have not been visually confirmed in an actual feature round.",
    "The exact meaning of the Help-screen line pairing the Wild icon with a small Scatter-like icon under 'symbols pay and act as' (help_p2.png) -- see 'anomalies' for the reasoning used to NOT treat it as a substitution-rule change.",
    "Per-cell content of any base-game reel snapshot is a random spin outcome, not a fixed game property, and is intentionally not enumerated cell-by-cell anywhere in this document."
  ]
}