Fishin' Frenzy Megaways

{
  "game": {
    "name": "Fishin' Frenzy Megaways",
    "catalog_name": "Fishin' Frenzy Megaways",
    "in_game_wordmark": "FISHIN' FRENZY MEGAWAYS (with trademark mark); top bar reads Fishin' Frenzy Megaways",
    "name_note": "In-game wordmark matches the catalog name; the rules panel title is \"Fishin' Frenzy MEGAWAYS - Player Instructions\".",
    "provider": "Blueprint Gaming",
    "studio_credits": "Bottom-left of paytable pages: \"(c) under license from Reel Time Gaming\"; paytable page 3 and preloader: \"MEGAWAYS UNDER LICENSE FROM BTG\" (rules text spells it \"Big Time Gaming\").",
    "theme": "Cheerful fishing trip: an angler, a pelican, lifebuoy and tackle gear, bright blue underwater and sea-surface scenery with cartoon fish.",
    "art_style": "Hand-painted 2D cartoon illustration with soft shading and gentle gradients, glossy bubble-like letter shapes with thin gold outlines, bright saturated daylight sea colours, side-on view, cheerful family-friendly casual look.",
    "game_kind": "video_slot",
    "mechanic": "Megaways, 6 reels, 2 to 5 symbols per reel, up to 15,625 ways, left-to-right adjacent wins",
    "device_captured": "desktop, window 1280x800",
    "build_version": "1.6.0.5 (Game Rules page of the paytable carousel); rules panel shows 'Applicable date from: 21/02/2022' (revision date of the rules, not a release date) and 'v5.0' in the bottom-left corner of the rules panel"
  },
  "color_palette": {
    "description_words": "Bright sky and sea blue background with a deep navy underwater lower part; reel cells in pale ice blue; cells holding fish symbols in saturated royal blue; wooden sign panels in sandy beige-tan with brown text; yellow bottom message bar text on black; gold-orange lettering for the title.",
    "accent_colors": ["golden yellow", "bright orange", "red", "emerald green", "royal blue", "purple"],
    "accent_colors_where": "Yellow: message bar text and the PAID/TOTAL PAID readout strip. Orange/gold: title lettering and fish fins. Red, green, blue, purple, yellow: the fish-shaped card symbols K, Q, J, 10, A. Green: the spin button.",
    "free_games_mood": "In free games the sky behind the title turns sunset purple and orange and the water deepens to dark blue."
  },
  "screens": {
    "base_game": {
      "frames": ["base_game.png", "base_game_win_line.png", "base_game_max_bet.png"],
      "layout": "Six tall reel columns of pale blue cells fill the centre; column heights vary per spin (anchor frame base_game.png: 4,3,2,5,2,3 cells; column count of ways printed in a banner above the reels). Above the reels a small blue banner shows the number of ways (e.g. '720 MEGAWAYS', '2400 MEGAWAYS', '15625 MEGAWAYS'); it is empty before the first spin. Top-left: game title art. Left, under the title: a portrait card 'PRESS TO BUY' with a price plate (100.00 at bet 1.00, 10.00 at bet 0.10, 1,000.00 at bet 10.00). Bottom-left of the field: round menu button (three bars). Right edge: large green circular spin button (arrow), above-below it a round Bet button (banknote) and a round Autoplay button (two circular arrows). A black message bar under the reels reads 'Place Your Bet' / 'Good Luck!' in yellow; a yellow PAID or TOTAL PAID strip sits at its left when a win is shown. Footer: CREDIT (left, yellow number), centre line such as '1 WAY = 0.05' when a win is on screen, TOTAL BET (right, yellow number). Top bar: clock at left, game name at right; a diagonal DEMO PLAY ribbon in the top-right corner.",
      "anchors": "CREDIT 1,000.00 and TOTAL BET 1.00 at start (base_game.png). Credit/balance in the demo does not exceed about 1,000 (see anomalies).",
      "money_fish_in_base_game": "Fish symbols sit on deeper-blue cells and carry a beige price tag showing a cash value (base_game.png at bet 1.00: 2.00, 5.00, 10.00, 15.00, 20.00; base_game_max_bet.png at bet 10.00: 500.00 = x50 of bet). The fish only pay by count (see symbols); tag values are collected only in free games by the Fisherman.",
      "colorblind_note": "Symbols are distinguished by shape as well as colour: A, K, Q, J, 10 are different letter/number silhouettes (A and 10 and J are fish-themed shapes); fish cells are marked by a darker blue cell AND a price tag; the scatter has the word SCATTER printed on it."
    },
    "paytable": {
      "frames": ["paytable_p1.png", "paytable_p2.png", "paytable_p3.png", "paytable_p4.png", "paytable_p5.png"],
      "access": "Menu (three bars) shows three round icons: sound, grid (paytable carousel with left/right triangle arrows and an X close, 5 pages that loop) and a question mark (Player Instructions, scrolling text).",
      "pages": {
        "1": "Symbol payouts (paytable_p1.png), shown in currency at the anchor bet 1.00.",
        "2": "'During Feature': Fisherman substitutes for all symbols and catches fish for extra wins; each Fisherman on screen collects the prize values of all fish on screen; fish value tags x2, x5, x10, x15, x20, x25, x50 (seven fish pictures of growing size).",
        "3": "MEGAWAYS: 'Each spin can have up to 15,625 ways to win!'; 'Wins are awarded on left to right adjacent symbols regardless of size. Payouts are multiplied by stake.'; diagrams with a green tick (adjacent wins from the left) and a red cross (a gap column breaks the win); 'MEGAWAYS UNDER LICENSE FROM' with the BTG mark.",
        "4": "Fishin' Frenzy BONUS BET: 'The BONUS BET allows you to buy the bonus for the price displayed' with a 'BONUS ACTIVE' card picture.",
        "5": "GAME RULES (manifest type=rules page 7): see rules_text block."
      },
      "colorblind_note": "Paytable rows are labelled with the count digits 6/5/4/3 and the words 'Of A Kind' / 'Any', so no information is colour-only."
    },
    "rules": {
      "frames": ["rules_p1.png", "rules_p2.png", "rules_p3.png", "rules_p4.png", "rules_p5.png", "rules_p6.png"],
      "description": "Question-mark panel 'Fishin' Frenzy MEGAWAYS - Player Instructions': white text on a darkened game view, scrolled by mouse wheel; X at top right. Sections: Introduction, Step 1 Getting Started, Step 2 How To Play, MEGAWAYS, Wild Symbol, Free Spins, Fishin' Frenzy Bonus Bet (depending on Operator configuration), Auto Play, Payout Information and Game Rules, Applicable date.",
      "text_facts": [
        "6-reel slot featuring MEGAWAYS with a Free Spins Bonus that could be the catch of the day.",
        "A line of 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 matching symbols (or any fish symbol) starting from the left on any of the MEGAWAYS wins.",
        "3 or more Bonus Scatter symbols in view trigger the Free Spins Bonus; during Free Spins all Fisherman symbols landing on the reels award the cash prize for each Fish symbol in view.",
        "Each reel can reveal up to 5 symbols in view; up to 15,625 ways to win; a win is matching consecutive symbols regardless of height from the left-most reel; all winning combinations are added together; payouts are multiplied by stake.",
        "Wild symbol can substitute for other symbols on reels 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 only; it cannot substitute for scatter or bonus symbols; only the highest paying win on each line is paid.",
        "The stake that triggered the Free Spins is used for their duration; free spins cannot retrigger; they continue until all are used and then the accumulated bonus winnings are awarded.",
        "Bonus Bet can be activated in the base game; once activated the reels spin and guarantee a minimum of 3 Scatter symbols; played at 100x Total Bet.",
        "Autoplay starts each spin automatically; it turns off on any bonus round including Free Spins, on reaching the set Loss Limit, or if a progressive pot is awarded (where applicable); stop with the STOP button.",
        "Scatter wins are paid in addition to reel wins; malfunction voids all plays and pays."
      ]
    },
    "rules_game_rules_page": {
      "frame": "paytable_p5.png",
      "ocr_text": "GAME RULES Wins are multiplied by the total bet 1.00 Malfunction voids all plays and pays! The maximum win from a single game is: 250,000.00 / x50,000 total bet RTP=96.10% BONUS BET=96.60% RTP is based on long-term payback and gameplay. Game version: 1.6.0.5",
      "rtp_base": 96.1,
      "rtp_bonus_bet": 96.6,
      "operator_cap_sentence": "'The maximum win from a single game is: 250,000.00 / x50,000 total bet' is an operator-level cap (defect P-L17), shared across old Blueprint builds; it is NOT this game's advertised maximum win. The provider page has no Max Win badge, so the game's own max win is not stated on these frames."
    },
    "settings_stake_select": {
      "frame": "settings_stake_select.png",
      "description": "Dark overlay 'Choose your stake:' with a round X at top right and 11 outlined buttons in rows of 4, 4 and 3: 0.10, 0.20, 0.40, 0.60, 0.80, 1.00, 2.00, 3.00, 4.00, 5.00, 10.00.",
      "min_bet": 0.1,
      "max_bet": 10.0
    },
    "autoplay": {
      "frame": "autoplay.png",
      "description": "Modal 'Autoplay' with a round X. 'Balance: 1,000.00'. Row 'Set number of plays': 10, 25, 50, 75, 100. Row 'Autoplay Session Loss Limit': 2x Bet, 5x Bet, 10x Bet, 50x Bet, infinity. Row 'Autoplay Session Single Win Limit': 10x Bet, 25x Bet, 50x Bet, 75x Bet, infinity (infinity highlighted grey in the frame). Text 'Autoplay disabled on jackpot win' and a round play button. Panel is fixed size, no scrolling."
    },
    "bonus_buy": {
      "frames": ["bonus_buy_dialog.png", "bonus_bet_active.png"],
      "description": "Tall portrait card 'FISHIN' FRENZY BONUS MEGAWAYS GUARANTEED' with a price plate (10.00 at bet 0.10) and two buttons: red X (cancel) and green tick (confirm). Exactly one buy variant. After confirmation the left card shows 'BONUS ACTIVE'; the next spin lands at least 3 scatters (bonus_bet_active.png: scatters on reels 1, 4, 5, CREDIT already 990.00) and the free games intro starts.",
      "cost": "100x total bet: 10.00 at bet 0.10 (bonus_buy_dialog.png), 100.00 at bet 1.00 (base_game.png), 1,000.00 at bet 10.00 (base_game_max_bet.png, confirmed by x5 zoom).",
      "rtp_with_bonus_bet": 96.6
    },
    "free_spins": {
      "frames": ["free_spins_1.png", "free_spins_2.png", "free_spins_3.png"],
      "capture_note": "Frames were obtained via Bonus Bet purchase. The natural scatter trigger did not occur in 30 base spins, so natural trigger gameplay is not captured; the natural 3+ scatter award is documented only from the paytable and rules.",
      "intro": "Wooden sign '10 FREE GAMES' with Fisherman portrait 'catches' fish picture with '$$$' tag 'for extra wins'; message 'Press Button To Start Feature'; ways banner shows 15625 MEGAWAYS.",
      "gameplay": "Message bar shows 'Free Game N of 10'; the background turns sunset purple; fish cells show cash tags in the bet currency (at bet 0.10: 0.20, 0.50, 1.00, 1.50, 2.00 ...); a Fisherman square (framed in yellow, with its own tag) lands on a reel and collects the tag values of fish in view; PAID strip accumulates (free_spins_2.png Free Game 6 of 10: PAID 5.45; free_spins_3.png Free Game 5 of 10: PAID 5.40).",
      "end": "Banner on wooden sign 'Catch of the Day' with fish picture 'Feature Win 7.48'; bottom bar 'BONUS COMPLETE', 'Free Game 10 of 10', PAID 7.48 (zoom-confirmed), TOTAL BET 0.10. Afterwards credit became 997.48 (990.00 + 7.48) per capture notes."
    },
    "win_screen": {
      "frame": "win_screen.png",
      "description": "Free-game ending sign 'Catch of the Day / Feature Win 7.48', with the PAID strip repeating 7.48 in yellow and 3600 MEGAWAYS banner on top. Number read with zoom x4 of the PAID strip.",
      "note": "Win banners in this build depend on size of win; small base wins show only the PAID/TOTAL PAID strip."
    },
    "preview": {
      "frame": "preview.png",
      "description": "Loader screen with game art, 'MEGAWAYS UNDER LICENSE FROM BTG', progress about 69%, studio mark top right."
    }
  },
  "grid": {
    "reels": 6,
    "rows": "2 to 5 symbols per reel, variable each spin (Megaways); heights are not a property to list per spin",
    "ways": "up to 15,625 (5^6)",
    "ways_banner_values_seen": [720, 2160, 2400, 3600, 15625],
    "win_type": "Left-to-right adjacent symbols on consecutive reels starting from reel 1, regardless of row; 2 symbols pay only for the pelican (0.5 at anchor 1.00); all other symbols pay from 3."
  },
  "bet": {
    "stake_ladder": [0.1, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 10.0],
    "min_bet": 0.1,
    "max_bet": 10.0,
    "currency_label": "none printed on the money values; paytable amounts are bare numbers at the 1.00 anchor",
    "paytable_bet_anchor": 1.0,
    "payout_basis": "total bet. Evidence: base_game_win_line.png, three K on reels 1-3, 1 WAY = 0.05, PAID 0.05 at TOTAL BET 0.10, 720 ways; paytable K x3 = 0.5 at bet 1.00 (0.5 x 0.10 = 0.05). Game Rules text: 'Wins are multiplied by the total bet 1.00'."
  },
  "rtp_and_math": {
    "rtp_base_percent": 96.1,
    "rtp_bonus_bet_percent": 96.6,
    "source": "paytable_p5.png (Game Rules page of the carousel)",
    "double_code_note": "The provider prints this build code twice (95.02/95.50 Low and 96.10/96.60 High, per TL gate; P-L03). The demo build shows the High variant 96.10 / 96.60 in game.",
    "volatility": null,
    "max_win": null,
    "max_win_note": "Not stated on these frames: the only maximum-win phrase is the operator cap 250,000.00 / x50,000 total bet (P-L17), which is excluded.",
    "hit_frequency": null
  },
  "symbols": {
    "wild": {
      "present_in_paytable": false,
      "rules_text": "Rules mention a Wild that substitutes on reels 2-6 (not for scatter/bonus), but no Wild symbol is shown on any paytable page and none appeared on the captured frames. During free games the Fisherman 'substitutes for all symbols' (paytable_p2.png).",
      "appearance": "No standalone wild symbol is visible on the frames.",
      "status": "uncertain, see unreadable_or_uncertain"
    },
    "scatter": {
      "name": "Scatter (fishing boat)",
      "appearance": "A fishing boat seen from the front at sunset on warm orange sky and sea. The word SCATTER is printed across it and on a small plate above it.",
      "pays": "3 scatters = 10 Free Games, 4 = 15, 5 = 25, 6 = 50 (paytable_p1.png). Scatter wins paid in addition to reel wins (rules). No coin payout is printed for scatters."
    },
    "bonus_character": {
      "name": "Fisherman",
      "appearance": "An illustrated smiling angler in a green hat with lures, orange plaid shirt and green vest, holding a golden fish and a rod with a reel. In the paytable and free games it is drawn as a square portrait with a yellow frame. Active only in free games: substitutes for all symbols and collects fish values."
    },
    "paying_symbols": [
      {
        "name": "Pelican",
        "appearance": "A white pelican with a long orange beak and brown wing feathers, standing.",
        "pays_by_count": {"2": 0.5, "3": 5, "4": 15, "5": 30, "6": 200},
        "note": "Highest paying symbol; the only symbol paying for 2 in a row."
      },
      {
        "name": "Fishing reel with rod",
        "appearance": "A golden fishing reel on a wooden rod with pale green line.",
        "pays_by_count": {"3": 3, "4": 10, "5": 15, "6": 100}
      },
      {
        "name": "Lifebuoy",
        "appearance": "A white ring lifebuoy with red stripes and a rope.",
        "pays_by_count": {"3": 2, "4": 6, "5": 10, "6": 50},
        "shared_with": "Tackle box shares the same panel and the same payouts"
      },
      {
        "name": "Tackle box",
        "appearance": "An open green tackle box full of colourful lures.",
        "pays_by_count": {"3": 2, "4": 6, "5": 10, "6": 50},
        "shared_with": "Lifebuoy"
      },
      {
        "name": "A",
        "appearance": "A glossy yellow letter A with a hook-shaped hole in the crossbar.",
        "pays_by_count": {"3": 0.5, "4": 1, "5": 2, "6": 5},
        "shared_with": "K shares the panel and payouts"
      },
      {
        "name": "K",
        "appearance": "A glossy red letter K.",
        "pays_by_count": {"3": 0.5, "4": 1, "5": 2, "6": 5},
        "shared_with": "A"
      },
      {
        "name": "Q",
        "appearance": "A glossy green letter Q with a fish-tail.",
        "pays_by_count": {"3": 0.3, "4": 0.5, "5": 1, "6": 2.5},
        "shared_with": "J and 10 share this panel and these payouts"
      },
      {
        "name": "J",
        "appearance": "A glossy blue letter J shaped like a fishing hook.",
        "pays_by_count": {"3": 0.3, "4": 0.5, "5": 1, "6": 2.5},
        "shared_with": "Q and 10"
      },
      {
        "name": "10",
        "appearance": "A glossy purple number 10 whose zero is shaped like a fish.",
        "pays_by_count": {"3": 0.3, "4": 0.5, "5": 1, "6": 2.5},
        "shared_with": "Q and J"
      },
      {
        "name": "Fish (any fish symbol)",
        "appearance": "Cartoon blue-and-orange fish in several sizes on dark blue cells, each with a beige price tag.",
        "pays_by_count": {"3": 1, "4": 3, "5": 5, "6": 10},
        "note": "Paytable label 'Any': any combination of fish symbols counts as one symbol. Free-game tag multipliers (x bet): 2, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 50."
      }
    ],
    "payout_units": "Values are currency amounts at the anchor bet 1.00 (read from paytable_p1.png zoom x2); multiply by bet/1.00 for other stakes. Panels print 'Of A Kind' under the royal and gear panels.",
    "text_ocr_anchor": "Free Games scatter: 6 50 Free Games, 5 25 Free Games, 4 15 Free Games, 3 10 Free Games; Any fish 6 10, 5 5, 4 3, 3 1; pelican 6 200, 5 30, 4 15, 3 5, 2 0.5; reel 6 100, 5 15, 4 10, 3 3; lifebuoy/tackle box 6 50, 5 10, 4 6, 3 2; A/K 6 5, 5 2, 4 1, 3 0.5; J/Q/10 6 2.5, 5 1, 4 0.5, 3 0.3"
  },
  "features": {
    "megaways": "Reel heights change each spin; ways banner above the reels shows the current count.",
    "free_games": {
      "trigger": "3 or more scatters in view: 3 = 10, 4 = 15, 5 = 25, 6 = 50 free games. Also bought via Bonus Bet.",
      "retrigger": "Cannot retrigger during free games (rules).",
      "fisherman": "On any free game where a Fisherman lands in view, the prize is awarded for each fish that also lands in view; Fisherman also substitutes for all symbols.",
      "bonus_win_credit": "Accumulated winnings are awarded after the last free game."
    },
    "bonus_bet": {
      "price_x_bet": 100,
      "guarantees": "A minimum of 3 scatters on the next spin",
      "available": "'depending on Operator configuration' per rules; present in the demo",
      "rtp": 96.6
    },
    "autoplay": "10/25/50/75/100 plays, loss limit and single win limit, ends on any bonus round",
    "other_not_found": "No gamble, no progressive jackpot, no ante bet and no turbo mode were seen on captured frames (not proven absent)."
  },
  "accessibility": {
    "blind": "All numeric state is printed as text: CREDIT, TOTAL BET, PAID/TOTAL PAID, free-game counter, ways banner. Buttons are icon-only (no text labels), a screen reader needs the canvas to expose names.",
    "deaf": "Game messages ('Good Luck!', 'Press Button To Start Feature', 'BONUS COMPLETE') are on screen; no information is carried only by sound (not verified, audio was muted).",
    "colorblind": "Symbols differ by silhouette; fish cells use dark blue background plus tag; wins are highlighted by glowing frames around symbols and the PAID strip number, not by colour alone.",
    "motor": "Single large spin button; autoplay with loss/win limits; stake selection in a modal of large buttons; free-game start needs one button press."
  },
  "anomalies": [
    "Demo CREDIT stays at about 1,000 (P-L13): sums are taken from banners and PAID strip.",
    "Operator cap phrase 250,000.00 / x50,000 is not the game's max win (P-L17).",
    "Rules mention a Wild, but no Wild symbol was seen.",
    "Frame base_game_max_bet.png shows TOTAL PAID 0.05 and 1 WAY = 0.05 at bet 10.00, which does not fit that frame arithmetically; not used as an anchor."
  ],
  "unreadable_or_uncertain": [
    "Wild symbol: described in the rules text, absent from every paytable page and captured frame; whether it exists in the base game is unconfirmed.",
    "Volatility: not printed in the frames.",
    "Maximum win of the game: not on these frames.",
    "Natural free-games trigger and a natural-trigger gameplay were not captured (30 base spins, none triggered).",
    "Release date: not on these frames."
  ],
  "frames_ocr_anchors": {
    "paytable_p5.png": "GAME RULES Wins are multiplied by the total bet 1.00 ... RTP=96.10% BONUS BET=96.60% ... Game version: 1.6.0.5",
    "win_screen.png": "Catch of the Day Feature Win 7.48 PAID 7.48 Free Game 10 of 10 BONUS COMPLETE CREDIT 990.00 TOTAL BET 0.10 3600 MEGAWAYS",
    "base_game_max_bet.png": "PRESS TO BUY 1,000.00 CREDIT 995.28 TOTAL BET 10.00 2400 MEGAWAYS",
    "bonus_buy_dialog.png": "FISHIN' FRENZY BONUS MEGAWAYS GUARANTEED 10.00",
    "settings_stake_select.png": "Choose your stake: 0.10 0.20 0.40 0.60 0.80 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 10.00"
  }
}