Forever Split Megaways™

{
  "game": {
    "name": "Forever Split Megaways",
    "catalog_name": "Forever Split Megaways™",
    "wordmark_in_game": "FOREVER SPLIT MEGAWAYS™ (stacked: FOREVER / SPLIT in silver-white gothic lettering, MEGAWAYS™ in gold underneath)",
    "name_note": "Catalog name carries the trademark sign; the in-game wordmark is the same text. No discrepancy beyond the TM sign.",
    "provider": "Pragmatic Play",
    "sub_studio": null,
    "licensed_mechanic_note": "Paytable page 1/7 prints 'MEGAWAYS™ IS USED UNDER LICENCE FROM BIG' (BIG logo). This is the licence of the Megaways MECHANIC, not a studio and not a licensed brand/IP. No sub-studio is named on any frame; the only company label is PRAGMATIC PLAY (bottom-left of every game screen).",
    "theme": "Modern gothic vampire noir: an immortal vampire couple in tailored suits, jewelled treasures, severed-head-in-a-jar trophies and a high-society power struggle in a dark mansion.",
    "art_style": "Painterly photoreal digital illustration with a cinematic AI-rendered look, soft glows and rim lighting, dramatic high-contrast shadows, night-time interior mood, dark moody horror-noir atmosphere, frontal view, no cartoon outlines.",
    "documentation_purpose": "Exhaustive accessibility documentation (blind/low-vision, deaf/hard-of-hearing, colour-blind, motor-impaired) from 38 desktop screenshots (1280x800) plus OCR and zoomed crops.",
    "method_notes": "OCR is nearly useless on this game (decorative backgrounds); amounts and rules were read by eye from full-resolution frames and zoomed crops. Numbers are only those legible on frames.",
    "language": "English",
    "game_kind": "video_slot",
    "mechanic": "Megaways (6 reels, variable heights, top and bottom horizontal reels on reels 2-5) with Tumble (cascade) and a Settlement Multiplier",
    "release_date": null,
    "release_date_note": "Not on these frames.",
    "version": null,
    "version_note": "No version/RNG string in the 7-page booklet or in SYSTEM SETTINGS."
  },

  "key_numbers": {
    "rtp": {"default": 96.58, "ante_bet_1": 96.48, "ante_bet_2": 96.49, "buy_free_spins": 96.54, "buy_super_free_spins": 96.49, "source": "rules_p3.png (booklet page 4/7)"},
    "volatility": {"printed": "MEDIUM", "icon": "wave (sine-like) icon in a yellow circle, not lightning bolts", "source": "rules_p3.png, preview_1.png, preview_2.png, preview_3.png", "phrase": "Medium volatility games pay out steadily and the range of pays varies from low to very high."},
    "max_win": {"value": "10,000x bet", "source": "rules_p2.png, rules_p5.png, preview_1.png", "rule": "If the total win of a round reaches 10,000x bet the round immediately ends, win is awarded (up to the cap) and all remaining free spins/features are forfeited.", "provider_page_note": "The provider's game page does not state a maximum win; the in-game print is the only source."},
    "bet_limits": {"min_bet": 0.20, "max_bet_regular": 240.00, "bet_multiplier_regular": "20x", "printed_max_bet_booklet": 720.00, "printed_max_bet_note": "The booklet's printed MAXIMUM BET $720.00 equals ANTE BET 2 at the regular maximum (240.00 x 3) - it is NOT the regular ceiling. Regular ceiling is $240.00 (BET MAX button, bet_max.png).", "sources": ["bet_min.png", "bet_max.png", "special_bets_max.png", "rules_p3.png"]},
    "ways": {"start_grid_heights": [2, 4, 4, 4, 6, 5], "max_heights": [5, 7, 7, 7, 7, 6], "max_ways": 72030, "source": "paytable_p1.png (maximum printed 72,030); heights read from frames, the per-spin ways counter above the grid changes every spin (39200, 3840, 8400, 576 etc. seen) and is not a game constant"},
    "currency_note": "Amounts in the booklet are in coins x base bet; the paytable anchor shown on paytable_p1.png is BET $2.00."
  },

  "screens": {
    "preview_carousel": {
      "frames": ["preview_1.png", "preview_2.png", "preview_3.png"],
      "layout": "3-slide promo carousel (three round dots at the bottom centre-left under the grid; the lit dot is the current slide). Game title at top-left, a demonstration grid at centre-left, the two vampire characters (a pale blonde woman in a black suit and a dark-haired man in a crimson velvet jacket holding a phone) at right. A round white-outlined spin arrow button at lower right, a MEDIUM VOLATILITY badge (wave icon) and a checkbox 'DON'T SHOW NEXT TIME' at bottom right.",
      "slides": [
        {"n": 1, "caption": "WIN UP TO 10,000 X BET", "content": "demo grid with three SCATTER symbols"},
        {"n": 2, "caption": "INCREASING MULTIPLIER IN FREE SPINS", "content": "multiplier x15 above the grid"},
        {"n": 3, "caption": "RANDOM SETTLEMENT MULTIPLIERS UP TO 15X", "content": "x84 SETTLEMENT MULTIPLIER at top right; x5, x8, x2, x3 on the top row and x5, x5, x3, x5 on the bottom row"}
      ],
      "accessibility": "Slide state is shown only by which dot is lit (colour/brightness); the caption text changes per slide, so the slide is identifiable by text too."
    },
    "loading_screen": {"frames": ["_splash_auto_1.png"], "note": "Black preloader with PRAGMATIC PLAY logo and loading bar; working frame, not a catalogue preview.", "line_on_screen": "MEGAWAYS is used under licence from BIG"},
    "base_game": {
      "frames": ["base_game.png", "base_game_win_line.png", "base_game_settlement_x2.png"],
      "layout": "Grid in the centre with a red neon cross-shaped frame: six main reels in a row (left to right) with two additional horizontal reels - one above and one below - spanning reels 2-5 only (4 cells wide). Reel heights change each spin. Ways counter printed in gold on the top frame edge above the top row. Game logo at top right of the grid. Left column: BUY FEATURE (2 OPTIONS) red plaque with gold border, SPECIAL BETS (2 OPTIONS) magenta plaque below it. Characters: a pale woman and a man in dark suits with a document at lower left; a woman in crimson suit and a pale man with a wine glass at right. Bottom bar: menu (three lines) button, sound button and an 'i' info button at lower left, PRAGMATIC PLAY label, CREDIT and BET labels (CREDIT $100,000.00, BET $2.00 on first frame), prompt text in the middle ('HOLD SPACE FOR TURBO SPIN' / 'PLACE YOUR BETS!'), big circular spin button at lower right with minus and plus bet buttons either side and an AUTOPLAY pill under the spin button.",
      "symbol_frames": "Every symbol sits in a coloured square frame with a tiny skull on the top edge; tall symbols (megaways stacks) are shown as one tall tile.",
      "colour_coding": "Symbol frames are colour-coded (gold, red, magenta-purple, blue, green, cyan; royals dark red, purple, green, blue) and every symbol also carries a distinct picture or letter, so identity never depends on colour alone."
    },
    "paytable": {
      "frames": ["paytable_p1.png"],
      "layout": "Booklet page 1/7 titled GAME RULES: 'All symbols pay from left to right on adjacent reels starting from the leftmost reel.' Ten paying symbols in two rows of five with 6/5/4/3 values to the right of each, SCATTER tile at lower left, 'Ways to win' diagram (a tick on a left-to-right adjacent combination, a cross on a combination that skips a reel) at lower right, MEGAWAYS licence line at the bottom. Green left arrow, green X (close) and green right arrow at lower left; 'Page 1/7' at lower right.",
      "ways_text": "Wins awarded for left to right adjacent symbol combinations of any size. Reel 1 can have up to 5 symbols, reel 6 can have up to 6 symbols and reels 2, 3, 4 and 5 can have up to 5 symbols along with another symbol on the top row and another on the bottom row. The top and bottom rows on reels 2, 3, 4 and 5 spin independently from right to left. In total the maximum number of possible ways to win is 72,030.",
      "scatter_text": "This is the SCATTER symbol. It can appear on all reels except for the top and bottom extra rows of reels 2, 3, 4 and 5.",
      "anchor_bet": 2.00
    },
    "rules_booklet": {
      "frames": ["rules_p1.png", "rules_p2.png", "rules_p3.png", "rules_p4.png", "rules_p5.png", "rules_p6.png"],
      "total_pages": 7,
      "how_navigated": "Page N/7 with green arrows; page 1/7 is the paytable (paytable_p1.png), pages 2-7 are rules_p1..rules_p6. Last page 7/7 is AUTOPLAY.",
      "pages": [
        {"booklet_page": 2, "frame": "rules_p1.png", "sections": ["TUMBLE FEATURE", "SETTLEMENT MULTIPLIER FEATURE", "FREE SPINS"]},
        {"booklet_page": 3, "frame": "rules_p2.png", "sections": ["MAX WIN", "ANTE BET", "BUY FREE SPINS"]},
        {"booklet_page": 4, "frame": "rules_p3.png", "sections": ["GAME RULES with MEDIUM VOLATILITY badge", "RTP values", "keyboard note", "MIN/MAX BET"]},
        {"booklet_page": 5, "frame": "rules_p4.png", "sections": ["HOW TO PLAY", "MAIN GAME INTERFACE"]},
        {"booklet_page": 6, "frame": "rules_p5.png", "sections": ["SETTINGS MENU", "INFORMATION SCREEN", "BET MENU", "repeat of MAX WIN 10000X"]},
        {"booklet_page": 7, "frame": "rules_p6.png", "sections": ["AUTOPLAY (two sentences; the rest of the page is empty)"]}
      ],
      "verbatim_key_rules": {
        "tumble": "After every spin, winning combinations are paid and all winning symbols disappear. The remaining symbols fall to the bottom of the screen and the empty positions are replaced with new symbols coming from above. New symbols are of the same size as the initial spin result, before tumbles. Tumbling will continue until no more winning combinations appear as a result of a tumble. All wins are added to the player's balance after all the tumbles resulted from a base spin have been played. SCATTER symbols does not explode and remain on the screen until all tumbles resulted from the same spin end.",
        "settlement_multiplier": "Paying symbols on the top and bottom rows of reels 2, 3, 4 and 5, in the base game, can carry a random multiplier from x1, x2, x3, x5, x8, x10 or x15. Whenever winning combinations are formed with these symbols, their multiplier is added to a total SETTLEMENT MULTIPLIER. The SETTLEMENT MULTIPLIER is used to multiply the win of all winning combinations until the end of all tumbles resulted from the same spin.",
        "free_spins": "Hit 3 or more SCATTER symbols anywhere on the screen to trigger the FREE SPINS feature and win 10 free spins plus an additional 5 free spins for each SCATTER beyond the third. During the FREE SPINS round, multipliers carried by symbols part of winning combinations get collected in a SETTLEMENT MULTIPLIER that stays on the screen and applies to all free spins until the end of the round. On the top and bottom rows of reels 2, 3, 4 and 5 all paying symbols that hit are guaranteed to carry a multiplier during the round. Special reels are in play during the feature.",
        "pay_rules": "Only the highest win is paid per winning combination on the same pay way. When winning on multiple pay ways, all wins are added to the total win. Free spins wins are added to the pay way win. All wins are multiplied by base bet. All values are expressed as actual wins in coins. Free spins win is awarded to the player after the round completes. Free spins total win in the history contains the whole win of the cycle.",
        "keyboard": "SPACE and ENTER buttons on the keyboard can be used to start and stop the spin. Malfunction voids all pays and plays.",
        "bet_menu": "The base bet is the bet amount before feature-related increases. The bet menu shows the bet multiplier available in the game, and the current total bet in both coins and cash."
      }
    },
    "settings": {
      "frames": ["settings.png"],
      "title": "SYSTEM SETTINGS",
      "layout": "Dark modal with a close X at top right. Left half: GAME HISTORY row (greyed out, with an external-link icon, unavailable in the demo) and a TOTAL BET control (minus round white button, $2.00 field, plus round green button). Right half: five toggles with captions.",
      "toggles": [
        {"label": "BATTERY SAVER", "caption": "Save battery life by reducing animation speed", "state_on_frame": "off (white knob on the left)"},
        {"label": "AMBIENT MUSIC", "caption": "Turn on or off the game music", "state_on_frame": "on (green, knob right)"},
        {"label": "SOUND FX", "caption": "Turn on or off the game sounds", "state_on_frame": "on"},
        {"label": "INTRO SCREEN", "caption": "Show the intro screen before starting the game", "state_on_frame": "on"},
        {"label": "SLOTS PROMOTIONS", "caption": "Display promo badge", "state_on_frame": "on"}
      ],
      "colourblind_note": "On/off is shown by knob position (left/right) and by green vs grey track, so state is not colour-only."
    },
    "autoplay": {
      "frames": ["autoplay.png"],
      "title": "AUTOPLAY SETTINGS",
      "layout": "Modal in the centre with close X. Three checkboxes in a row: TURBO SPIN, QUICK SPIN, SKIP SCREENS (SKIP SCREENS shown ticked with a white tick on green on the frame; the other two empty). Below: NUMBER OF AUTOSPINS with a horizontal slider; value 100 shown to the right. Wide green button START AUTOPLAY (100) at the bottom.",
      "scroll": "Panel does not scroll; everything is on one frame.",
      "note": "Skip Screens was ticked by default on this frame; the capturer unticked it before playing (anomaly note in manifest), so this is the as-found state."
    },
    "bet_menu": {
      "frames": ["bet_min.png", "bet_max.png", "bet_menu_ante1_min.png"],
      "layout": "Opened by the minus/plus bet buttons. Right-side panel titled BET MULTIPLIER 20x with three rows: BET (minus, value, plus), COIN VALUE (minus, value, plus), TOTAL BET (minus, value, plus), and a green BET MAX button; close X at top right.",
      "values": {
        "minimum": {"bet": 1, "coin_value": 0.01, "total_bet": 0.20, "multiplier": "20x", "frame": "bet_min.png"},
        "maximum": {"bet": 10, "coin_value": 1.20, "total_bet": 240.00, "multiplier": "20x", "frame": "bet_max.png"},
        "ante_1_active_min": {"multiplier": "30x", "total_bet": 0.30, "coin_value": 0.01, "frame": "bet_menu_ante1_min.png"}
      },
      "note": "Total bet = BET x COIN VALUE x BET MULTIPLIER (e.g. 10 x 1.20 x 20 = 240.00; 1 x 0.01 x 20 = 0.20)."
    },
    "special_bets": {
      "frames": ["special_bets.png", "special_bets_max.png", "ante2_active.png"],
      "layout": "Opened by the magenta SPECIAL BETS plaque. Window with ornate silver frame, title SPECIAL BETS, two cards side by side: ANTE BET 1 and ANTE BET 2, each with a price and caption, a BASE BET row with minus/plus below, close X (red with gold border) at top right.",
      "options": [
        {"name": "ANTE BET 1", "bet_multiplier": "30x", "price_at_base_0_20": 0.30, "price_at_base_240": 360.00, "effect": "2x chance of free spins"},
        {"name": "ANTE BET 2", "bet_multiplier": "60x", "price_at_base_0_20": 0.60, "price_at_base_240": 720.00, "effect": "5x chance of free spins"}
      ],
      "regular_play": "Bet multiplier 20x - normal play (no ante).",
      "active_state": "When an ante is active the SPECIAL BETS plaque is replaced by a plaque reading e.g. 'ANTE BET 2 ACTIVE' with a green pill under it, and the BET label shows the raised total (e.g. $0.60 at base $0.20). Pressing the plaque again switches it off (checked by capturer: bet returns to $0.20).",
      "server_note": "The spin request/response field 'l' is the bet multiplier (20 regular, 30 ANTE 1, 60 ANTE 2), not a number of lines; there are no paylines in this game."
    },
    "buy_feature": {
      "frames": ["buy_dialog.png", "buy_confirm_standard.png", "buy_confirm_super.png"],
      "layout": "BUY FEATURE window with a golden cracked-glass frame and blood-claw marks, two cards: STANDARD FREE SPINS $20.00 and SUPER FREE SPINS $100.00 with the line MINIMUM MULTIPLIER x2; BASE BET row with minus/plus; close X. Selecting a card opens CONFIRM BUY with CANCEL and YES buttons.",
      "options": [
        {"name": "STANDARD FREE SPINS", "cost_multiplier": "100x current base bet", "price_at_base_0_20": 20.00, "rtp": 96.54},
        {"name": "SUPER FREE SPINS", "cost_multiplier": "500x current base bet", "price_at_base_0_20": 100.00, "rtp": 96.49, "note": "Symbols that hit on the top and bottom rows carry a random multiplier of x2, x3, x5, x8, x10 or x15 (minimum x2)."}
      ]
    }
  },

  "color_palette": {
    "base_game_background": "Dark mansion interior in near-black, deep crimson red and cool blue-grey, with a glowing blood-red moon visible at the right edge.",
    "frame": "Neon red cross-shaped frame around the reels with a bright magenta-red glow; cells are near-black.",
    "free_spins_background": "Brighter blood-red and orange-red gothic hall; the characters turn to snarling fanged poses.",
    "feature_screens": "Deep magenta-pink and black with white-silver gothic lettering (free-spins intro, total settlement); win banners use sepia/candlelight, mirror-teal and black scenes.",
    "accent_colors": "crimson red, hot magenta pink, gold, violet purple, ice blue, emerald green",
    "accent_colors_where": "Red: reel frame glow and BUY FEATURE plaque; magenta: SPECIAL BETS plaque and feature screens; gold: ways counter, BUY FEATURE border, scatter frame, free-spins counter digit; green: toggles on, tick, START AUTOPLAY, close arrows of the booklet; white/silver: logo lettering and banner words.",
    "text_colours": "White for main labels; gold/yellow-orange for CREDIT and BET captions and WIN word; bright yellow for the free-spins-left digit; red for settlement multiplier digits."
  },

  "symbols": {
    "note": "Payouts read from paytable_p1.png at anchor BET $2.00 and converted to multiples of base bet (printed amount / 2.00). Prices pay for 6 / 5 / 4 / 3 matching symbols on adjacent reels from the left. All wins are multiplied by BASE BET (rules_p3.png), so these are multipliers of the total base bet; nothing is divided by the number of ways.",
    "payout_basis": "total_bet (base bet). Evidence: base_game_win_line.png at bet $0.20 shows '5X K PAYS $0.08 ON 4 WAYS': K x3 = $0.20 at anchor $2.00 = 0.10x; 0.10 x 0.20 x 4 matched ways = 0.08.",
    "high_value": [
      {
        "name": "Preserved man's head (gold)",
        "appearance": "The head of a pale bearded man with closed eyes and a small red cut on the cheek, shown in a golden-amber square frame. In the larger tiles of the playing grid it appears submerged in a tall glass jar of amber liquid.",
        "payouts_printed_at_2_00": {"6": "$20.00", "5": "$6.00", "4": "$4.00", "3": "$2.00"},
        "payout_multipliers_of_base_bet": {"6": 10, "5": 3, "4": 2, "3": 1},
        "rank": "highest-paying symbol",
        "frame_colour": "gold",
        "source": "paytable_p1.png"
      },
      {
        "name": "Preserved woman's face (red)",
        "appearance": "The face of a dark-haired woman with closed eyes and a red mark on the forehead in a deep-red square frame.",
        "payouts_printed_at_2_00": {"6": "$10.00", "5": "$3.00", "4": "$2.00", "3": "$1.00"},
        "payout_multipliers_of_base_bet": {"6": 5, "5": 1.5, "4": 1, "3": 0.5},
        "frame_colour": "red",
        "source": "paytable_p1.png"
      },
      {
        "name": "Jewelled necklace (purple)",
        "appearance": "A diamond-and-amethyst collar necklace lying in a clear case with blood drops, in a violet-magenta square frame.",
        "payouts_printed_at_2_00": {"6": "$5.00", "5": "$1.50", "4": "$1.00", "3": "$0.50"},
        "payout_multipliers_of_base_bet": {"6": 2.5, "5": 0.75, "4": 0.5, "3": 0.25},
        "frame_colour": "purple/magenta",
        "source": "paytable_p1.png"
      },
      {
        "name": "Blue wristwatch",
        "appearance": "A silver wristwatch with a blue dial bearing a bat emblem and a blood smear, in a blue square frame.",
        "payouts_printed_at_2_00": {"6": "$4.00", "5": "$1.50", "4": "$1.00", "3": "$0.50"},
        "payout_multipliers_of_base_bet": {"6": 2, "5": 0.75, "4": 0.5, "3": 0.25},
        "frame_colour": "blue",
        "source": "paytable_p1.png"
      },
      {
        "name": "Signet ring on cash (green)",
        "appearance": "A gold ring with a green gem on a rolled bundle of banknotes, in a green square frame.",
        "payouts_printed_at_2_00": {"6": "$3.00", "5": "$1.50", "4": "$1.00", "3": "$0.50"},
        "payout_multipliers_of_base_bet": {"6": 1.5, "5": 0.75, "4": 0.5, "3": 0.25},
        "frame_colour": "green",
        "source": "paytable_p1.png"
      },
      {
        "name": "Vampire couple photograph (cyan)",
        "appearance": "A framed snapshot of a pale man biting the neck of a woman, tinted cyan, in a teal square frame.",
        "payouts_printed_at_2_00": {"6": "$2.00", "5": "$1.20", "4": "$0.80", "3": "$0.40"},
        "payout_multipliers_of_base_bet": {"6": 1, "5": 0.6, "4": 0.4, "3": 0.2},
        "frame_colour": "teal/cyan",
        "source": "paytable_p1.png"
      }
    ],
    "royals_low_value": [
      {"name": "A", "appearance": "Silver gothic letter A with blood-red flourishes on a dark-red tile.", "payouts_printed_at_2_00": {"6": "$1.50", "5": "$0.70", "4": "$0.40", "3": "$0.20"}, "payout_multipliers_of_base_bet": {"6": 0.75, "5": 0.35, "4": 0.2, "3": 0.1}},
      {"name": "K", "appearance": "Silver gothic letter K on a dark-purple tile.", "payouts_printed_at_2_00": {"6": "$1.20", "5": "$0.70", "4": "$0.40", "3": "$0.20"}, "payout_multipliers_of_base_bet": {"6": 0.6, "5": 0.35, "4": 0.2, "3": 0.1}},
      {"name": "Q", "appearance": "Silver gothic letter Q on a dark-green tile.", "payouts_printed_at_2_00": {"6": "$1.00", "5": "$0.60", "4": "$0.40", "3": "$0.20"}, "payout_multipliers_of_base_bet": {"6": 0.5, "5": 0.3, "4": 0.2, "3": 0.1}},
      {"name": "J", "appearance": "Silver gothic letter J on a dark-blue tile.", "payouts_printed_at_2_00": {"6": "$0.80", "5": "$0.60", "4": "$0.40", "3": "$0.20"}, "payout_multipliers_of_base_bet": {"6": 0.4, "5": 0.3, "4": 0.2, "3": 0.1}}
    ],
    "wild": null,
    "wild_note": "No wild symbol: none is printed in the paytable and none appears on any frame.",
    "scatter": {
      "name": "SCATTER",
      "appearance": "A gold-framed picture of a blonde woman and a dark-haired man standing side by side split by a jagged crack of fire. The word SCATTER on a red ribbon at the bottom of the tile.",
      "rules": "Appears on all reels except the top and bottom extra rows of reels 2-5. Does not explode in tumbles and stays until the tumbles of that spin end. 3 or more anywhere trigger FREE SPINS.",
      "pays_by_itself": false,
      "pays_note": "No scatter pay amounts are printed; it only triggers the feature.",
      "source": "paytable_p1.png, rules_p1.png"
    },
    "multiplier_symbols": {
      "description": "On the top and bottom extra rows of reels 2-5, paying symbols can carry a number tag (white 'x5', 'x3' etc.) next to the symbol.",
      "values": ["x1", "x2", "x3", "x5", "x8", "x10", "x15"],
      "super_free_spins_min": "x2",
      "source": "rules_p1.png, rules_p2.png, preview_3.png, buy_super_play_x26.png"
    }
  },

  "features": {
    "megaways_reels": {
      "reels": 6,
      "start_heights_on_first_frame": [2, 4, 4, 4, 6, 5],
      "max_heights": [5, 7, 7, 7, 7, 6],
      "extra_rows": "Reels 2-5 carry one additional horizontal row above and one below, which spin independently from right to left and hold the multiplier-bearing symbols.",
      "max_ways": 72030,
      "per_spin_cell_layout": "Not documented: it is random each spin."
    },
    "tumble": {"summary": "Winning symbols vanish, others fall, new ones drop in; repeats until no win; wins credited after all tumbles."},
    "settlement_multiplier": {
      "summary": "Multipliers on winning top/bottom row symbols add up into one SETTLEMENT MULTIPLIER that multiplies every win until the end of the tumble sequence (base game) or until the end of the free-spins round.",
      "base_game_example": "base_game_settlement_x2.png: x2 SETTLEMENT MULTIPLIER, WIN $0.44 at bet $0.20.",
      "values_seen": ["x4, x10 (natural free spins)", "x8 (Standard purchase)", "x26 (Super purchase)", "x84 on the promo slide"]
    },
    "free_spins": {
      "trigger": "3 or more SCATTER anywhere on the screen.",
      "award": "10 free spins plus 5 for each SCATTER beyond the third (booklet).",
      "observed": [
        {"source": "natural trigger on ANTE BET 2", "frame": "free_spins_intro.png", "spins": 10, "scatters_visible": 3},
        {"source": "bought Standard", "frame": "buy_standard_intro.png", "spins": 15, "note": "Banner says 15; only three scatters were visible on the trigger frame while two reels were still spinning, so scatter count is not confirmed."},
        {"source": "bought Super", "frame": "buy_super_intro.png", "spins": 10}
      ],
      "flow": "SCATTERs land -> banner 'BEGIN THE IMMORTAL PROCEEDINGS' with a big number and 'FREE SPINS' inside a glowing magic circle, text 'PRESS ANYWHERE TO COMMENCE THE TRIAL' -> gameplay with left counter 'N FREE SPINS LEFT', right counter 'xN SETTLEMENT MULTIPLIER', bottom 'WIN $x' -> last spin shows 'LAST FREE SPIN' -> TOTAL SETTLEMENT panel with 'THIS IS NOT THE END' and 'PRESS ANYWHERE TO PURSUE FURTHER ASSETS'.",
      "special_rule": "On the top and bottom rows of reels 2-5 all paying symbols that hit are guaranteed to carry a multiplier in the round; the SETTLEMENT MULTIPLIER persists across all spins.",
      "frames": ["free_spins_trigger.png", "free_spins_intro.png", "free_spins_play_x4.png", "free_spins_last_x10.png", "win_screen_fs_total.png", "buy_standard_trigger.png", "buy_standard_intro.png", "buy_standard_play_x8.png", "buy_standard_total_settlement.png", "buy_super_intro.png", "buy_super_play_x26.png", "buy_super_total_settlement.png"],
      "retrigger": null,
      "retrigger_note": "Not observed in our sample: 35 free spins played (10 natural + 15 Standard + 10 Super) without a retrigger, and the booklet does not describe one. This is a statement about our sample, not proof that it does not exist."
    },
    "totals_observed": [
      {"round": "natural free spins (ante 2, bet $0.60)", "total_settlement": 1.81, "frame": "win_screen_fs_total.png", "balance": "99,997.40 -> 99,999.21"},
      {"round": "bought Standard ($20.00)", "total_settlement": 8.77, "frame": "buy_standard_total_settlement.png", "balance": "99,979.21 -> 99,987.98"},
      {"round": "bought Super ($100.00)", "total_settlement": 33.62, "frame": "buy_super_total_settlement.png", "balance": "99,887.98 -> 99,921.60"}
    ],
    "win_level_banners": {
      "names": ["EXPOSED!", "COMPROMISED!", "FOREVER SPLIT!"],
      "order_note": "Order of tiers by size: EXPOSED! is the first, FOREVER SPLIT! the highest (from capturer notes); no thresholds are printed on any frame.",
      "frames": ["win_screen_exposed.png", "win_screen_forever_split.png"],
      "scenes": {
        "EXPOSED!": "Candlelit restaurant: a man seen from behind holding the hand of a pale blonde woman in a dark green jacket; silver-chrome letters with red glow; counting amount at bottom (frame caught mid-count at $3.83, with the multiplier digit strip under it).",
        "FOREVER SPLIT!": "Glitched red/white lettering above a mirror scene: a woman at a vanity whose reflection smiles, a phone reading 'TROY CALLING'; the amount counts up (frame at $7.33).",
        "COMPROMISED!": "Banner text seen during free spins; no clean frame in our set."
      },
      "where_observed": "Free spins only (all three). Not seen in the base game in about 50 base spins.",
      "amount_note": "The amount on these banners is a counting number; the final round amount is on TOTAL SETTLEMENT."
    },
    "ante_bet": {
      "ante_1": "Bet multiplier 30x (x1.5 of regular 20x), free spins chance x2.",
      "ante_2": "Bet multiplier 60x (x3 of regular 20x), free spins chance x5.",
      "regular": "Bet multiplier 20x.",
      "rtp": {"ante_1": 96.48, "ante_2": 96.49}
    },
    "buy_feature": {"standard": {"price": "100x base bet", "rtp": 96.54}, "super": {"price": "500x base bet", "rtp": 96.49, "min_multiplier": "x2"}},
    "autoplay": {"options": ["TURBO SPIN", "QUICK SPIN", "SKIP SCREENS"], "default_count_on_frame": 100, "skip_screens": "Auto-skips the feature introduction and end screens after a short period of time.", "stop": "Click the AUTOPLAY button again to stop."},
    "spin_speed": "Spin-speed button (triple chevron) cycles normal, quick spin and turbo spin; hold SPACE for turbo spin (hint text on the base screen)."
  },

  "controls_and_interface": {
    "buttons": [
      {"name": "Spin", "location": "large circle lower right; during a free-spins round it shows a red square (stop) icon"},
      {"name": "Minus / Plus bet", "location": "round buttons left and right of the spin button; open the bet menu; greyed out during feature rounds"},
      {"name": "Autoplay", "location": "pill under the spin button with a triple-chevron speed icon on its left"},
      {"name": "Menu", "location": "three-line round button at lower left"},
      {"name": "Sound", "location": "speaker round button under the menu button"},
      {"name": "Info (i)", "location": "round button at lower left next to the balance"},
      {"name": "Buy Feature", "location": "red plaque, left side, above Special Bets"},
      {"name": "Special Bets", "location": "magenta plaque, left side"}
    ],
    "labels": "CREDIT and BET show balance and total bet; clicking the labels switches between coins view and cash view.",
    "keyboard": "SPACE and ENTER start and stop the spin.",
    "balance_demo": "CREDIT $100,000.00 at start; demo balance."
  },

  "accessibility": {
    "blind_low_vision": "All key values are printed as text (CREDIT, BET, WIN, FREE SPINS LEFT, SETTLEMENT MULTIPLIER). Symbol identity is by picture, not colour. The reel tiles are dark and the illustration is low-contrast in the dark red scene; multiplier tags on top/bottom rows are small white numbers.",
    "deaf_hard_of_hearing": "Every event has an on-screen banner (free-spins intro, last free spin, total settlement, win-level banners). Sound can be turned off with the sound button, AMBIENT MUSIC and SOUND FX toggles.",
    "colour_blind": "Colour is always doubled by form: toggle state by knob position, symbol identity by picture/letter, ante state by the text 'ACTIVE'. The six picture-symbol frame colours (gold, red, purple, blue, green, cyan) may be hard to tell apart but each picture is unique.",
    "motor": "Autoplay with a slider up to 100 on the frame; Skip Screens option; keyboard space/enter spin; BATTERY SAVER and turbo options reduce animation time. Big targets for spin/plus/minus buttons.",
    "motion_and_flashing": "Neon glow around the frame, glitching text on FOREVER SPLIT! banner, fast cascades and zooming magic circle on the free-spins banners; no photosensitivity warning on the frames."
  },

  "provider_vs_game_discrepancies": [
    "Free spins: the provider's game page promised '3-6 scatters = 10-25 free spins' and '2 scatters give +5'. The booklet in the game says 3 or more SCATTER = 10 free spins plus 5 for each SCATTER beyond the third. The in-game print is used; the provider page is NOT used.",
    "Maximum win: the provider page prints no maximum; the game prints 10,000x bet (booklet, splash).",
    "Printed MAXIMUM BET $720.00 in the booklet is the ANTE BET 2 ceiling, not the regular maximum ($240.00).",
    "Server field 'l' in spin responses is the bet multiplier (20/30/60), not a line count."
  ],

  "honest_gaps_not_captured": [
    "Free-spins retrigger was not seen in 35 free spins (10 natural + 15 Standard + 10 Super) and the booklet does not describe one.",
    "Win-level banners were not triggered in the base game in about 50 base spins; they were captured in free spins only.",
    "COMPROMISED! banner has no clean frame in this set.",
    "Release date and game version are not on the frames.",
    "No threshold values for win banners printed anywhere."
  ],

  "unreadable_or_uncertain": [
    "OCR returns noise on most frames (decorative backgrounds); amounts were read visually.",
    "Number of scatters at the Standard-buy trigger (banner says 15 free spins; only three scatters visible with two reels still spinning).",
    "Final amount behind the EXPOSED! and FOREVER SPLIT! banners (counting in progress on the frames)."
  ],

  "frames_inventory": {
    "count": 38,
    "files": ["preview_1.png", "preview_2.png", "preview_3.png", "base_game.png", "base_game_win_line.png", "base_game_settlement_x2.png", "paytable_p1.png", "rules_p1.png", "rules_p2.png", "rules_p3.png", "rules_p4.png", "rules_p5.png", "rules_p6.png", "settings.png", "autoplay.png", "bet_min.png", "bet_max.png", "bet_menu_ante1_min.png", "special_bets.png", "special_bets_max.png", "ante2_active.png", "buy_dialog.png", "buy_confirm_standard.png", "buy_confirm_super.png", "free_spins_trigger.png", "free_spins_intro.png", "free_spins_play_x4.png", "free_spins_last_x10.png", "win_screen_fs_total.png", "buy_standard_trigger.png", "buy_standard_intro.png", "buy_standard_play_x8.png", "buy_standard_total_settlement.png", "buy_super_intro.png", "buy_super_play_x26.png", "buy_super_total_settlement.png", "win_screen_exposed.png", "win_screen_forever_split.png"]
  }
}