Giga Jar

{
  "game": {
    "name": "Giga Jar",
    "in_game_wordmark": "GIGA JAR — CLUSTER LINK (visible on splash logo in preview.png and base_game.png, and again as a small badge top-right of the reel frame in every live-play frame)",
    "provider": "Push Gaming",
    "studio": null,
    "studio_evidence": "No sub-brand/studio mark found on any captured frame (preview, base_game, paytable pages 1-10, rules pages 1-9, settings, info/KNOW THE GAME). Only the game's own 'GIGA JAR CLUSTER LINK' wordmark is visible; the Push Gaming name itself is not printed anywhere in the captured UI (per playbook, Push Gaming rarely prints its own brand inside the build).",
    "provider_ref": "gigajar-01",
    "demo_url": "https://www.pushgaming.com/games/play/giga-jar.html",
    "game_kind": "video_slot",
    "art_style": "Flat-shaded 3D cartoon render (glossy plastic/toy look on the fruit-cube symbols), bright neon-lit night-club/ice-lounge scene: deep blue tiled walls, backlit palm-leaf silhouettes, cyan/blue rim lighting throughout. Mascot is a chibi ice-cube-headed DJ character wearing large black sunglasses and oversized over-ear headphones, standing on a stack of glowing liquid-filled jars ('Jar Meter'). Mood is playful/casual, not dark or photorealistic. Camera is a static front-on view of a flat vertical reel panel (no perspective/isometry). During Wild Jar / Giga Jar / cascade activity the whole background flashes a saturated color wash (blue during idle build-up, magenta/purple during the Giga Jar feature) — a lighting-mood shift rather than a scene change.",
    "theme": "DJ / nightclub mascot with a fruit-juice/smoothie-jar motif; symbols are stylised fruit dice/cubes (juice-bar aesthetic) rather than classic playing-card or fruit-machine symbols"
  },

  "reel_layout": {
    "grid": "7 columns x 7 rows, all columns equal height (7x7 fixed grid)",
    "mechanic": "cluster_pays (cascading/collapsing symbols)",
    "min_cluster_size": 5,
    "cluster_rule": "Cluster Wins are achieved by matching 5 or more adjacent (orthogonally connected, horizontal or vertical only) identical symbols. Symbols can contribute to multiple Cluster Wins. The highest cluster win value is always awarded in a single cluster. (verbatim, rules_p1.png / rules_p2.png)",
    "cascade_rule": "When Cluster Wins occur, the winning symbols are removed, remaining symbols on the board collapse downward, and new symbols drop in from the top to refill the board. (verbatim, rules_p2.png)",
    "declared_value": null,
    "declared_source": "No printed ways/lines number anywhere in the buclet — pure cluster-pays game. rules_p1.png states in words: 'Giga Jar is a 7-row, 7-column matching symbol cluster game.'",
    "colorblind_note": "Grid position is fixed 7x7 regardless of color perception; cluster highlighting during wins is shown as a bright white/colored glow AND the win amount is printed as text directly over the cluster, so the win is legible without relying on color alone."
  },

  "payout_basis": {
    "value": "total_bet",
    "evidence": {
      "frame": "cluster_win_clean.png",
      "win_kind": "cluster",
      "printed_win": 0.05,
      "total_bet": 0.5,
      "ways_or_lines": null,
      "tier_value": 0.05,
      "tier_value_kind": "currency",
      "tier_symbol": "blue cube, cluster of exactly 5, connected orthogonally, no Wild Jar/Giga Jar/multiplier involved, single isolated cluster with its sum '0.05' printed directly on it",
      "cross_check": "printed_win (0.05) == paytable tier-5 value for the blue cube at the 0.50 fun anchor (paytable_p2.png). Header of every paytable page states verbatim: 'All wins shown are in fun and valid for the current bet of 0.50 fun.' rules_p8.png: 'The paytable reflects the current bet configuration, based on the Base Bet.'"
    },
    "note": "This is the base-bet (Push Bet OFF) basis. With Push Bet ON, rules_p8.png states verbatim: 'When using the Push Bet, wins are evaluated respectively of the Base Bet amount and not the Push Bet amount' — i.e. Push Bet only changes ticket price, not the payout scale."
  },

  "bet_and_rtp": {
    "min_bet": 0.1,
    "max_bet": 100.0,
    "bet_currency_label_in_demo": "fun (demo-only credit label, not the game's real-money currency)",
    "min_bet_evidence_frame": "bet_select_min.png",
    "max_bet_evidence_frame": "bet_select_max.png",
    "step": "0.10 fun steps from 0.10 up through at least 0.70 fun (bet_select_min.png), then coarser steps (20/25/30/40/50/60/100 fun visible on bet_select_max.png) toward the 100.00 fun ceiling",
    "rtp_percent": {
      "without_push_bet": 96.48,
      "with_push_bet": 96.47,
      "evidence": [
        "rules_p9.png (verbatim): 'The theoretical average return to player (RTP) using the Push Bet is 96.47%. The theoretical average return to player (RTP) without using the Push Bet is 96.48%.'",
        "info.png / KNOW THE GAME panel — independent second on-screen location, identical wording and identical two numbers"
      ]
    },
    "max_win": {
      "value": "10,000x current Base Bet",
      "evidence": "paytable_p2/p3.png ('MAX WIN' banner + text 'This game has a win cap of 10,000x the current Base Bet amount per game round'), rules_p2.png and rules_p9.png repeat the same figure ('maximum win of 10,000x'). Operator-configurability disclaimer printed verbatim on rules_p9.png: 'It is possible that the operator has configured a win cap which differs from the 10,000x win cap. If this is the case, it will not be possible to reach the 10,000x win cap.'"
    },
    "ante_bet": {
      "name_on_screen": "PUSH BET (banner text on the game field: 'TO DROP IN THE FIRST WILD JAR')",
      "mechanic": "Simple ON/OFF toggle (single stage, not a ladder) shown as a switch above the bet-selection list. Green = active, grey = inactive (bet_select_min.png shows it grey/inactive).",
      "cost": "+80% of the Base Bet, verbatim rules_p8.png: 'Activating Push Bet mode will increase your Base Bet by 80% for dropping in the first Wild Jar Symbol.'",
      "effect": "Drops the first Wild Jar Symbol into the grid at the start of the round instead of requiring it to be earned through 3 consecutive winning cascades (the normal way, see Wild Jar Symbol below).",
      "deactivation": "Can only be turned off at the end of a game round; if autoplay is running, autoplay must be stopped first to deactivate Push Bet (rules_p8.png).",
      "rtp_effect": "Lowers RTP slightly: 96.48% (off) -> 96.47% (on)."
    }
  },

  "version": {
    "server": "2.7.0",
    "client": "9.11.6 17-06-2026",
    "frame": "rules_p9.png"
  },

  "malfunction_clause": "MALFUNCTION VOIDS ALL PAYS AND PLAYS. Incomplete games are automatically resolved after 48 hours (winnings paid to the player's account); where an incomplete game cannot be resolved the stake is returned to the player. (verbatim, rules_p9.png)",

  "bonus_buy": {
    "present": false,
    "evidence": "No purchase/buy-feature button or dialog found anywhere in the interface (right-hand control rail only has: hamburger menu, sound toggle, autoplay, bet-select stack-of-coins icon, spin button). All 9 pages of rules and all 10 pages of the paytable were read in full and contain no mention of a purchase price or 'Buy Feature' section — every feature in this game (Wild Jar, Giga Jar, Snowball, Ice Breaker, Instant Prize) is described as randomly/organically triggered during normal play, with no purchasable entry point."
  },

  "symbols": {
    "paytable_bet_anchor": 0.5,
    "paytable_anchor_note": "Paytable header states verbatim on every page: 'All wins shown are in fun and valid for the current bet of 0.50 fun.' All symbol payout figures below are copied AS PRINTED at that 0.50 fun anchor (currency amounts, not multipliers) from paytable_p1.png and paytable_p2.png.",
    "paying_symbols": [
      {
        "name": "Strawberry cube (red cube, green leaf sprig, red-dotted 'dice' pattern on faces)",
        "tier": "highest-paying regular symbol",
        "color_word": "red with a small green leaf",
        "payouts_fun_at_0.50_bet": {"16+": 250.00, "15": 125.00, "14": 50.00, "13": 25.00, "12": 5.00, "11": 3.75, "10": 2.50, "9": 1.75, "8": 1.00, "7": 0.75, "6": 0.50, "5": 0.50}
      },
      {
        "name": "Orange cube (orange cube with green leaf, faceted citrus-segment texture)",
        "tier": "second-highest regular symbol",
        "color_word": "orange with a small green leaf",
        "payouts_fun_at_0.50_bet": {"16+": 125.00, "15": 62.50, "14": 25.00, "13": 12.50, "12": 2.50, "11": 1.75, "10": 1.25, "9": 0.85, "8": 0.50, "7": 0.35, "6": 0.25, "5": 0.25}
      },
      {
        "name": "Peach cube (pink cube with a brown pit-shaped indentation, green leaf sprig)",
        "tier": "third regular symbol",
        "color_word": "pink with a brown center and small green leaf",
        "payouts_fun_at_0.50_bet": {"16+": 100.00, "15": 62.50, "14": 20.00, "13": 10.00, "12": 2.00, "11": 1.50, "10": 1.00, "9": 0.75, "8": 0.40, "7": 0.30, "6": 0.20, "5": 0.20}
      },
      {
        "name": "Kiwi cube (bright green cube with a lighter green sliced-kiwi star pattern)",
        "tier": "fourth (mid-low) regular symbol",
        "color_word": "green",
        "payouts_fun_at_0.50_bet": {"16+": 10.00, "15": 5.00, "14": 2.50, "13": 1.25, "12": 0.75, "11": 0.60, "10": 0.40, "9": 0.30, "8": 0.20, "7": 0.15, "6": 0.10, "5": 0.10}
      },
      {
        "name": "Grape cube (purple cube with a bunch-of-grapes emblem and green tendril/leaf)",
        "tier": "lowest-paying, tied with the blue cube",
        "color_word": "purple",
        "payouts_fun_at_0.50_bet": {"16+": 5.00, "15": 2.50, "14": 1.25, "13": 0.75, "12": 0.40, "11": 0.40, "10": 0.20, "9": 0.20, "8": 0.10, "7": 0.10, "6": 0.05, "5": 0.05}
      },
      {
        "name": "Blue cube (plain smooth blue cube with a rounded indentation, no fruit graphic printed on it in the paytable thumbnail — likely a stylised blueberry/generic low symbol)",
        "tier": "lowest-paying, tied with the grape cube",
        "color_word": "blue",
        "payouts_fun_at_0.50_bet": {"16+": 5.00, "15": 2.50, "14": 1.25, "13": 0.75, "12": 0.40, "11": 0.40, "10": 0.20, "9": 0.20, "8": 0.10, "7": 0.10, "6": 0.05, "5": 0.05},
        "note": "Grape and blue cube payouts are numerically identical at every tier (12 tiers, verified from paytable_p2.png). This is NOT a glued/duplicate symbol issue: the two are visually distinct (purple grape bunch icon vs plain blue cube), each with its own paytable header slot; the coincidence is simply that Push Gaming assigned the two lowest-tier symbols the same pay scale."
      }
    ],
    "special_symbols": [
      {
        "name": "Instant Prize Symbol",
        "appearance": "A square coin/token tile (copper, silver, or gold-colored circular badge on a light card background) printed with a plain number (no 'x' suffix visible on the coin face itself, e.g. '1', '2', '5', '10', '50', '100', '1000')",
        "mechanic": "A bet multiplier symbol, not a regular paying fruit. Pays out when it lands as part of a cluster of a minimum of 5 Instant Prize Symbols (same 5+ adjacency rule as regular symbols). Values that can appear: 1x, 2x, 5x, 10x, 25x, 50x, 100x, 250x, 500x, 1000x of the current bet. (verbatim, paytable_p3/p4.png and rules_p3/p4.png)",
        "colorblind_note": "Value is always printed as a plain number on the tile itself, so the prize tier does not rely on color."
      },
      {
        "name": "Wild Jar Symbol",
        "appearance": "A small rounded glass jar with a colourful swirling rainbow liquid inside, a smiling cartoon face, and a bold white 'x<N>' multiplier printed on its front (observed values on captured frames: x1, x2, x3, x4, x5, x6, x8)",
        "mechanic": "Substitutes for all other (paying) symbols. At the start of a game round, exactly three Wild Jar Symbols exist but sit dormant inside the Jar Meter (the stack of glowing jars on the left of the reel frame, next to the DJ mascot). After 3 consecutive winning cascades, the first Wild Jar's activation meter fills and it drops into the grid at a random position. Each Wild Jar instance carries its own multiplier, starting at x1; every time it contributes to a Cluster Win, its multiplier increases by 1 and the symbol randomly relocates to an adjacent vacant cell before the next cascade. When a spin runs out of consecutive winning cascades, all Wild Jar Symbols currently on the grid return to the Jar Meter and go dormant again until their meter refills. (verbatim, rules_p4/p5.png)",
        "evidence_frames": ["wild_jar_feature.png (one Wild Jar 'x2' on the field)", "wild_jar_two_active.png (two Wild Jars 'x4' and 'x5' simultaneously active)"]
      },
      {
        "name": "Giga Jar Symbol",
        "appearance": "A single 2x2-tile-sized image of the DJ mascot's head (headphones, sunglasses) inside a jar outline, with a large 'xN' multiplier printed on it and a small heart-shaped reactivation counter",
        "mechanic": "Requires all 3 Wild Jar Symbols to be simultaneously in play to activate its own meter. After 3 more consecutive winning cascades once all 3 Wild Jars are live, the Giga Jar Feature triggers: the Giga Jar Symbol lands on the grid at a random position, occupies a 2x2 area, and acts as 4 individual 1x1 Wild Symbols substituting for all other symbols. It sticks in place until the feature ends. Once it lands, a fresh progression meter activates and stays active for 3 more cascades, after which the Giga Jar Symbol becomes inactive (unless it reactivates first). Requires 3 consecutive winning clusters to reactivate; each reactivation upgrades its multiplier one level up the ladder. There are 6 Giga Jar multiplier levels: Level 1 = x1, Level 2 = x5, Level 3 = x10, Level 4 = x15, Level 5 = x20, Level 6 = x50. The feature is complete when no more cluster wins occur. (verbatim, rules_p5/p6.png)",
        "evidence_frames": [
          "giga_jar_feature_trigger.png (meter filling with two active Wild Jars visible, x6 and x3)",
          "giga_jar_feature_full_trigger.png (Giga Jar symbol just landed, level 1, heart counter at 2 of 3)",
          "giga_jar_feature_level_up.png (level ladder shows x5 and x10 lit up as achieved, Giga Jar showing x10)",
          "giga_jar_feature_mega_win.png (round settled: 'MEGA WIN 31.45' fun on a 0.50 fun bet = x62.9)"
        ],
        "colorblind_note": "The multiplier ladder on the left (GIGA / x50 / x20 / x15 / x10 / x5) shows achieved levels as brighter/lit ice-blue tiles versus darker unlit tiles for not-yet-reached levels — a brightness/glow distinction, not a hue-only distinction, so it remains legible without full color perception."
      },
      {
        "name": "Jar Meter",
        "appearance": "The visual stack of jars beneath the DJ mascot on the left edge of the game field",
        "mechanic": "A progression counter that tracks: Wild Jar activation meters, the Giga Jar activation meter, and the Giga Jar multiplier upgrade levels — all in one persistent on-screen widget. (verbatim, paytable_p4.png / rules_p3.png)"
      }
    ],
    "modifier_features": [
      {
        "name": "Snowball Feature",
        "trigger": "After 2 winning cascades, can randomly trigger on any following non-winning cascade. Can also trigger on any following non-winning cascade whenever a Wild Jar Symbol is currently in play. (verbatim, rules_p6.png)",
        "effect": "Adds 1 to 2 'Giant' symbols to the grid at random. Giant symbols can be 2x2, 3x3, or 4x4 in size, and can be either a regular paying symbol or an Instant Prize Symbol. Once they land, they dissolve/disappear to reveal 1x1 copies of the landed symbol type filling that area. (verbatim, paytable_p9/p10.png, rules_p6.png)",
        "evidence_frame": "snowball_feature.png (a 3x3 giant grape-bunch symbol mid-dissolve into individual 1x1 grape cubes)"
      },
      {
        "name": "Ice Breaker Feature",
        "trigger": "After 2 winning cascades, can randomly trigger on any following non-winning cascade. Can also trigger on any following non-winning cascade whenever a Wild Jar Symbol is currently in play. (verbatim, rules_p7.png)",
        "effect": "Randomly removes between 1 and 3 regular Paying symbol types from the grid entirely (only regular paying fruit-cube symbols can be removed — Wild Jar, Giga Jar and Instant Prize symbols are exempt). (verbatim, paytable_p10.png, rules_p7.png)",
        "evidence_frame": "ice_breaker_feature.png — two symbol categories shown mid-removal: a set of glowing white/ice-crystal tiles (top area) and a set of glowing magenta/berry tiles (lower area) simultaneously dissolving off the board"
      }
    ]
  },

  "modes": [
    {
      "code": "base",
      "name": "Base Game",
      "kind": "base_modifier",
      "description": "7x7 cluster-pays base game with the six regular fruit-cube symbols, Instant Prize Symbols, and the chance-based Wild Jar / Giga Jar / Snowball / Ice Breaker features described above. No purchase entry point; no separate free-spins round exists in this game — all features play out on top of the base game grid."
    },
    {
      "code": "push_bet",
      "name": "Push Bet (ante)",
      "kind": "ante_modifier",
      "description": "Optional +80% Base Bet toggle that drops the first Wild Jar Symbol into the grid immediately at the start of the round, skipping the normal 3-consecutive-winning-cascades requirement to earn it. RTP with Push Bet: 96.47% vs 96.48% without."
    }
  ],

  "feature_coverage": {
    "base_game_cluster_wins": {
      "gameplay": ["cluster_win_landed.png", "cluster_win_paid.png", "cluster_win_clean.png"],
      "note": "Ordinary cluster resolution captured cleanly (basis evidence frame cluster_win_clean.png)."
    },
    "wild_jar_feature": {
      "gameplay": ["wild_jar_feature.png", "wild_jar_two_active.png"],
      "win": "wild_jar_feature_win.png",
      "note": "Single Wild Jar and two-simultaneous-Wild-Jar states both captured."
    },
    "ice_breaker_feature": {
      "gameplay": ["ice_breaker_feature.png"],
      "note": "Captured mid-removal (two frozen/glowing symbol groups visible dissolving)."
    },
    "snowball_feature": {
      "gameplay": ["snowball_feature.png"],
      "note": "Captured mid-dissolve of a 3x3 giant grape symbol into 1x1 copies."
    },
    "giga_jar_feature": {
      "gameplay": ["giga_jar_feature_trigger.png", "giga_jar_feature_full_trigger.png", "giga_jar_feature_gameplay.png", "giga_jar_feature_win.png", "giga_jar_feature_level_up.png", "giga_jar_feature_win_final.png"],
      "win": "giga_jar_feature_mega_win.png",
      "note": "Full chain captured: meter activation with 2/3 Wild Jars, 3/3 trigger and 2x2 landing, level progression to x10 (ladder shows x5 and x10 lit), round settling at a MEGA WIN screen of 31.45 fun on a 0.50 fun bet (x62.9). This feature happened to surface naturally after roughly 258 confirmed spins (154 from the original capturer session plus about 104 further spins under TL-run autoplay, remaining counter observed going from 500 toward 396)."
    },
    "instant_prize_symbol": {
      "gameplay": "Visible as coin-value tiles ('1','2','5','10', etc.) on several base-game and feature frames (e.g. cluster_win_clean.png shows a magenta-highlighted coin cluster forming alongside the documented blue-cube basis cluster in the same frame).",
      "note": "A dedicated isolated win frame for the Instant Prize cluster payout itself was not separately captured/labelled; its mechanic and value list are fully documented from the printed paytable/rules text (paytable_p3/p4.png, rules_p3/p4.png) and its tiles are visibly present on multiple captured frames."
    }
  },

  "interface": {
    "right_hand_rail": "Top-right: speaker/mute icon and hamburger menu. Right vertical rail (top to bottom): autoplay button (circular play-triangle icon), bet-select button (stack-of-coins icon), large circular spin/reload button at the bottom.",
    "bottom_navigation_in_side_panel": "Four icons: grid (paytable), question mark (rules / GAME INFO), gear (settings), shield (KNOW THE GAME).",
    "panels": {
      "paytable": {"pages": 10, "scroll_tool": "scroll_capture.py, exhausted=true, single continuous section"},
      "rules_game_info": {"pages": 9, "scroll_tool": "scroll_capture.py, exhausted=true, bottom confirmed by 'Server Version'/'Client Version' text on rules_p9.png"},
      "settings": {"pages": 1, "controls": ["All Sounds", "Sound Effects", "Music"], "each_a_simple_speaker-mute-icon toggle": true},
      "know_the_game": {"pages": 1, "content": "Repeats the RTP (with/without Push Bet), max win and operator-win-cap disclaimer text verbatim as an independent second location for these figures."}
    },
    "bottom_bar": "Balance shown bottom-left ('Balance: N.NN fun'), current in-round WIN amount shown centered bottom in large text ('WIN: N.NN fun'), Total Bet shown bottom-right ('Total Bet: N.NN fun')."
  },

  "not_captured": [],

  "unreadable_or_uncertain": [
    "The exact intended name of the 'blue cube' low-tier symbol (blueberry, ice cube, etc.) is not printed as a text label anywhere in the paytable — only inferred from its plain blue faceted-cube appearance and its position as the second lowest-tier symbol.",
    "A dedicated, isolated capture of an Instant Prize Symbol cluster win (5+ coin tiles resolving with a printed currency sum on their own, uncontaminated by other simultaneously-highlighted clusters) was not obtained; the mechanic and its 10 possible values (1x-1000x) are documented from the printed paytable/rules text only, cross-checked visually against coin tiles ('1','2','5','10', etc.) that appear on several captured frames.",
    "The rounded translucent circular counter shown bottom-right on several late-session frames (values such as '453', '396', '232', '126', '134', '123', '54') is the Autoplay-remaining-spins countdown from a 500-spin autoplay run started by the TL to surface the Giga Jar Feature — confirmed by the manifest note that Remaining went from 500 toward 396 during that session — not a separate in-game meter.",
    "Volatility rating is not printed anywhere in the captured build (paytable, rules, settings, KNOW THE GAME panel); per the Push Gaming playbook (P-U05), this field is normally sourced from the provider's storefront game-page tile only, and that page was not part of this capture task, so volatility is left unfilled here rather than guessed."
  ],

  "anomalies": [
    "P-U10 (CloudFront 403 CDN block) was worked around via a Berlin (DE) proxy exit — without the proxy the demo did not load at all (see playbook push.md section 16).",
    "The demo session expired once mid-capture ('Session missing or expired') and was fixed by a simple reload of open-slot; the demo balance reset to 1000.00 fun as a normal, expected side effect of that reload, not a loss of already-captured content."
  ],

  "provenance": {
    "provider_known": true,
    "novelty": false,
    "novelty_notes": "Push Gaming is an already-onboarded provider (playbook and defect registry exist). Giga Jar itself is a standard 7x7 cluster-pays game with a Push Bet ante toggle; no new provider-level UI pattern or mechanic type was discovered."
  }
}