Gold Rush Frog

{
  "game": {
    "name": "Gold Rush Frog",
    "provider": "BGaming",
    "brand_mechanic_name": "TRUE WAYS (TM) - BGaming's own trademark for a Megaways-style dynamic-reel mechanic (NOT the Big Time Gaming 'Megaways' trademark).",
    "theme": "Wild West / cowboy theme starring two anthropomorphic frog characters: a male frog rock-singer (cowboy hat, sunglasses, brown leather jacket, holding a microphone - this is also the WILD symbol) and his female friend (Victorian-style teal dress, brooch). Per in-game text (rules_p1.png): 'In this slot the brave Frog famous as a rock-singer together with his female friend goes to the Wild West in search of treasures.' Setting is a wooden saloon/frontier town at dusk with cacti, revolvers, guitars and playing-card royals as supporting motifs.",
    "documentation_purpose": "Exhaustive accessibility documentation (blind/low-vision screen-reader users, deaf/hard-of-hearing, color-blind of all types, motor-impaired) from the slot's screenshot set (1280x800 desktop) + OCR/verbatim in-game text + pixel-level zoom crops.",
    "method_notes": "All numeric claims were cross-checked directly against pixels using zoom.py crops (not taken on trust from the manifest). Where a capturer's note could not be independently confirmed on the cited frame, this is flagged explicitly below in 'second_reader_findings'. Items that remained unclear are listed in 'unreadable_or_uncertain' and NOT invented.",
    "language": "English"
  },

  "color_palette": {
    "background": "Wild-West wooden saloon storefront at dusk: warm orange terracotta roof tiles, honey/tan wood-plank walls, teal-blue side building, lit orange lanterns, blue-to-orange gradient sky.",
    "reel_frame": "Dark reddish-brown wood border with gold rivets/bolts along the edges.",
    "reel_cells": "Dark navy-blue semi-transparent tiles with faint vertical wood-plank texture, separated by thin dark red/maroon divider lines.",
    "logo_banner": "'GOLD RUSH FROG' in large 3D gold letters with dark red outline and drop shadow, on a red ribbon plaque; small red ribbon above reads 'TRUE WAYS' in gold on black, with a red TM mark.",
    "buy_bonus_button": "Circular wood-barrel-style button, olive/dark-green top face with lighter green wood-grain rim, gold text 'BUY BONUS' and price.",
    "chance_button": "Circular wood-barrel-style button, brown top face, gold text 'CHANCE x2' and price; when active the face turns a brighter orange/amber and text reads 'CHANCE x2 ACTIVE'.",
    "mystery_counter_plaque": "Small flat dark-navy/near-black rectangular plaque with a thin gold border, gold numeral text.",
    "jackpot_bar": "Tan/wood plaque top-left showing 'MINI' in green and 'MAJOR' in light blue text with white FUN values; top-right wood plaque showing 'MEGA JACKPOT' in gold with white FUN value.",
    "accent_colors": "Gold (frames, headings, prices), orange/amber (feature highlights, CONGRATS/GRAND WIN banners), red (SCATTER label, A royal, logo outline), purple (K royal, revolver body, free-spin x2/x5 multiplier chips), green (J royal, MINI jackpot label, cactus, Buy Bonus button), teal/dark-blue (reel cells, female frog dress)."
  },

  "symbols": {
    "note": "All payouts read directly from zoomed paytable crops (paytable_p1.png-paytable_p4.png), captured at Total bet = 0.10 FUN. Values below are the literal FUN amount printed in the paytable at that bet; the equivalent bet-multiplier is given in parentheses (value / 0.10). Cross-verified against a real base-game win: win_screen.png shows 3 Scatter symbols paying exactly 0.20 FUN at Total bet 0.10 FUN, identical to the paytable entry - confirming the paytable already prints the actual currency win at the displayed bet, not a raw 'per-way' multiplier that must be scaled again (see 'payout_basis_verification' below).",
    "wild": {
      "name": "WILD",
      "appearance": "Male frog character: bright green skin, brown wide-brim cowboy hat, purple-tinted sunglasses, brown leather jacket with gold shoulder studs, red neckerchief, holding a purple hand-held microphone in one hand, other hand open in a 'presenting' gesture. Framed on a gold-riveted mustard/gold plaque with the word 'WILD' in an orange ribbon at the bottom-right corner of the frame.",
      "rules": "Substitutes for all symbols in a winning combination except Scatter. Appears ONLY on reels 2, 3, 4 and 5 (never on reel 1 or reel 6) - confirmed by rules text (rules_p1.png, rules_p3.png, paytable_p1.png) and observed on base_game.png where the Wild card sits on reel 3.",
      "own_payout": "No standalone tiered payout table is shown for the Wild symbol on the paytable (it functions purely as a substitute).",
      "free_spins_multiplier": "During Free Spins every Wild that lands carries a random multiplier of x2, x3 or x5 (shown as a gold coin-like chip with the multiplier value overlapping the Wild symbol, e.g. 'x2' seen on free_spins_gameplay.png). If several Wilds land in the same spin, their multipliers are SUMMED, and the resulting total multiplier is applied to ALL winning combinations of that spin (not just combinations that include a Wild). Source: paytable_p11/p12.png and rules_p3/p4.png, identical wording in both places."
    },
    "scatter": {
      "name": "SCATTER",
      "appearance": "Tan/parchment scroll banner pierced by two crossed red-fletched arrows, with orange 3D 'SCATTER' text across the middle.",
      "rules": "Pays in ANY position on the reels (not part of a left-to-right way) starting from 3 of a kind. 4, 5 or 6 Scatters trigger the Free Spins feature; 3 Scatters pay but do NOT trigger Free Spins.",
      "payouts_at_0.10_bet": {"3": "0.20 FUN (2x bet)", "4": "0.50 FUN (5x bet)", "5": "1.00 FUN (10x bet)", "6": "2.00 FUN (20x bet)"},
      "verified_by": "win_screen.png shows exactly 3 Scatter symbols highlighted (on reels 1, 2 and 5) with Total win 0.20 FUN at Total bet 0.10 FUN - an exact match to the printed paytable value."
    },
    "high_value": [
      {
        "name": "Female frog (cowgirl / saloon-lady frog)",
        "appearance": "Green frog face with wavy brunette hair, blue eyes with lashes, pink rosy cheeks, wearing a dark teal Victorian-style high-collar dress with a round gold-and-brown cameo brooch at the neck; framed on a red card/plaque.",
        "payouts_at_0.10_bet": {"3": "0.05 FUN (0.5x)", "4": "0.10 FUN (1x)", "5": "0.20 FUN (2x)", "6": "0.50 FUN (5x)"}
      },
      {
        "name": "Cactus",
        "appearance": "Green saguaro-style cactus with multiple arms and small round spine-bumps, topped by a single pink flower.",
        "payouts_at_0.10_bet": {"3": "0.04 FUN (0.4x)", "4": "0.08 FUN (0.8x)", "5": "0.15 FUN (1.5x)", "6": "0.30 FUN (3x)"}
      },
      {
        "name": "Acoustic guitar",
        "appearance": "Honey-brown wooden acoustic guitar body with a gold rosette around the sound hole, dark fretboard, gold tuning pegs.",
        "payouts_at_0.10_bet": {"3": "0.03 FUN (0.3x)", "4": "0.05 FUN (0.5x)", "5": "0.10 FUN (1x)", "6": "0.20 FUN (2x)"}
      },
      {
        "name": "Revolver",
        "appearance": "Nickel/chrome-barrelled revolver with a brown wood grip, angled diagonally, small sparkle highlight on the barrel.",
        "payouts_at_0.10_bet": {"3": "0.02 FUN (0.2x)", "4": "0.03 FUN (0.3x)", "5": "0.05 FUN (0.5x)", "6": "0.10 FUN (1x)"}
      }
    ],
    "low_value_royals": {
      "note": "Four separate card-letter symbols, all sharing IDENTICAL payouts but distinguished by letter and color (checked individually - none are a merged/duplicated entry).",
      "list": [
        {"name": "A", "color": "red fill with wood-grain texture, gold beveled border"},
        {"name": "K", "color": "purple fill with wood-grain texture, gold beveled border"},
        {"name": "Q", "color": "brown/wood circular medallion shape (a wood-burned ring, not a straight letterform) with gold border and a dark central hole"},
        {"name": "J", "color": "green fill with wood-grain texture, gold beveled border"}
      ],
      "payouts_at_0.10_bet": {"3": "0.01 FUN (0.1x)", "4": "0.02 FUN (0.2x)", "5": "0.03 FUN (0.3x)", "6": "0.05 FUN (0.5x)"}
    },
    "coin_respin_feature_symbols": [
      {
        "name": "Coin",
        "appearance": "Circular gold/orange coin with a lighter diagonal highlight stripe and two small stars near the top and bottom edge; prints its own FUN value in the center once it lands (e.g. '0.60', '0.10', '1.00').",
        "rules": "6 or more Coin symbols landing on the reels in a single BASE GAME spin trigger the Coin Respin feature. Possible coin values (as a multiplier of the bet, per rules_p4.png): x1, x2, x3, x4, x5, x6, x8, x10, x12, x15, x20, x100 of the bet.",
        "value_catalog_verified": "Every coin value actually observed on screen at bet 0.10 (0.10, 0.20, 0.30, 0.40, 0.50, 0.60, 0.80, 1.00 FUN, across coin_respin_gameplay.png/coin_respin_win.png/chance_x2_active.png) exactly matches x1, x2, x3, x4, x5, x6, x8, x10 of 0.10 - confirming the printed catalog is currency-per-bet, not a fixed FUN amount."
      },
      {
        "name": "Lightning",
        "appearance": "Bright green lightning-bolt icon glowing inside a dark green rectangular plaque with a thin bright-green border.",
        "rules": "Appears only during the Coin Respin feature. Splits the reel 'unit' it lands in into two smaller EMPTY units (a big unit splits into two middle units; a middle unit splits into two small units); the new empty units can receive symbols starting the following spin. If Lightning lands in an already-small unit, one of the big or middle units elsewhere on the reels is instead randomly selected and split; if that randomly selected unit already held a coin, its win value is retained and duplicated on BOTH resulting new units."
      }
    ],
    "royals_repeat_pages": "The 'lady frog' and 'cactus' entries are printed twice across the (pre-thinning) paytable scroll due to normal scroll overlap between adjacent captured pages - this is a single symbol each, not two separate entries; confirmed by identical artwork and identical payout numbers on both occurrences."
  },

  "payout_basis_verification": {
    "claim": "Paytable FUN values (e.g. Scatter 3-of-a-kind = '0.20 FUN') are the DIRECT, already-bet-scaled win amount for that combination at the currently selected Total bet (0.10 FUN in all paytable_pN.png screenshots) - i.e. divide the printed FUN value by the anchor bet (0.10) to get the true bet-multiplier for that payout tier.",
    "apparent_conflict": "The printed rules text (rules_p6.png, 'Spin Results' section) literally states: 'Wins are multiplied by the bet per way, except for Scatter symbols.' Read alone this suggests paytable numbers are a PER-WAY raw multiplier that must be further multiplied by the number of active ways/bet - which they are not, per the direct evidence below.",
    "resolution": "win_screen.png shows a real 3-Scatter hit paying EXACTLY 0.20 FUN at Total bet 0.10 FUN - identical, to the cent, to the paytable's printed '3: 0.20 FUN' entry with no further scaling applied. coin_respin_win.png shows a 'GRAND WIN 7.10 FUN = 71x BET' banner, i.e. the game itself states the direct bet-multiple relationship on-screen. This is a known BGaming UI convention (paytable text is boilerplate engine copy that does not describe how the displayed numbers work) rather than a game-specific anomaly; the anchor-bet basis is directly demonstrated, not inferred.",
    "anchor_bet": "0.10 FUN (BGaming demo currency, not real money)."
  },

  "technical_summary": {
    "rtp_percent": 96.7,
    "rtp_source": "rules_p9.png / rules_p10.png (identical text spans the page break): 'The overall theoretical Return to Player (RTP) is 96.7%. RTP in the Free Spins feature 96.7%. RTP in the Coin Respins feature is 96.7%. RTP in the Chance x2 feature is 96.7%.' All four figures are printed identically as 96.7% - not a reading error, verified by re-reading both the pre-break and post-break renderings of the same sentence.",
    "volatility": "NOT stated anywhere in the captured screens (preview, all 10 rules pages, all 13 paytable pages checked). No volatility text, flame/bolt icon scale, or 'low/medium/high' label was found in-game. Honest omission - to be sourced externally if needed, not invented here.",
    "bet_min": "0.10 FUN",
    "bet_max": "50.00 FUN",
    "bet_ladder_full": [0.10, 0.20, 0.30, 0.50, 0.70, 1.00, 1.50, 2.00, 3.00, 4.00, 5.00, 7.00, 10.00, 15.00, 20.00, 30.00, 40.00, 50.00],
    "bet_source": "info_bet_ladder_min.png (dropdown open, current bet 50.00 FUN selected, full list 0.50 down to 50.00 visible) and bet_ladder_max.png (same dropdown at current bet 0.10 FUN, confirming 50.00 is the topmost/highest list entry with nothing above it).",
    "currency": "FUN - BGaming demo/play-money currency, not real money.",
    "reels": "6 reels; each independently and randomly shows between 2 and 8 symbols per spin ('TRUE WAYS' dynamic-height mechanic). Not a fixed row count - do not treat any single observed layout as the game's structure.",
    "ways_max": 262144,
    "ways_source": "preview.png ('262 144 WAYS'), rules_p7.png ('There are 6 reels, and they can contain from 2 to 8 symbols on every reel... the maximum number of possible ways to win is 262 144'), and arithmetically 8^6 = 262144 (all 6 reels at maximum height 8).",
    "ways_rule": "Wins are formed by matching symbols on adjacent reels starting from reel 1, appearing in ANY row position within each reel ('Bet Ways', paytable_p13.png). Only the longest matching combination on a given way is paid; wins on different ways for the same symbol are summed.",
    "win_rules": "Wins are paid according to the paytable value at the current bet (see payout_basis_verification). Matching wins on different ways are summed. If several winning combinations coincide with the qualifying Scatter count in the same spin, the player is paid for BOTH the Scatter win and all line/way wins in that spin (rules_p7.png).",
    "max_win": "x5000 of the bet, stated TWICE in-game: preview.png splash text 'MAX WIN X5000' and rules_p7/p8.png rules text 'The maximum winning amount in one spin is x5000 of the bet.' This CONFIRMS the web/provider-card figure of x5000 supplied by the team lead - no discrepancy found.",
    "max_win_source": "preview.png and rules_p7.png/rules_p8.png (identical figure printed twice, independently, in two different UI contexts)",
    "bonus_buy": "Yes. 'Buy Bonus' offers a choice of Free Spins OR Coin Respin, each priced at 100x the current Total bet (10.00 FUN at 0.10 bet; 5,000.00 FUN at 50.00 bet - confirmed proportional on two different bet levels). Buy Bonus is unavailable while the Chance x2 feature is toggled on.",
    "chance_x2": "A separate, additional purchasable feature (distinct from Buy Bonus) that DOUBLES the Total bet (observed: 0.10 -> 0.20 FUN) in exchange for an increased natural chance of triggering Free Spins or Coin Respin on any spin. It does not guarantee a feature trigger. Mutually exclusive with Buy Bonus (only one of the two can be active at a time). Source: rules_p5/p6.png verbatim text.",
    "game_rule_version": "Rule text footer (rules_p10.png): 'This is the game rule version 1.0, dated March 29, 2023.' - useful as release/rule-publication date evidence.",
    "keyboard": "Spacebar can be used instead of clicking the Spin button (togglable in Settings, 'Spacebar to spin', enabled by default).",
    "quick_spin_note": "Settings panel lists a 'Quick spin' checkbox; rules text notes 'Depending on the license requirements the feature may not be available' - in the captured demo it is present but shown UNCHECKED/off by default (settings.png)."
  },

  "features": {
    "free_spins": {
      "trigger": "4, 5 or 6 Scatter symbols landing anywhere on the reels in a single base-game spin.",
      "spins_awarded": {"4_scatter": 12, "5_scatter": 15, "6_scatter": 20},
      "retrigger": "3 or more Scatters landing during the Free Spins round award ADDITIONAL spins: 3 Scatters = +5, 4 Scatters = +12, 5 Scatters = +15, 6 Scatters = +20.",
      "wild_multiplier": "Every Wild during Free Spins carries a random x2/x3/x5 multiplier; multipliers of all Wilds landing in the same spin are summed and the total is applied to ALL winning combinations of that spin (not per-Wild). See 'symbols.wild' above.",
      "buy_price": "100x Total bet.",
      "captured_run": "One purchased round observed: award screen read 'CONGRATS! YOU'VE WON 12 FREE SPINS' (free_spins_trigger.png, matching the 4-Scatter tier), gameplay screenshot shows counter '4/12' with an active Wild x2 multiplier on reel 3 (free_spins_gameplay.png), and the round closed with Total win 1.20 FUN (free_spins_win.png, balance 990.00 -> 991.20 FUN)."
    },
    "coin_respin": {
      "trigger": "6 or more Coin symbols landing on the reels in a single base-game spin.",
      "mechanics": "Round starts with 3 respins remaining. The Coin symbols that triggered the feature stay locked in their positions for the whole round. Each new Coin or Lightning symbol that lands resets the respin counter back to 3. The round ends when the respin counter reaches 0, OR when all 48 grid positions (6 reels x 8 rows maximum) are filled with Coin symbols. At round end, all coin values on the board are summed and paid as a single win.",
      "lightning_symbol": "See 'symbols.coin_respin_feature_symbols' above - splits empty grid units into smaller empty units, creating more potential coin-landing spots as the round progresses.",
      "buy_price": "100x Total bet.",
      "captured_run": "One purchased round observed: trigger screen 'COIN RESPIN' with counter 'COINS 10/48' (coin_respin_trigger.png); gameplay screenshot shows a partially filled 48-position grid with individual coin values (0.10 to 1.00 FUN range at 0.10 base bet) and '3 Respins' remaining (coin_respin_gameplay.png); round closed with 'GRAND WIN 7.10 FUN = 71x BET' (coin_respin_win.png, balance 981.10 FUN unchanged in that frame - win not yet added to displayed balance)."
    },
    "jackpots": {
      "tiers": ["Mini", "Major", "Mega"],
      "trigger_rule": "Only reachable inside the Coin Respin feature. Mini and Major require 'corresponding coins' (i.e. special jackpot-branded coin symbols distinct from the ordinary value coins) to land - the exact visual appearance of these special coins was NOT observed in the captured footage (see not_captured). Mega Jackpot is awarded automatically whenever all 48 grid positions become filled with Coin symbols (rules_p5.png / paytable_p8.png, identical wording in both places: 'To win Mega Jackpot all 48 positions must be filled with coins.').",
      "values_are_bet_multipliers_not_fixed_currency": "Confirmed by comparing the SAME jackpot bar at two different bet levels: at Total bet 0.10 FUN -> Mini 2.00 / Major 10.00 / Mega 100.00 FUN (base_game.png); at Total bet 50.00 FUN -> Mini 1,000.00 / Major 5,000.00 / Mega 50,000.00 FUN (info_bet_50_pricing.png). Both give the exact same ratios: Mini = 20x bet, Major = 100x bet, Mega = 1000x bet. This is definitive: jackpot values scale linearly with bet and are therefore bet multipliers (20x / 100x / 1000x), not fixed FUN amounts.",
      "illustrative_paytable_screen_caveat": "paytable_p8.png/p9.png includes a decorative in-context mockup of a 'MEGA JACKPOT' win banner reading '27533' - this is a marketing/illustration graphic embedded in the paytable's Jackpots section (not tied to any bet value shown on that page) and should NOT be treated as a documented fixed jackpot amount; it conflicts with the bet-multiplier finding above and is almost certainly just placeholder/demo art."
    },
    "buy_bonus_dialog": {
      "options": ["Free Spins - 100x Total bet", "Coin Respin - 100x Total bet"],
      "note": "Both options cost the identical amount (100x Total bet) in the captured dialog (bonus_buy_dialog.png, both '10.00 FUN' at Total bet 0.10 FUN)."
    }
  },

  "mystery_counter_investigation": {
    "description": "A small dark plaque positioned directly below the BUY BONUS and CHANCE x2 buttons on the left edge of the game screen, showing a plain numeral with no visible label (e.g. '1792', '2880', '560', '15360', '1024', '1728'). The capturer flagged this as unidentified.",
    "conclusion": "This is a LIVE 'current number of ways' counter, equal to the mathematical product of the current heights (2-8) of all 6 reels for the reel state currently on screen.",
    "proof": "On base_game.png, the capturer independently counted the 6 reel heights pixel-by-pixel as [4, 2, 2, 7, 8, 2] (documented in manifest.json reel_layout). 4 x 2 x 2 x 7 x 8 x 2 = 1,792 - which is the EXACT number printed on the plaque in that same screenshot. The identical reel state (and identical '1792' plaque value) also appears in settings.png and autoplay.png, which are simply overlay dialogs opened on top of the same un-changed base-game spin - confirming the number is tied to reel state, not to elapsed time, round count, or balance.",
    "supporting_observations": "The plaque value changes on every screenshot with a visibly different reel configuration (free_spins_gameplay.png = '2880', free_spins_trigger.png = '560', free_spins_win.png = '15360', coin_respin_win.png = '1728', win_screen.png = '1024') and stays constant across screenshots sharing the same underlying spin (base_game.png / settings.png / autoplay.png all = '1792'). This pattern is fully consistent with a live ways-counter and inconsistent with any balance-, timer- or session-based counter.",
    "not_independently_recounted": "Reel-height counts for the OTHER frames (2880/560/1728/1024/15360) were not manually re-verified cell-by-cell (attempted on free_spins_gameplay.png but individual cell borders were not reliably distinguishable at the crop resolution used); the conclusion rests on the single clean, exact match on base_game.png plus the constant/changing pattern above, which is strong but not exhaustively re-proven on every frame.",
    "recommendation": "Document as 'live ways counter / hit-frequency indicator', a common TRUEWAYS/Megaways-style UI element, not a decorative or malfunctioning number."
  },

  "screens": {
    "preview": {
      "type": "preview",
      "content": "Splash screen shown before entering the game. 'B' BGaming logo top-left (gold letter on black circle). Small red ribbon 'TRUE WAYS' above the large 3D gold 'GOLD RUSH FROG' logo (dark red outline, drop shadow). Below the logo: 'MAX WIN X5000' (left) and '262 144 WAYS' (right), both in gold text. Center: a large decorative reel-frame graphic showing 3 SCATTER scroll symbols and the male Wild frog character peeking from behind, on a dusty red/maroon canyon background. Below that: a row of 4 feature callouts - 'COIN RESPIN', 'JACKPOT', 'FREE SPINS' (highlighted with a yellow glow outline box, presumably the feature that will play if the demo auto-triggers one), 'WILD WITH MULTIPLIER'. Bottom: blue wood-plank 'CLICK TO START' button. System clock readout top-right ('21:32', not game data).",
      "color_blind_notes": "Feature highlight uses a bright yellow GLOW OUTLINE around 'FREE SPINS' text, not color alone - the box shape itself is the primary cue."
    },
    "base_game": {
      "type": "base_game",
      "overall_layout": "6-reel dynamic-height grid (TRUE WAYS) centered in a dark-wood, gold-riveted frame, set against a Wild-West saloon storefront background (orange tiled roof, tan plank walls, teal side building, hanging lanterns).",
      "top_bar": "Left: 'MINI' (green label) and 'MAJOR' (light-blue label) jackpot amounts on a tan wood plaque. Center: 'TRUE WAYS' small ribbon above the large gold 'GOLD RUSH FROG' logo banner. Right: 'MEGA JACKPOT' amount on a matching tan wood plaque.",
      "left_side_stack": "Three stacked circular/rectangular elements: green wood-barrel 'BUY BONUS' button with price; brown wood-barrel 'CHANCE x2' button with price; small dark plaque with the live ways-counter number (see mystery_counter_investigation).",
      "right_side_decor": "Vertical wood signboard reading 'GOLD RUSH FROG' (rotated 90 degrees, decorative).",
      "bottom_bar": "Left: round 'i' info button and round gear/settings button, both dark translucent circles with white icon glyphs. Center-left: 'Total bet' field with up/down triangular arrows and the FUN amount. Center: scrolling marquee text ('Las Vegas brings you riches and fortune and fame!'). Left of the marquee area: 'Balance' FUN amount. Right: round 'A' autoplay button and round spin button (two white curved arrows forming a circle).",
      "color_blind_notes": "Jackpot tier labels (MINI/MAJOR/MEGA) are distinguished by TEXT and POSITION, not just their green/blue/gold color coding - safe for color-blind users. Buy Bonus vs Chance x2 buttons are distinguished by explicit text labels, not color alone."
    },
    "paytable": {
      "type": "paytable",
      "pages": "13 pages after TL thinning (raw capture was 24 pages; continuity verified by thin_scroll_pages.py, max shift 536px on a 600px panel).",
      "content_summary": "p1-p2: Wild, Scatter, then all paying symbols (female frog, cactus, guitar, revolver, A/K/Q/J) with full 3/4/5/6-of-a-kind payout tables. p3-p4: repeats of guitar/revolver/royals payout tables plus introduces the 'Coin' and 'Lightning' symbol headers (Coin Respin feature symbols). p5-p6: full Coin Respin feature explanation with a diagram illustrating a Lightning bolt splitting one grid unit into two smaller '0.5' coin units. p7-p8: Jackpots section explaining Mini/Major/Mega mechanics, illustrated by a decorative 'MEGA JACKPOT 27533' win-banner graphic. p9-p10: Free Spins trigger/award/retrigger rules, illustrated by 3-Scatter and Wild-multiplier diagrams. p11-p12: Wild-with-multiplier rules (multipliers summed across all Wilds in a spin) illustrated by a 4-Wild example board. p13: 'Bet Ways' explanation with a green-checkmark/red-X diagram showing which reel-adjacency patterns qualify as a winning way.",
      "navigation": "3-icon rail at bottom-left of the panel (money-bag = Payments/this section, clock = round history LINK not a content section, question mark = Help/rules section); close 'X' top-right of the panel.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Payout tiers are shown as plain white/gold NUMBER + FUN TEXT next to each symbol icon, not color-coded - fully legible without color discrimination."
    },
    "rules": {
      "type": "rules",
      "pages": "10 pages after TL thinning (raw capture was 16 pages; continuity verified, max shift 536px on a 600px panel).",
      "content_summary": "p1: About the Game (theme blurb) + How to Play + start of Autospins. p2-p3: full Autospins settings (stop conditions: on any win / bonus won / single win exceeds / balance increases by / balance decreases by). p3-p5: Features section restating Scatter, Free Spins, Wild-with-multiplier, Coin Respin feature and Lightning symbol rules verbatim (same wording as the paytable panel, cross-consistent). p5-p6: Jackpots, Buy Bonus, and Chance x2 rules (verbatim text used throughout this document). p6-p8: Spin Results rules (262,144 max ways statement, way-adjacency rules, max win x5000 statement, Scatter-plus-line stacking rule). p8-p9: Settings (Quick spin / Spacebar to spin / audio) and start of Return to Player. p9-p10: full RTP figures (96.7% overall + all 3 features), RNG statement, and Additional Information (malfunction voids pays/plays, 24h unfinished-round termination, 'no risk' assumption for player-choice features, and the game rule version/date footer: 'game rule version 1.0, dated March 29, 2023').",
      "color_blind_notes": "Body text is plain light-grey/white on a dark charcoal panel; bold white is used for defined terms (e.g. 'Total bet', 'Spin button') - contrast-based, not color-coded."
    },
    "settings": {
      "type": "settings",
      "title": "Settings",
      "content": "Small dark rounded-rectangle dialog centered over the dimmed reels. Two checkboxes: 'Quick spin' (UNCHECKED/off in the captured frame) and 'Spacebar to spin' (CHECKED/on). 'Audio' sub-header with a horizontal Volume slider (handle roughly 80% across the track) and two further checkboxes: 'Music' (checked) and 'Sound FX' (checked). Round 'X' close button top-right of the dialog.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Checkbox state shown by a white checkmark glyph inside a filled/outlined box (shape-based), not by color alone."
    },
    "autoplay": {
      "type": "autoplay",
      "title": "Autospin settings",
      "content": "Dark dialog anchored bottom-right over the dimmed reels, with an 'Advanced' toggle top-right (chevron icon). Two checkboxes: \"Don't stop the game on pop-ups\" and 'Enable quick spin' (both UNCHECKED in the captured frame). 'Numbers of rounds' label above a 3x3 grid of selectable round-count tiles: 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, 750, 1000, and an infinity symbol (unlimited).",
      "color_blind_notes": "Round-count tiles are plain numeral buttons on a uniform grey background - no color coding used."
    },
    "bonus_buy_dialog": {
      "type": "bonus",
      "content": "Full-screen dark-blue overlay titled 'BUY BONUS' with a red circular 'X' close button top-right. Two side-by-side panels: left 'FREE SPINS' (illustrated by the male Wild frog character with x5/x10/x2 multiplier chips flying off it) priced '10.00 FUN' with a 'BUY' button; right 'COIN RESPIN' (illustrated by a large glowing gold coin banner) priced '10.00 FUN' with a 'BUY' button. Both prices shown at Total bet 0.10 FUN (100x each).",
      "color_blind_notes": "The two options are separated by a vertical divider line and distinguished by icon/heading text, not color."
    },
    "free_spins_trigger": {
      "type": "bonus",
      "content": "Award announcement overlay on top of the reels: 'CONGRATS!' / 'YOU'VE WON' / large '12' inside a gold coin-ring medallion (with decorative flying coins, gemstones and dynamite-stick graphics around it) / 'FREE SPINS' / 'CLICK TO CONTINUE'. Left-side button stack now reads 'BONUS ACTIVE 10.00 FUN' in place of 'BUY BONUS'. Bottom bar shows 'Total win: 0.50 FUN' already accrued from the purchase spin itself.",
      "color_blind_notes": "The awarded spin COUNT is a large white/gold NUMBER inside the medallion, readable without color."
    },
    "free_spins_gameplay": {
      "type": "free_spins",
      "content": "Same 6-reel dynamic grid as base_game, no red/amber palette shift observed (background stays the same saloon scene, unlike some other titles). Left stack shows 'BONUS ACTIVE 10.00 FUN' and 'CHANCE x2 -0.10 FUN' (still visible/inactive). Bottom bar: 'Total bet 0.10 FUN', 'Win:' (blank, no line win this spin), 'Total win: 0.50 FUN' (running total), 'Free spins: 4/12' counter bottom-right. A gold 'x2' multiplier chip is shown floating over a Wild symbol / revolver stack in the middle of the grid.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Free-spin progress is a plain '4/12' TEXT counter, not a color-coded bar."
    },
    "free_spins_win": {
      "type": "win_screen",
      "content": "End-of-round state: reels show a normal spin result (no overlay banner), left stack reverted back to 'BUY BONUS 10.00 FUN' / 'CHANCE x2 -0.10 FUN' (feature has ended). Bottom bar: 'Total bet 0.10 FUN', 'Total win: 1.20 FUN', balance shown as 991.20 FUN (up from a pre-round 990.00 FUN, consistent with the purchase cost of 10.00 FUN having already been debited and the round paying back 1.20 FUN net win recorded)."
    },
    "coin_respin_trigger": {
      "type": "bonus",
      "content": "Full-width gold circular banner overlay reading 'COIN RESPIN' flanked by two crossed silver revolvers, on top of a dimmed partially-coin-filled reel grid (values 0.60/0.50/0.30 visible). Top bar shows a new 'COINS 10/48' circular counter that only appears during this feature. 'CLICK TO CONTINUE' prompt at the bottom. Left stack shows 'BONUS ACTIVE 10.00 FUN'."
    },
    "coin_respin_gameplay": {
      "type": "bonus",
      "content": "48-position (6x8) grid, partially filled with gold coin tiles printed with individual FUN values (0.60, 0.50, 0.30, 0.60, 0.10, 0.40 large + 0.40/0.20 small split units, 1.00 small unit, 0.10). Several still-empty cells show a faint scattering of small grey decorative sparkle/glass-shard icons (idle-cell decoration, not a distinct game symbol). 'COINS 10/48' counter top bar. Bottom-right: large '3' with 'Respins' label."
    },
    "coin_respin_win": {
      "type": "win_screen",
      "content": "'GRAND WIN' wood-sign banner over the coin grid: 'GRAND WIN' / '7.10 FUN' / '71x BET', flanked by a horseshoe icon (left) and a pile of gold coins + a purple coin pouch + a blue gemstone (right, decorative win-celebration art). Bottom bar: 'Total bet 0.10 FUN', 'Total win: 7.10 FUN', balance still shown as 981.10 FUN in this frame (pre-payout display)."
    },
    "chance_x2_active": {
      "type": "bonus",
      "content": "Same reel grid state as info_bet_50_pricing/base_game reference frames but at Total bet 0.10 FUN with Chance x2 toggled ON: the brown 'CHANCE x2' button is replaced by an amber/orange 'CHANCE x2 ACTIVE' button (no price shown while active), and the 'Total bet' field bottom-center now reads '0.20 FUN' (double the 0.10 FUN base). 'BUY BONUS 10.00 FUN' remains visible/available alongside it in this frame (note: rules state Buy Bonus should be disabled while Chance x2 is active - the button's exact disabled visual state, e.g. greyed out, was not confirmed in this crop)."
    },
    "win_screen": {
      "type": "win_screen",
      "content": "Base-game win: 3 SCATTER scroll symbols highlighted with a bright yellow glow box on reels 1, 2 and 5 (a large scatter icon appears centered as a further duplicate/decorative overlay). A dark plaque mid-board reads '0.20' (the win amount echoed on the board itself, in addition to the bottom bar). Bottom bar: 'Total bet 0.10 FUN', 'Total win: 0.20 FUN', balance 988.10 FUN.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Winning Scatter positions are marked by a YELLOW GLOW OUTLINE around each symbol cell (shape/position-based highlight), not by a color change of the symbol itself - safe for color-blind users."
    },
    "info_bet_ladder_min_and_max": {
      "type": "info",
      "content": "Two screenshots of the same 'Total bet' dropdown list (values 0.50 up to 50.00 shown, top-to-bottom descending 50.00...0.50) opened at two different current-bet states: info_bet_ladder_min.png has Total bet = 50.00 FUN selected/highlighted (top of list) with MINI/MAJOR/MEGA jackpot bar showing 1,000.00 / 5,000.00 / 50,000.00 FUN; bet_ladder_max.png has Total bet = 0.10 FUN selected (list scrolled to show '20.00' highlighted, which is a hover/mouse-position highlight, not the active bet) with the jackpot bar at 2.00 / 10.00 / 100.00 FUN. NOTE: despite the filenames ('min'/'max'), both screenshots show the SAME dropdown list content (0.50-50.00); the filenames refer to which value is the active/highlighted bet in each shot, not to different visible list ranges - see second_reader_findings for a full note on this potential source of confusion."
    },
    "info_bet_50_pricing": {
      "type": "info",
      "content": "Base game reel view at Total bet 50.00 FUN. Left stack: 'BUY BONUS 5,000.00 FUN' (green button), 'CHANCE x2 -50.00 FUN' (brown button), ways-counter plaque '1792' (identical value to the 0.10-bet base_game.png reference frame, confirming the underlying reel state is unchanged between these two capture moments - only the bet was changed). Top bar: MINI 1,000.00 / MAJOR 5,000.00 / MEGA JACKPOT 50,000.00 FUN."
    }
  },

  "accessibility_observations": {
    "screen_reader": "Stable control positions across all base-game states: info/settings icons bottom-left, bet field center-left, marquee message center, autoplay+spin bottom-right. Feature-purchase buttons (Buy Bonus, Chance x2) and the ways-counter plaque form a consistent vertical stack on the far left of the reel frame in every base-game/feature screenshot.",
    "motor": "Large circular spin button is the dominant bottom-right target; bet +/- and autoplay round-number tiles are all sizeable single-click targets; Spacebar-to-spin is available as a keyboard alternative (on by default).",
    "color_blind": "Most state changes are dual-coded: win highlights use a glow OUTLINE (shape) in addition to color, jackpot tiers are labelled by TEXT (MINI/MAJOR/MEGA) not color alone, feature-active states change the BUTTON TEXT ('BONUS ACTIVE' / 'CHANCE x2 ACTIVE') not just the button's fill color, and free-spin/respin progress is shown as plain numeric counters ('4/12', '3 Respins', 'COINS 10/48'). Residual risk: the four low-value royal letters (A/K/Q/J) are differentiated primarily by LETTERFORM plus color, which is fine for shape-based reading, but the 'Q' symbol's stylised circular medallion rendering could be mistaken for a plain wooden ring/token by a low-vision user unfamiliar with the font - flagged for extra alt-text emphasis ('the letter Q, shown as a round wood medallion').",
    "deaf_hard_of_hearing": "No audio-only information observed. All game state (wins, spins-left, respins-left, coins-collected, active features) is conveyed through on-screen text/numbers in addition to any sound effects. Sound/Music are independently toggleable in Settings."
  },

  "second_reader_findings": {
    "purpose": "Findings from cross-checking every capturer note in manifest.json against the actual pixels of its cited frame(s), as requested by the team lead. This is a full report, not a partial one - it lists genuine pixel-content notes that were checked and PASSED, and two source-citation issues that need correction.",
    "notes_checked_and_confirmed_accurate": [
      "base_game.png: BUY BONUS 10.00 FUN / CHANCE x2 -0.10 FUN / MINI 2.00 / MAJOR 10.00 / MEGA JACKPOT 100.00 - all confirmed on pixels.",
      "win_screen.png: 3 SCATTER highlighted on reels 1/2/5, Total win 0.20 FUN at bet 0.10 - confirmed, and this exact match to the paytable's printed Scatter-3 value is the strongest evidence for the whole payout-basis conclusion.",
      "coin_respin_win.png: 'GRAND WIN 7.10 FUN 71x BET' text - confirmed verbatim.",
      "free_spins_trigger.png: 'CONGRATS! YOU'VE WON 12 FREE SPINS' - confirmed verbatim.",
      "free_spins_win.png: Total win 1.20 FUN, balance 990.00->991.20 FUN, BUY BONUS panel restored - confirmed.",
      "coin_respin_trigger.png: 'COIN RESPIN' banner, 'COINS 10/48' counter - confirmed.",
      "chance_x2_active.png: 'CHANCE x2 ACTIVE' toggle, Total bet doubled 0.10->0.20 FUN - confirmed.",
      "info_bet_50_pricing.png: BUY BONUS 5,000.00 FUN / CHANCE x2 -50.00 FUN / MINI 1,000.00 / MAJOR 5,000.00 / MEGA 50,000.00 - confirmed, and independently used above to prove the jackpot-scaling conclusion.",
      "bonus_buy_dialog.png: two options, both 10.00 FUN at bet 0.10 - confirmed.",
      "reel_layout heights [4,2,2,7,8,2] on base_game.png and their product 262144-family arithmetic - confirmed exactly (product = 1792, matches the on-screen ways-counter plaque, see mystery_counter_investigation)."
    ],
    "source_citation_issues_found": [
      {
        "issue": "manifest.json 'reel_layout.declared_source' cites 'rules_p10.png' for the '262 144 maximum ways' sentence. After the team lead's page-thinning pass, that sentence is actually on rules_p7.png (Spin Results section, first paragraph). rules_p10.png (current numbering) instead contains Settings/Return to Player/RNG/Additional Information content (RTP figures, game rule version date) - it does NOT contain the ways statement.",
        "impact": "Low - the FACT (262,144 max ways) is independently confirmed on preview.png and is genuinely present in the rules booklet, just under a different current page number. Anyone re-opening 'rules_p10.png' specifically to re-verify this claim would not find it there.",
        "correct_source": "rules_p7.png (current post-thinning numbering)."
      },
      {
        "issue": "manifest.json 'reel_layout.note' cites 'rules_p13/p14.png, paytable_p13.png' as confirming the Mega Jackpot '48 positions' rule. rules_p13/p14 do not exist post-thinning (rules only has 10 pages); paytable_p13.png (current numbering) is actually the 'Bet Ways' adjacency-diagram page and does not mention jackpots or 48 positions at all.",
        "impact": "Low - the FACT (48 positions = 6 reels x 8 max height for Mega Jackpot) is genuinely present in-game and independently confirmed by this document on rules_p5.png and paytable_p8.png (verbatim identical sentence in both places).",
        "correct_source": "rules_p5.png and paytable_p8.png (current post-thinning numbering)."
      }
    ],
    "likely_cause": "Both citation issues reference page numbers that plausibly matched the RAW, pre-thinning capture (paytable had 24 raw pages, rules had 16 raw pages) before the team lead's thin_scroll_pages.py pass renumbered surviving pages sequentially. The underlying facts documented by the capturer were correct; only the page-number citations went stale after thinning.",
    "recommendation": "When citing paytable/rules pages in any future manifest note, re-verify the citation AFTER any thinning pass, not before - thinning changes which physical page number holds which content."
  },

  "unreadable_or_uncertain": [
    "The exact visual appearance of the special 'jackpot-branded' coin symbols needed to trigger the Mini/Major Jackpot (as opposed to ordinary value-printed coins) - not observed in the captured Coin Respin round; only the Mega Jackpot's 'fill all 48 positions' rule was directly evidenced.",
    "Whether Mini and Major Jackpot amounts also scale as clean bet-multiples the same way Mega does - inferred as very likely (they sit on the identical wood plaque and scaled 20x/100x exactly across two bet levels alongside Mega's 1000x) but not separately re-derived from a jackpot payout event (no jackpot win was captured).",
    "The precise mechanism/threshold by which the demo chose to award exactly 12 Free Spins (4-Scatter tier) and not 15 or 20 on the captured purchase - Buy Bonus guarantees ENTRY to the feature but the tier awarded on a purchase appears to still be randomized; not explicitly stated in rules text.",
    "Full reel-height product recount for frames other than base_game.png (2880/560/1728/1024/15360 values) - the ways-counter hypothesis is proven exactly once (base_game.png) and pattern-consistent elsewhere, but not independently re-derived cell-by-cell on every other frame (see mystery_counter_investigation.not_independently_recounted).",
    "Volatility rating - not printed anywhere in the 13 paytable pages or 10 rules pages captured.",
    "Whether the Chance x2 feature was visually shown as disabled/greyed-out on the Buy Bonus button while active - the captured chance_x2_active.png frame still shows 'BUY BONUS 10.00 FUN' in an apparently normal (not obviously greyed) state, which is not fully consistent with the rules text ('the feature is disabled if Chance x2 is active'); could not confirm a visual disabled-state cue from this single frame.",
    "The exact meaning of the 'MEGA JACKPOT 27533' number shown in the paytable's illustrative Jackpots-section graphic - treated as decorative/placeholder art, not a documented value (see features.jackpots.illustrative_paytable_screen_caveat)."
  ]
}