Happy Bamboo

{
  "game": {
    "name": "Happy Bamboo",
    "provider": "Push Gaming",
    "sub_studio": "Reel Hot Games",
    "sub_studio_evidence": "Flame-badge logo reading 'REEL HOT GAMES' in the top-left corner of preview.png, next to the volatility scale. This is a Push Gaming sub-brand, not the main Push Gaming wordmark (which does not appear on this splash).",
    "theme": "Chinese New Year / fortune-panda theme: a grinning red-and-gold panda deity presides above the reels, holding a basket of gold coins; reel symbols are Chinese playing-card suits rendered as jade/lacquer tokens with hanzi characters, gold scrolls, a jade monkey deity, and gold ingots/vessels ('bamboo buckets'). Setting is a sunlit Chinese temple courtyard with pagoda rooftops and drifting clouds.",
    "art_style": "Semi-flat 2D vector cartoon illustration with bold dark outlines around every character and symbol; symbols and characters use warm gradient/bevel shading (glossy metallic-gold highlights on coins and vessels, soft cel-shaded jade and lacquer tones on tokens) rather than perfectly flat fills, giving them a polished, glossy 'gem/lacquerware' look. Bright warm daylight palette (golden-orange sky with sun rays, red temple roof silhouettes, green jade accents); no dark background, no neon, no photorealistic or dramatic/cinematic lighting. Cheerful, family-friendly mobile-casual mood (grinning mascot panda, cute jade monkey characters). Camera is a straight-on frontal view of the reels and characters, not top-down or isometric.",
    "documentation_purpose": "Exhaustive accessibility documentation (blind/low-vision screen-reader users, deaf/hard-of-hearing, color-blind users of all types, motor-impaired users) built from 30 unique captured screenshots (desktop) + OCR ground truth + zoomed crops of small paytable/splash details.",
    "method_notes": "Every paytable and rules panel page was opened and read directly (image + zoom crops for small glyphs). Suit-symbol hanzi characters were verified with 6x zoomed crops. Numbers are taken verbatim from on-screen text. Two independent cross-checks were run: (1) the payout basis (total_bet vs per-line) was tested against a real captured payline win, not just the printed paytable text; (2) the volatility scale reading (2nd of 5 lit) was re-measured independently from the sub-studio badge crop and matches the capturer's original finding.",
    "language": "English"
  },
  "grid_and_paylines": {
    "reels": 3,
    "rows_per_reel": 3,
    "grid": "3x3 fixed grid, no cascading/tumbling reels observed",
    "mechanic": "fixed 5 paylines (not ways-to-win)",
    "source": "rules_p1.png: 'Happy Bamboo is a 3-reel slot game with 3 symbols per reel.'; paylines diagrammed on paytable_p14.png",
    "paylines": [
      {
        "line": 1,
        "shape": "straight top row (row 1 across all 3 reels)"
      },
      {
        "line": 2,
        "shape": "straight middle row (row 2 across all 3 reels)"
      },
      {
        "line": 3,
        "shape": "straight bottom row (row 3 across all 3 reels)"
      },
      {
        "line": 4,
        "shape": "diagonal top-left to bottom-right (row1-col1, row2-col2, row3-col3)"
      },
      {
        "line": 5,
        "shape": "diagonal bottom-left to top-right (row3-col1, row2-col2, row1-col3)"
      }
    ],
    "paylines_source": "paytable_p14.png, section 'Win Lines', 5 small grid diagrams with white highlighted cells (verified by 4x zoom crop, file _winlines.png)",
    "win_rule": "A line win is awarded when the same symbol appears in all 3 positions of a payline (this is a 3-reel/3-row game so every paying combination is effectively '3 of a kind'; the paytable lists only one payout tier per symbol, not 5/4/3-of-a-kind tiers like larger slots).",
    "win_rule_source": "rules_p1.png: 'A line win is awarded when a number of instances of the same symbol appear consecutively starting from the leftmost reel.' + rules_p2.png: 'The highest line win value is always awarded... Wins on separate win lines are added.'"
  },
  "color_palette": {
    "background_base_game": "Warm golden-orange sky with radiating sun rays; silhouette of a red-and-gold Chinese pagoda roofline with green roof-tile accents behind the reel frame; soft cream/beige clouds drift at the edges.",
    "reel_frame": "Ornate gold-lacquer frame with dark-green corner scroll ornaments (visible top-left and top-right of the reel window); the frame's inner background (behind the symbol tiles) is a flat cream/off-white.",
    "reel_dividers": "Thin dark lines separating the 3x3 grid of symbol tiles.",
    "mascot_panda": "Red-and-gold Chinese scholar/deity hat with black pompoms, white-and-brown panda face with glowing yellow/gold eyes, dark-red robe, holding a brown wicker pot of gold coins in both paws; appears docked above the reels on every base-game and feature screen.",
    "info_panels": "Dark charcoal/near-black panel background (PAYTABLE, GAME INFO, SETTINGS, AUTOPLAY, BET SELECT all share this panel style) with white body text, a thin red vertical accent bar to the left of each section heading, and bold white section headings.",
    "jackpot_ladder_left_bar": "Vertical dark-navy plaque stacked with 4 labelled tiers, each label in a different accent color: GRAND (gold/yellow text on dark-red plaque), MEGA (magenta/purple text on purple plaque), MINOR (green text on dark-green plaque), MINI (light-blue text on dark-blue plaque).",
    "accent_colors": "Gold (frame, panda's hat, WILD symbol, coins), jade/emerald green (suit-symbol backgrounds, Collector Symbol frame, monkey character), purple/magenta (Purse symbol, Heart suit, MEGA jackpot label), red (Scroll symbol, Club suit, panda's robe and hat), blue (Diamond suit, MINI jackpot label, Mystery Bamboo Symbol reveal-slot glow)."
  },
  "symbols": {
    "note": "This is a 3-reel/3-row game: the paytable prints only ONE payout value per symbol (a 3-symbol line match), not separate 5/4/3-of-a-kind tiers. All payout values below are printed in fun currency at the bet anchor of 0.50 fun (paytable_p1/p2, banner text: 'All wins shown are in fun and valid for the current bet of 0.50 fun'). A total-bet multiplier is also given for each (see payout_basis section for why total_bet, not per-line, was used to derive it).",
    "wild": {
      "name": "WILD",
      "appearance": "Square gold-framed tile; two ornate koi/carp fish (one orange-scaled, one cream/white-scaled) curving around a circular blue medallion, with the bold yellow-gold word 'WILD' (dark-red drop shadow) across the middle.",
      "payout_3_currency": "50.00 fun",
      "payout_3_total_bet_multiplier": 100,
      "rules": "Substitutes for all other paying symbols (suits, Scroll, Purse, Monkey, Panda). Does NOT substitute for the Mystery Bamboo Symbol, the Golden Mystery Bamboo Symbol, the Mystery Jackpot Symbol, or any symbol revealed from the Golden Mystery Bamboo Symbol.",
      "rules_source": "rules_p2.png: 'The Wild Symbol is a symbol that substitutes for all other paying symbols. The Wild Symbol doesn't substitute for the Golden Bamboo Symbol, Mystery Jackpot Symbol, or for any symbol revealed from the Golden Bamboo Symbol.'",
      "payout_source": "paytable_p1.png"
    },
    "high_value": [
      {
        "name": "Panda (red-hat monk panda)",
        "appearance": "Circular portrait on a red-and-gold ornate medallion frame: a panda face wearing a red conical hat with black pompoms and gold trim, brown paw-claws reaching forward, holding/framing a glowing yellow-and-white yin-yang emblem at the bottom of the medallion. Same character design as the mascot above the reels, but here as a paytable symbol.",
        "payout_3_currency": "50.00 fun",
        "payout_3_total_bet_multiplier": 100,
        "rank": "tied highest-paying regular symbol (same value as WILD)",
        "colorblind_note": "Distinguishable from WILD by shape (round medallion vs square fish tile) and by the yin-yang emblem/panda face vs koi fish + 'WILD' text — no color dependency."
      },
      {
        "name": "Green Monkey (jade monkey deity)",
        "appearance": "Square light-green-framed tile: a green-furred monkey face with a gold crown/headband, teal-green eyes, wrapped in a dark-teal cloak/scarf.",
        "payout_3_currency": "12.50 fun",
        "payout_3_total_bet_multiplier": 25
      }
    ],
    "mid_value": [
      {
        "name": "Scroll (red)",
        "appearance": "Red hexagonal tile with a rolled gold-and-red parchment scroll, tied with red cord.",
        "payout_3_currency": "2.50 fun",
        "payout_3_total_bet_multiplier": 5
      },
      {
        "name": "Purse (pouch)",
        "appearance": "Purple/magenta hexagonal tile with a small drawstring pouch/purse, blue cord tie, gold clasp at the bottom.",
        "payout_3_currency": "1.50 fun",
        "payout_3_total_bet_multiplier": 3
      }
    ],
    "low_value_suits": {
      "note": "Four Chinese playing-card suit tokens. Each pair shares the classic card-suit outline shape (club/heart/spade/diamond) but is otherwise disambiguated by THREE independent non-color cues: (1) a distinct hanzi character engraved in the center, (2) a distinct token background color, (3) the suit outline shape itself. This makes the four suits fully distinguishable for color-blind users by shape+glyph alone.",
      "symbols": [
        {
          "name": "Club suit token",
          "appearance": "Red club-shaped (three-lobed clover) token with the hanzi character '人' (person) engraved in the center.",
          "payout_3_currency": "0.50 fun",
          "payout_3_total_bet_multiplier": 1
        },
        {
          "name": "Heart suit token",
          "appearance": "Purple heart-shaped token with the hanzi character '水' (water) engraved in the center.",
          "payout_3_currency": "0.50 fun",
          "payout_3_total_bet_multiplier": 1
        },
        {
          "name": "Spade suit token",
          "appearance": "Green spade-shaped token with the hanzi character '土' (earth) engraved in the center.",
          "payout_3_currency": "0.25 fun",
          "payout_3_total_bet_multiplier": 0.5
        },
        {
          "name": "Diamond suit token",
          "appearance": "Blue diamond-shaped token with the hanzi character '風' (wind) engraved in the center.",
          "payout_3_currency": "0.25 fun",
          "payout_3_total_bet_multiplier": 0.5
        }
      ],
      "payout_source": "paytable_p2.png; glyphs verified with 6x zoom crops (_club.png, _heart.png, _spade.png, _diamond.png)"
    },
    "mystery_and_feature_symbols": [
      {
        "name": "Mystery Bamboo Symbol",
        "appearance": "Square token filling almost the whole tile with three tall green bamboo stalks and small leaf sprigs, gold-and-green ornate corner brackets on the frame; no payout value printed (not a paying symbol on its own).",
        "role": "Can land anywhere on the reels during any base-game spin. When one or more land, ALL Mystery Bamboo Symbols on the reels simultaneously reveal the SAME type of symbol: either a Wild Symbol, a regular Paying Symbol, or a Golden Mystery Bamboo Symbol.",
        "role_source": "paytable_p3.png / rules_p2-p3.png",
        "captured_on": "base_game_payline_win.png shows three Mystery/Diamond-adjacent... (not applicable); the symbol itself is illustrated on paytable_p3.png; not observed landing live in the captured spins."
      },
      {
        "name": "Golden Mystery Bamboo Symbol",
        "appearance": "Square gold-framed tile showing a tall golden bamboo bucket/vessel (a cylindrical gold container with two waist-bands, flanked by two gold leaf sprigs) on a green background.",
        "role": "Revealed from Mystery Bamboo Symbols. Each Golden Mystery Bamboo Symbol 'opens and spins through' to reveal one of: a Coin/Instant Prize Symbol, a Collector Symbol, a Multiplier Symbol, or a Mystery Jackpot Symbol. Landing this symbol is what starts the Golden Bamboo Feature round.",
        "role_source": "paytable_p3-p4.png / rules_p3.png",
        "captured_on": "golden_bamboo_trigger.png (3 copies land simultaneously, see features.golden_bamboo_feature.trigger_correction below)"
      },
      {
        "name": "Instant Prize Symbol (also called 'Coin Symbol' in the summary list)",
        "appearance": "Hexagonal medallion/coin token in bronze, gold, or silver metal tone, with the prize value printed in large letters on its face (illustrated examples on paytable_p7.png: a bronze coin '1.00', a glowing gold coin '100.00', a silver coin '25.00').",
        "role": "Can land during the Golden Bamboo Feature. Values are Bet Multipliers: x1, x2, x5, x10, x25, x50, x100 of the total bet.",
        "role_source": "paytable_p7.png / rules_p5.png: 'Instant Prizes are Bet Multipliers and their values are: x1, x2, x5, x10, x25, x50 and x100.'",
        "captured_on": "golden_bamboo_reveal.png shows two Instant Prize coins landing: a bronze coin '1.00' and a silver coin '2.50' -- note these two printed values (1.00, 2.50) are NOT on the buklet's illustrative x1..x100 example list, because the buklet shows generic bet-multiplier LABELS while the game renders them already converted to fun currency at the live 0.50 fun bet (1.00 = x2, 2.50 = x5 of total bet)."
      },
      {
        "name": "Collector Symbol",
        "appearance": "Square token with a green background and a red-and-gold ornate rosette/medallion frame containing a large gold letter 'C'.",
        "role": "Can land during the Golden Bamboo Feature. On landing, it collects (sums) the value of all other Instant Prize Symbols, Mystery Jackpot Symbols, and other Collector Symbols on the reels; those symbols are then removed. The Collector Symbol itself stays on the reels for the rest of the feature; empty positions keep spinning through possible prizes.",
        "role_source": "paytable_p5-p6.png / rules_p4.png",
        "captured_on": "not observed landing live; described from paytable illustration only"
      },
      {
        "name": "Multiplier Symbol",
        "appearance": "Square gold-framed token, dark-green circular center, gold multiplier value printed in the middle (e.g. 'x10').",
        "role": "Can land during the Golden Bamboo Feature. On landing, it applies its multiplier value to every Instant Prize Symbol, Mystery Jackpot Symbol, and Collector Symbol on the reels, then is removed itself; multiplier is applied at the end of the spin. Values: x2, x3, x4, x5, x10.",
        "role_source": "paytable_p6-p7.png / rules_p4-p5.png",
        "captured_on": "golden_bamboo_reveal.png shows one Multiplier Symbol displaying 'x2', not yet resolved in that frame (final BIG WIN of 8.50 in golden_bamboo_win.png implies the x2 multiplier ultimately did NOT apply to the final total, since 1.00+2.50+5.00=8.50 exactly -- see features section note)."
      },
      {
        "name": "Mystery Jackpot Symbol",
        "appearance": "Square token: a glowing gold treasure chest labelled 'MYSTERY' in the center, surrounded (in the illustrative paytable art) by four tilted colored plaques: 'MINOR' (teal/green), 'MEGA' (purple), 'MINI' (blue), 'GRAND' (orange/fire). In actual gameplay the symbol shows only ONE of these four labels once it lands and settles (captured: 'MINI' on a dark-blue plaque in golden_bamboo_jackpot_mini.png).",
        "role": "Can only land during the Golden Bamboo Feature. On landing it slowly rotates/cycles through the four jackpot names; after all Instant Prizes have landed, it spins through and settles on one jackpot, which is then awarded.",
        "role_source": "paytable_p8-p9.png / rules_p5-p6.png",
        "captured_on": "golden_bamboo_jackpot_mini.png (settled on MINI, 5.00 fun paid)"
      },
      {
        "name": "Dud Symbol",
        "appearance": "Small dark/black diamond-outline glyph on an off-white tile (seen filling the 'empty' reel positions in the Hold and Respin illustration on paytable_p13-p14.png).",
        "role": "A non-winning filler symbol that can land during the Hold and Respin Feature alongside Mystery Bamboo Symbols; landing a Dud does not lock that reel and does not continue the respin sequence.",
        "role_source": "rules_p7.png / paytable_p12.png: 'The following symbols can land: Mystery Bamboo Symbols, Dud Symbols.'",
        "captured_on": "only seen in the static paytable illustration, not in live gameplay"
      }
    ]
  },
  "jackpots": {
    "type": "fixed (Mystery Jackpot, awarded only inside the Golden Bamboo Feature via the Mystery Jackpot Symbol)",
    "levels": [
      {
        "name": "Mini",
        "multiplier_of_base_bet": 10,
        "value_at_anchor_0.50": 5.0
      },
      {
        "name": "Minor",
        "multiplier_of_base_bet": 25,
        "value_at_anchor_0.50": 12.5
      },
      {
        "name": "Mega",
        "multiplier_of_base_bet": 100,
        "value_at_anchor_0.50": 50.0
      },
      {
        "name": "Grand",
        "multiplier_of_base_bet": 500,
        "value_at_anchor_0.50": 250.0
      }
    ],
    "second_anchor_check": "The Swapper Feature and Hold and Respin illustrations on paytable_p10/p13/p14.png show the SAME jackpot ladder rendered at a different implied anchor bet (1.00): GRAND 500.00, MEGA 100.00, MINOR 25.00, MINI 10.00 -- these are exactly double the 0.50-anchor values, which is an independent confirmation of the x500/x100/x25/x10 Base Bet multipliers.",
    "source": "rules_p6.png text: 'The Jackpot values are Base Bet multipliers, and their values are: Mini (x10), Minor (x25), Mega (x100), Grand (x500).' + jackpot_ladder.png (clean on-screen ladder read directly: GRAND 250.00, MEGA 50.00, MINOR 12.50, MINI 5.00 at Total Bet 0.50) + golden_bamboo_jackpot_mini.png (live MINI award of 5.00 fun at 0.50 fun bet, matches x10).",
    "always_visible": "The jackpot ladder (GRAND/MEGA/MINOR/MINI) is docked on the left edge of the screen on every base-game and feature screen, updating live with the current bet."
  },
  "technical_summary": {
    "rtp_percent": 96.31,
    "rtp_source": "rules_p9.png: 'The theoretical average return to player (RTP) is 96.31%.' -- single value printed in the build; no ante/bonus-buy variant is offered.",
    "rtp_storefront_discrepancy": "The provider's public game page lists a second value, 94.23%, alongside 96.31%. This second figure is NOT printed anywhere inside the demo build (checked all 9 rules pages and 14 paytable pages) and reads like an operator-configurable RTP tier. Not asserted as a build value; recorded here only as a caveat.",
    "volatility": "Medium-low. Shown on the preview/splash screen (preview.png) as a 5-bar ascending 'VOLATILITY' icon, top-left, next to the Reel Hot Games badge; only the 2nd bar (of 5, ascending height) is filled solid orange/red, the other 4 bars are dark unfilled outlines. Verified independently with a 6x zoom crop (_vol_zoom.png).",
    "volatility_storefront_note": "The provider's public game page prints the coarser label 'VOLATILITY Mid', which does not contradict a med_low reading (it is a broader bucket).",
    "min_bet": "0.30 fun",
    "max_bet": "100.00 fun",
    "bet_source": "betmenu_p1.png (top of scrollable Total Bet list, first row = 0.30 fun) and betmenu_p4.png (bottom of the list, scrollbar thumb at the bottom of the track, last row = 100.00 fun)",
    "default_demo_bet": "0.50 fun",
    "demo_starting_balance": "1,000.00 fun",
    "currency_note": "The demo uses a play-money unit labelled 'fun' throughout (balance, bet, all paytable values) -- this is the standard Push Gaming demo token, not a real-money currency.",
    "max_win_multiplier": "Not printed anywhere in the captured build (checked all 14 paytable pages and 9 rules pages). Not stated -- do not infer from jackpot values.",
    "bonus_buy": "Not present. No BUY / purchase control was found in the interface, and none of the 14 paytable pages or 9 rules pages mention a purchase price for any feature.",
    "server_version": "1.1.1",
    "client_version": "3.222.0",
    "client_build_date": "02-07-2026",
    "version_source": "rules_p9.png"
  },
  "payout_basis": {
    "value": "total_bet",
    "why": "Settled by the JACKPOT LADDER, an independent printed ruler - not by the single win measurement, which cannot decide the question at all.",
    "buklet_self_contradiction": "P-U15 pattern: rules_p2.png says 'The paytable reflects the current bet configuration, based on the bet per line', while rules_p8.png separately defines 'Base Bet' only as 'the bet selected for each new spin or game round' (a circular/generic definition that does not clarify whether Base Bet = Total Bet or Bet Per Line). The two statements are not reconciled anywhere in the buklet. Per project rule, the live measurement above overrides the printed 'per line' phrase.",
    "decisive_evidence": {
      "source": "rules_p6.png, verbatim: 'The Jackpot values are Base Bet multipliers, and their values are: Mini (x10), Minor (x25), Mega (x100), Grand (x500)'",
      "meter_at_0.50_bet": {
        "Mini": 5.0,
        "Minor": 12.5,
        "Mega": 50.0,
        "Grand": 250.0
      },
      "arithmetic_total_bet": "10*0.50=5.00, 25*0.50=12.50, 100*0.50=50.00, 500*0.50=250.00 - four matches out of four",
      "arithmetic_per_line": "with 5 paylines the per-line stake is 0.10, giving 10*0.10=1.00, 25*0.10=2.50, 100*0.10=10.00, 500*0.10=50.00 - not one of them matches the meter",
      "verified_by": "TL, by reading the on-screen jackpot meter directly"
    },
    "why_the_win_measurement_is_not_proof": "The paytable is printed IN CURRENCY for the CURRENT bet, so a win measured at that same bet reproduces the printed tier under EITHER basis: as 0.5x of the total bet (0.5*0.50=0.25) or as 2.5x of the per-line stake (2.5*0.10=0.25). The symbol's multiplier is DERIVED from the printed value, so it adapts to whichever hypothesis is assumed - which is precisely why the measurement cannot discriminate. More generally, no measurement that varies only the TOTAL BET can decide this: both hypotheses are linear in it.",
    "booklet_self_contradiction": "P-U15: rules_p2.png says the paytable is 'based on the bet per line', while rules_p6.png says 'based on the Base bet' and defines Base Bet only as 'the bet selected for each new spin or game round' - a circular definition that does not resolve the conflict. This is why an independent ruler was required."
  },
  "features": {
    "pile_up_the_pot": {
      "type": "purely visual, NOT a mechanic with its own trigger or payout",
      "description": "On winning spins, small gold hexagonal coins animate flying upward from the win position toward the mascot panda's wicker pot above the reels (captured in pile_up_the_pot_visual.png).",
      "explicit_disclaimer": "rules_p6.png, verbatim: 'The Panda Pot in the game is purely for visual entertainment and does not influence the awarding of the Hold and Respin Feature.' Also on paytable_p3.png/rules_p3.png with the same wording.",
      "trigger_wording_caveat": "rules_p6.png ALSO says, one sentence earlier: 'When a Golden Coin is collected to the Panda Pot, the Hold and Respin feature has a chance to trigger.' This sentence pairs a visual coin-collection cue with the Hold and Respin trigger chance, which reads as if the pot matters -- but the very next sentence explicitly denies that the pot itself influences the award. Documented as printed; not resolved further because Hold and Respin's gameplay round could not be captured (see not_captured)."
    },
    "golden_bamboo_feature": {
      "status": "fully captured: trigger, reveal, jackpot award, and win screen",
      "trigger_as_captured": "golden_bamboo_trigger.png shows 3 Golden Mystery Bamboo Symbols (gold bucket icon) landed simultaneously: reel2/row1, reel3/row1, reel3/row2.",
      "trigger_correction": "The manifest note for this frame claimed '4 Golden Mystery Bamboo Symbols' at positions col2 row1+row3 and col3 row1+row2. A direct pixel-level re-check of the full 3x3 grid (crop _trigger_full.png) found only 3 gold-bucket tiles: reel2/row1, reel3/row1, reel3/row2. Reel2/row3 in that frame is a green Spade suit token, not a gold bucket. No printed minimum-count trigger threshold was found anywhere in the 14 paytable pages or 9 rules pages for the Golden Bamboo Feature, so the true trigger requirement (minimum number of Golden Mystery Bamboo Symbols needed) is UNKNOWN -- only that 3 simultaneous landings did trigger it in this observed instance.",
      "reveal": "golden_bamboo_reveal.png: the 3 Golden Mystery Bamboo tiles resolved into: reel2/row1 = Instant Prize coin '5.00' (bronze/silver tone), reel2/row2 = Multiplier Symbol 'x2' (this tile sits where the Panda paying symbol had been; during the feature the whole reel2/row2 cell is used for a feature symbol), reel3/row1 = Instant Prize coin '1.00'.",
      "jackpot_award": "golden_bamboo_jackpot_mini.png: reel2/row1 settled to display 'MINI' (Mystery Jackpot Symbol, dark-blue plaque), which then paid the Mini jackpot value of 5.00 fun (= x10 of the 0.50 fun Base Bet); reel3/row1 remained an Instant Prize coin '1.00'; reel2/row2 (the x2 Multiplier tile) is dimly visible in this frame, its resolution not separately captured.",
      "final_result": "golden_bamboo_win.png: 'BIG WIN 8.50' fun. Arithmetic check: printed Instant Prizes 1.00 + 2.50 (a second coin visible faintly in the background of the win screen, matching golden_bamboo_reveal.png's second coin value) + Mini jackpot 5.00 = 8.50 fun exactly. This total matches WITHOUT applying the x2 Multiplier symbol seen mid-feature, implying either the x2 multiplier did not end up applying to these particular symbols, or it applied to a different (uncaptured) component of the round. Not resolved further; recorded as observed.",
      "balance_confirmation": "Balance before the round was 989.50 fun (visible in golden_bamboo_trigger.png/reveal/jackpot frames); the feature was purchased or reached organically during autoplay, not via a bonus-buy button (none exists in this build)."
    },
    "hold_and_respin": {
      "status": "TRIGGER CONFIRMED but the respin gameplay and outcome were NOT captured",
      "mechanic_from_buklet": "On triggering, a multiplier wheel appears and spins to determine an end-of-round multiplier of x2, x3, x4, x5 or x10 (paytable_p11-p12.png / rules_p6-p7.png). After the multiplier is set, all 9 individual symbol slots spin together and stop in a staggered manner; each position can land either a Mystery Bamboo Symbol or a Dud Symbol. Any reel showing a Mystery Bamboo Symbol is locked in place for all subsequent respins. The sequence continues as long as new Mystery Bamboo Symbols keep landing, and ends when either no new Mystery Bamboo Symbols land, or all 9 slots are filled with Mystery Bamboo Symbols. At the end, all Mystery Bamboo Symbols reveal either a Paying Symbol or a Golden Mystery Bamboo Symbol, and the total win is multiplied by the end-of-round multiplier determined at the start.",
      "evidence_it_is_reachable": "hold_respin_awarded.png: an award screen reading 'YOU HAVE BEEN AWARDED / HOLD AND RESPIN / CLICK TO CONTINUE' was captured after the feature was triggered organically on the 149th confirmed spin of a 167-spin hunt.",
      "why_gameplay_missing": "The award screen was waiting on a click, but the capture session's own time/action budget was exhausted at that point (429 responses on further clicks); reloading the page does not resume the same round, it opens a fresh demo session. A second hunting attempt in a new session reached 167 confirmed spins total before two consecutive infrastructure failures (an in-game 'Serialization error' followed by a 'Too Many Requests' response from the proxy exit) forced a stop, per the project's two-strikes rule.",
      "spin_count": 167,
      "purchase_available": false,
      "not_captured": [
        "Hold and Respin multiplier-wheel reveal screen",
        "the staggered 9-slot respin sequence itself",
        "the Mystery Bamboo reveal at the end of the sequence",
        "the final multiplied win amount / win screen"
      ]
    },
    "swapper_feature": {
      "status": "described only from the buklet -- did not trigger in 167 confirmed spins, no purchase available",
      "mechanic": "'When the Panda hits the top of the reels, two symbols swap positions to create a winning combination.' (paytable_p9-p10.png / rules_p8.png, verbatim quote). The illustration on paytable_p10.png shows the mascot panda positioned above reel column 1/2 with an arrow swapping a Monkey symbol (reel1/row1) with a Panda symbol (reel2/row1) to complete a combination.",
      "trigger_condition_detail": "The exact trigger condition ('Panda hits the top of the reels') is not further quantified anywhere in the captured buklet -- no printed odds, frequency, or explicit trigger symbol/counter was found.",
      "purchase_available": false
    }
  },
  "screens": {
    "preview": {
      "type": "preview",
      "content": "Full-bleed promo/splash screen shown before entering the demo. Center: game logo 'HAPPY BAMBOO' -- 'HAPPY' in yellow-orange 3D letters with red outline, 'BAMBOO' in green letters with red outline, small green bamboo-leaf decorations at the top corners of the wordmark. Below the logo, three feature tiles side by side on a dark-red gradient background inside a large rounded panel: (1) 'PILE UP THE POT' -- two gold coin icons with a green arrow pointing down into a wicker pot, caption 'LAND AND COLLECT GOLDEN COINS FOR A CHANCE TO TRIGGER THE FEATURE'; (2) 'HOLD AND RESPIN' -- a 3x3 grid icon mixing green bamboo-stalk tiles and blue diamond tiles, caption 'LAND MYSTERY SYMBOLS AND REVEAL TO WIN'; (3) 'GOLDEN BAMBOO FEATURE' -- a 2x2 grid of gold bamboo-bucket icons, caption 'REVEAL AND SPIN FOR BIG PRIZES'. Top-left corner: 'REEL HOT GAMES' flame-badge logo (orange flame over a ball, red 'REEL HOT' wordmark, smaller 'GAMES' below) next to a 5-bar ascending 'VOLATILITY' icon (2nd bar lit orange). Bottom center: 'CLICK TO CONTINUE' in white text.",
      "purpose": "Entry point / feature-primer screen; clicking anywhere advances into the base game.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Feature names and instructions are printed as text captions under each icon, not conveyed by color alone. The volatility bar count (2 of 5 filled) is a shape/count cue, independent of the orange fill color."
    },
    "base_game": {
      "type": "base_game",
      "overall_layout": "3-reel x 3-row grid centered on screen, inside a gold-lacquer frame with dark-green corner ornaments; the mascot panda character sits docked directly above the reel frame, holding a wicker pot, in front of a red-roofed pagoda silhouette.",
      "title_banner": "Top-left corner: 'HAPPY BAMBOO' logo (same styling as the splash logo, smaller scale) in a rounded dark plaque.",
      "jackpot_ladder": "Left side of the screen: vertical dark-navy plaque with 4 stacked tiers from top to bottom: GRAND 250.00, MEGA 50.00, MINOR 12.50, MINI 5.00 (values shown are live at the current Total Bet of 0.50 fun and would scale with a different bet).",
      "top_right_controls": "A small grey speaker/mute icon and a hamburger-menu icon ('=') stacked at the very top-right of the screen.",
      "right_side_controls": "A circular icon showing two curved arrows (spin/reload icon) and, below it, a stacked-coins icon (likely bet/balance menu access), positioned vertically along the right edge.",
      "bottom_bar": {
        "left": "'Balance: 1,000.00 fun' in white text, bottom-left.",
        "right": "'Total Bet: 0.50 fun' in white text, bottom-right."
      },
      "win_readout": "During a winning spin, a 'WIN: <amount> fun' banner appears centered at the bottom of the reel frame in large white/gold text (captured in base_game_payline_win.png).",
      "color_blind_notes": "Jackpot tier names (GRAND/MEGA/MINOR/MINI) are always printed as text labels, not distinguished by color alone, though each tier does also use a distinct accent color as a secondary cue."
    },
    "paytable": {
      "type": "paytable",
      "pages": "14 pages total, single continuously-scrolling panel, opened via a small grid icon in the bottom navigation bar of the game window; confirmed to start at the true top (paytable_p1.png header 'PAYTABLE' + 'Symbols') and end at the true bottom (paytable_p14.png, Win Lines diagrams, manually re-confirmed with an extra scroll after 'exhausted' was first reported).",
      "content_summary": "p1-p2: WILD and all paying symbols with payouts. p3-p9: feature symbol glossary in order -- Mystery Bamboo Symbol, Golden Mystery Bamboo Symbol, Collector Symbol, Multiplier Symbol, Instant Prize Symbol, Mystery Jackpot Symbol. p9-p10: jackpot values table + Swapper Feature. p10-p13: Hold and Respin Feature. p14: the 5 Win Lines diagrams.",
      "navigation": "Bottom nav bar shared across all panels: grid icon (paytable), '?' icon (game info/rules), gear icon (settings), shield icon (responsible gaming, unconfirmed). Panel closes via an 'X' at the top-right of the panel header.",
      "bet_anchor_note": "A banner near the top of page 1 states 'All wins shown are in fun and valid for the current bet of 0.50 fun', confirming every payout number on every page reflects the live 0.50 fun bet used throughout capture."
    },
    "rules": {
      "type": "rules",
      "pages": "9 pages total, single scrolling panel titled 'GAME INFO', opened via the '?' icon; verified to start at the top (rules_p1.png header 'GAME INFO' + intro sentence) and to end at the true bottom (rules_p9.png, 'Additional Information' + RTP + version numbers).",
      "content_summary": "p1-p2: how to play, autoplay, quick play, payout rules, intro to Symbols. p2-p7: duplicates the paytable's feature-symbol glossary in prose form (Wild, Mystery Bamboo, Golden Mystery Bamboo, Collector, Multiplier, Instant Prizes, Mystery Jackpot). p6-p8: Hold and Respin Feature (with the Pile Up The Pot disclaimer) and Swapper Feature. p8: Paytable/Base Bet definitions (see payout_basis section for the internal contradiction found here). p9: Additional Information -- incomplete-game resolution policy, malfunction clause, RTP 96.31%, server/client version numbers."
    },
    "settings": {
      "type": "settings",
      "title": "SETTINGS",
      "content": "Three labelled rows, each with a speaker icon toggling a 'muted' cross overlay: 'All Sounds', 'Sound Effects', 'Music'. No other options (no battery-saver, no intro-screen toggle, no bet adjuster on this panel).",
      "color_blind_notes": "Mute state is shown by an 'x' overlay glyph on the speaker icon, not by color."
    },
    "autoplay": {
      "type": "autoplay",
      "title": "AUTOPLAYS",
      "content": "A vertical list of selectable rows: Off (highlighted white/selected by default), 10, 20, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000, followed by a red 'OK' confirm button at the bottom.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Selected value is shown with a white/inverted row background and is also the only row with visibly different (dark-on-light) text -- both a color AND a contrast/position cue."
    },
    "bet_select": {
      "type": "other",
      "pages": "4 pages, single scrolling panel titled 'BET SELECT' / 'Total Bet', opened via the stacked-coins icon.",
      "content_summary": "p1: 0.30, 0.40, 0.50 (highlighted white = current selection), 0.60, 0.70, 0.80, 1.00, 1.50 fun. p2-p3: intermediate values up to double digits. p4: 15.00, 20.00, 25.00, 30.00, 40.00, 50.00, 60.00, 100.00 fun (bottom of list, scrollbar thumb confirmed at the bottom of the track); red 'OK' button docked at the bottom of every page.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Current bet selection is marked with a white/inverted row background, an independent shape/contrast cue from color."
    },
    "golden_bamboo_feature_sequence": {
      "type": "bonus",
      "frames": [
        "golden_bamboo_trigger.png",
        "golden_bamboo_reveal.png",
        "golden_bamboo_jackpot_mini.png",
        "golden_bamboo_win.png"
      ],
      "content": "See features.golden_bamboo_feature for the full breakdown. The '485' badge visible in a translucent circle at the bottom-right of these frames is a spin/round counter (unlabeled; likely an internal autoplay-remaining or round-id counter -- exact meaning not confirmed by any on-screen label)."
    },
    "hold_and_respin_award": {
      "type": "bonus",
      "frame": "hold_respin_awarded.png",
      "content": "Full-screen dark-red gradient interstitial. Top: 'HAPPY BAMBOO' logo on a thin-bordered plaque with small cloud decorations either side. Middle: 'YOU HAVE BEEN AWARDED' in gold 3D letters. Large center text: 'HOLD AND RESPIN' in bright gold letters over a radiant orange glow. Bottom: 'CLICK TO CONTINUE' in white text. This is the last frame captured for this feature (see features.hold_and_respin for why the gameplay itself is missing)."
    },
    "pile_up_the_pot_visual": {
      "type": "bonus",
      "frame": "pile_up_the_pot_visual.png",
      "content": "Base-game reel view with 3 gold hexagonal coin icons animating in an upward arc from the lower-left of the reel frame toward the mascot panda's pot above the reels; a faint gold trail/glow follows the coins. Reels show a mix of paying symbols mid-animation."
    }
  },
  "accessibility_observations": {
    "screen_reader": "Panel navigation is consistent across paytable/rules/settings/autoplay/bet-select: bottom nav bar icons (grid / '?' / gear / shield) are in fixed positions; each panel closes via a top-right 'X'. Paytable and rules are long single-scroll panels (14 and 9 'pages' respectively, captured as scroll steps, not literal paginated screens) requiring mouse-wheel or drag scrolling with no visible 'page N of M' indicator or jump-to-section links.",
    "motor": "Base-game controls are compact: a small circular spin icon and a small stacked-coins icon on the right edge, plus small speaker/menu icons top-right -- these are noticeably smaller than typical large round spin buttons seen on other slots, which may be a motor-accessibility concern. Autoplay (up to 1000 spins) reduces the number of manual actions needed.",
    "color_blind": "Strongest point in this game: the four card-suit tokens are simultaneously disambiguated by shape (club/heart/spade/diamond outline), by a distinct hanzi glyph engraved in each, and by background color -- any two of the three cues are sufficient without color. Jackpot tier names and feature symbol roles are always paired with text labels, not conveyed by color alone. Weaker point: the Mystery Jackpot Symbol's four possible outcomes (MINI/MINOR/MEGA/GRAND) rely partly on distinct plaque colors in the illustrative paytable art, though each also carries its own text name.",
    "deaf_hard_of_hearing": "No audio-only information was observed; all toggles (All Sounds / Sound Effects / Music) are cosmetic. Win amounts, feature names, jackpot tiers, and spins-left/multiplier states are all conveyed through on-screen text and numbers."
  },
  "unreadable_or_uncertain": [
    "Exact minimum number of Golden Mystery Bamboo Symbols required to trigger the Golden Bamboo Feature -- not printed anywhere in the 14 paytable pages or 9 rules pages; only 3 were observed landing simultaneously in the one captured trigger instance.",
    "Whether the Hold and Respin Feature's end-of-round multiplier wheel result (x2/x3/x4/x5/x10) actually applied to the Golden Bamboo Feature's final BIG WIN of 8.50 fun -- the printed Instant Prize + Jackpot sum already equals 8.50 without any multiplier, so the visible 'x2' Multiplier Symbol's effect on that specific round is unresolved.",
    "Meaning of the unlabeled numeric badge ('485') shown in a translucent circle bottom-right during the Golden Bamboo Feature frames -- likely a round counter, not confirmed by any on-screen label.",
    "Whether 'Base Bet' equals 'Total Bet' as a matter of the buklet's own definitions -- rules_p8.png defines Base Bet circularly ('the bet selected for each new spin or game round') without equating it to Total Bet; the payout_basis conclusion (total_bet) rests on the live payline measurement, not on this printed definition.",
    "Full gameplay and outcome of the Hold and Respin Feature (multiplier-wheel reveal, staggered 9-slot respin sequence, final multiplied win) -- the feature was confirmed reachable (award screen captured) but the round itself could not be played out within the capture session's budget; see features.hold_and_respin.",
    "Any live example of the Swapper Feature triggering -- not observed in 167 confirmed spins; documented from the buklet illustration and text only.",
    "Storefront-listed secondary RTP value of 94.23% -- not present anywhere in the captured build; recorded only as a caveat, not asserted as a build fact.",
    "Maximum win multiplier for the game -- not printed on any captured screen."
  ]
}