Legendary Monkey King

{
  "game": {
    "name": "Legendary Monkey King",
    "name_note": "In-game wordmark on the splash (preview.png) is the two-line title 'LEGENDARY' above 'MONKEY KING', same as the catalog name.",
    "provider": "PG Soft (Pocket Games Soft)",
    "type": "video slot, ways-to-win, cascading wins, expanding reels",
    "theme": "Chinese mythology: the Monkey King and his companions in a peach orchard, golden armor and a magic staff",
    "art_style": "polished 3D-rendered cartoon-realistic look with soft gradients and glossy golden highlights, rich warm pink-and-golden daylight glow, painterly background of peach trees and clouds, cinematic heroic-fantasy mood, portrait mobile layout",
    "orientation": "portrait only (frames are 760x1360)",
    "grid": {
      "reels": 5,
      "rows": null,
      "rows_note": "Variable grid: reels start at 4 symbols each (5x4, 1024 ways) and individual reels grow up to 7 symbols (7^5 = 16,807 ways). Per-reel heights are not a fixed property, so 'rows' is omitted.",
      "start_ways": 1024,
      "max_ways": 16807,
      "ways_printed": "paytable_p5.png header '1,024-16,807 Ways'; rules: '20 base bet for 1,024 ways (may increase up to 16,807 ways)'; banner under the field on base_game.png 'Reels expand up to...' is NOT readable on the captured frames (see uncertain list); the ways plaque above the field reads '1024 WAYS' (base_game.png) and '1920 WAYS' (base_game_expanded.png)",
      "intermediate_states_seen": "1024 WAYS (base_game.png, base_game_win_line.png), 1920 WAYS (base_game_expanded.png, mid-cascade with columns of different heights); capturer reports 1280 WAYS inside a burst frame (not in the final set)"
    },
    "rtp": null,
    "rtp_note": "RTP is not printed in either in-game panel (P-S09).",
    "max_win": null,
    "max_win_note": "No maximum-win cap is printed in the paytable, rules or splash of this build. The provider card figure is not from the game and is deliberately not entered here.",
    "volatility": null,
    "bonus_buy": false,
    "bonus_buy_note": "No buy-feature button on screen and the rules text does not mention buying a feature; the Bet Options DOM carries engine template strings for it but no visible control.",
    "jackpot": "none"
  },
  "payout_basis": {
    "basis": "per_way",
    "printed_phrase": "A bet way win in cash is equal to the value shown in the \"Paytable\" multiplied by the bet size and bet level.",
    "source_frame": "rules panel (rules_p1.png onwards, text confirmed through DOM reference)",
    "divisor": 20,
    "divisor_column": "Base Bet (Bet Options: Bet Size x Bet Level x Base Bet = Bet Amount)",
    "how_to_read": "Paytable numbers are multipliers per winning way applied to bet size x bet level; they are NOT multipliers of the total bet and NOT money. Cash win = paytable value x bet size x bet level x number of winning ways. Total bet = bet size x bet level x 20. Equivalent: win as a multiple of total bet = paytable value x ways / 20.",
    "measurement": "base_game_win_line.png: total bet 0.60 (0.03 x 1 x 20), printed WIN 0.09. One winning combination: three '10' symbols on reels 1, 2, 3 (one on each reel = 1 way), tier 3 of the '10' row = 3. 0.03 x 1 x 3 x 1 = 0.09, matches. From the total bet it would be 1.80, which does not match.",
    "paytable_bet_anchor": "Paytable was captured while the bet was 12.00 (0.30 x 2 x 20); the paytable values are bet-independent multipliers and are printed as plain numbers without currency."
  },
  "screens": {
    "preview": {
      "frame": "preview.png",
      "description": "Splash after Continue to Game. Full-bleed close-up of the Monkey King's red-haired face looking at the viewer with a smirk, golden armor shoulder at the sides, warm purple-and-red background with floating sparks. Title 'LEGENDARY' in small spaced gold capitals above 'MONKEY KING' in large jagged gold brush letters with a small red seal bearing Chinese characters between the words. Under it the tagline 'Featuring Expanding Reels and Increasing Multipliers!' in cream letters with brown outline. A pink-red rounded button 'GET STARTED' at the center-bottom. Footer: PG Pocket Games Soft logo in violet pixel letters, 'Licensed in Malta' with MGA mark, 'Certified by GA / BMM' with ga and bmm testlabs marks, copyright line 'PGSOFT.COM 2026 (c) PG SOFT ALL RIGHTS RESERVED'.",
      "ocr_text": "LEGENDARY MONKEY KING Featuring Expanding Reels and Increasing Multipliers! GET STARTED Licensed in Malta Certified by GA / BMM PGSOFT.COM 2026 PG SOFT ALL RIGHTS RESERVED",
      "colorblind_note": "Button is identified by its label GET STARTED, not by its pink color."
    },
    "base_game": {
      "frame": "base_game.png",
      "description": "Peach-orchard backdrop: green leaves and large pink peaches hang from the top, soft pink-and-yellow glowing sky behind the field. Above the field a bronze plaque reads '1024 WAYS'. The 5-reel field has translucent pale mint-green tiles. Below the field a jade-green ornate bar with turquoise corner ornaments carries a message strip; on this frame the strip shows the small staff icon and the words 'expands the reel!'. Under it a dark-green information row: left a user-profile icon with a small list mark and the balance '100,000.00' in gold digits; center a grey PG badge (dimmed shield with letters PG); right the bet amount '12.00' in gold digits and a coin-with-dollar icon. Bottom row of controls: far left a round dark button with a crossed-out lightning bolt (Turbo Spin, shown off); a round dark minus button; the large central Spin button, a red disc with two golden curved arrows in a gold ornate frame with wing-like flourishes; a round dark plus button; far right a round dark button with a play triangle inside a circular arrow (Auto Spin). Background below shows clouds and more peaches.",
      "field_state_on_frame": "Two Scatter symbols (reels 2 and 4) and a tall Wild occupying three rows of reel 3; the other visible symbols are 10, teapot, peach, J, hero, Q, K. Per-cell layout is random per spin and not documented.",
      "ocr_text": "1024 WAYS expands the reel! 100,000.00 12.00",
      "numbers": {
        "balance": "100,000.00",
        "bet": "12.00"
      },
      "colorblind_note": "Scatter and Wild are distinguished by their printed words SCATTER and WILD and by their tall golden frames, not by color alone."
    },
    "base_game_expanded": {
      "frame": "base_game_expanded.png",
      "description": "Mid-cascade state after a win: plaque reads '1920 WAYS'. Columns have different heights (the field outline is stepped, reel 3 is tallest and reel 1 and reel 5 are shorter); winning tiles have exploded into glowing sparks, leaving the empty cells bright orange-gold, and remaining tiles show J, J on reel 1, peach and Q on reel 3, J, J on reel 4, A, A, A on reel 5. The message strip shows a golden banner 'WIN 15.24'. The info row now shows balance 99,983.44, a center box labeled WIN with 18.12, and bet 0.60.",
      "ocr_text": "1920 WAYS WIN 15.24 99,983.44 WIN 18.12 0.60",
      "numbers": {
        "ways_plaque": 1920,
        "banner_win": 15.24,
        "total_win_box": 18.12,
        "balance": "99,983.44",
        "bet": "0.60"
      },
      "note": "WIN 18.12 in the lower box is small and was read by eye; banner 15.24 is the current cascade step win, 18.12 the running total of the round (cascade total). Their relation is inferred from layout, not stated in text."
    },
    "base_game_win_line": {
      "frame": "base_game_win_line.png",
      "description": "Plaque '1024 WAYS', 5x4 field with a small win highlighted: glowing '10' tiles on reel 1 (bottom row), reel 2 (second row) and reel 3 (bottom row). Banner 'WIN 0.09', info row: balance 99,986.44, WIN box 0.09, bet 0.60. A Scatter symbol partly visible on reel 1.",
      "ocr_text": "1024 WAYS WIN 0.09 99,986.44 WIN 0.09 0.60",
      "numbers": {
        "win": 0.09,
        "bet": 0.6,
        "balance": "99,986.44"
      },
      "note": "Used as the payout-basis measurement; see payout_basis."
    },
    "settings_menu": {
      "frame": "settings_menu.png",
      "description": "User-profile sheet slides up over the dimmed field. A large round dark avatar with a grey person silhouette sits on the top edge of the sheet, a white X close button at the right. Gold label 'Cash Wallet' above large gold digits '100,000.00'. Bottom row of five round icon buttons with captions: Sound (speaker), Paytable (pulse line), Rules (letter i), History (WIN badge), Quit (arrow leaving a door).",
      "ocr_text": "Cash Wallet 100,000.00 Sound Paytable Rules History Quit"
    },
    "bet_options": {
      "frames": ["settings_bet_default.png", "settings_bet_min.png", "settings_bet_max.png"],
      "description": "Bottom sheet 'Bet Options' with a white X close button. Four scroll-wheel columns with headers Bet Size, Bet Level, Base Bet, Bet Amount (the last header is highlighted gold). The selected row sits in a rounded highlighted bar and reads 'size x level x base bet = amount'. Buttons: outlined gold 'Max Bet' on the left, solid yellow 'Confirm' on the right.",
      "values": {
        "bet_size_options": [0.03, 0.1, 0.3, 0.9],
        "bet_level_range": "1 to 10",
        "base_bet_divisor": 20,
        "default": "0.30 x 2 x 20 = 12.00 (settings_bet_default.png)",
        "minimum": "0.03 x 1 x 20 = 0.60 (settings_bet_min.png)",
        "maximum": "0.90 x 10 x 20 = 180.00 (settings_bet_max.png)"
      },
      "note": "Only the highlighted center row obeys the arithmetic; the Bet Amount column is a scrolling wheel and non-highlighted values were not used."
    },
    "autoplay": {
      "frame": "autoplay.png",
      "description": "Bottom sheet 'Auto Spin' with X close. Label 'Number of Auto Spins' and five pill buttons: 10 (selected, gold digits on a gold-brown fill), 30, 50, 80, 1000 (dim grey). Wide yellow rounded 'Start' button below. The panel fits fully, no scroll.",
      "values": [10, 30, 50, 80, 1000],
      "ocr_text": "Auto Spin Number of Auto Spins 10 30 50 80 1000 Start",
      "colorblind_note": "Selected option is marked by brighter gold text plus a filled pill; the rest are grey outlines on dark."
    },
    "paytable_panel": {
      "frames": ["paytable_p1.png", "paytable_p2.png", "paytable_p3.png", "paytable_p4.png", "paytable_p5.png", "paytable_p6.png", "paytable_p7.png"],
      "description": "Full-screen dark panel titled 'Paytable' with a back arrow at top left; the bottom bar keeps Sound, Paytable (highlighted gold), Rules, History, Quit. Content is one scrolling sheet: 'Symbol Payout Values' (symbol icons with 5/4/3 payout columns, white counts and gold values), then Wild note, 'Expanding Reel Symbol' with an illustration, 'Free Spins Feature' with an illustration, '1,024-16,807 Ways' with two small 5x4 diagrams (a tick for a valid left-to-right way, a cross for a broken one) and a worked example.",
      "worked_example_text": "1 x 2 x 3 = 6 ways; a symbol paying 50/40/30 (5/4/3 of a kind) hit 3 of a kind: 30 x 6 = 180 (printed 'Total Winnings in this Example')."
    },
    "rules_panel": {
      "frames": ["rules_p1.png", "rules_p2.png", "rules_p3.png", "rules_p4.png", "rules_p5.png", "rules_p6.png", "rules_p7.png", "rules_p8.png"],
      "description": "Text panel 'Game Rules' with game description, bet explanation, symbol rules, feature rules, and a Main Game button reference (Spin, Stop, Minus, Plus, User Profile, Bet Amount, Auto Spin, Turbo Spin, Rules, Paytable, History, Sound, Quit, Close) and Additional Information.",
      "key_quotes": [
        "Legendary Monkey King is a 5-reel 4-row video slot featuring expanding reels and increasing multiplier.",
        "The game is played with 20 base bet for 1,024 ways (may increase up to 16,807 ways), bet level of 1 to 10 and bet size of 0.03 to 0.90.",
        "A bet way win in cash is equal to the value shown in the \"Paytable\" multiplied by the bet size and bet level.",
        "Bet ways win if the winning symbols are in succession from the leftmost reel to the right.",
        "Expanding Reel symbol will not appear in any reels that has 7 symbols.",
        "Free Spins Feature is played at the same bet size and bet level as the spin that triggered the Free Spins Feature.",
        "Press the <Space> key to start spin at the current Base Bet, Bet Size and Bet Level.",
        "Malfunction voids all pays and plays."
      ],
      "keyboard": "PC: Space starts a spin, hold Space for continuous spins, Space during reel spin skips the animation; with exactly one on-screen button available, Space activates it. Tap the button or game area during a spin to stop the reels."
    }
  },
  "mechanics": {
    "ways": "Wins are left to right on adjacent reels starting at reel 1; ways = product of the counts of matching symbols on each consecutive reel. Simultaneous wins on different ways are added.",
    "cascades": "Yes. After each round's payout all winning symbols explode and symbols above fall down for a new round; this repeats until no new winning combination (rules text, both panels).",
    "expanding_reels": "When one or more Expanding Reel (staff) symbols appear on reels, one extra symbol (never Wild or Scatter) is added to each reel carrying a staff, which increases the number of ways. The staff does not appear on a reel that already has 7 symbols. Starting height 4, maximum 7 per reel, maximum ways 7^5 = 16,807. The message strip under the field reads 'expands the reel!' next to the staff icon (base_game.png).",
    "wild": "Wild substitutes for every symbol except Scatter and the Expanding Reel (staff) symbol. Wild appears as a tall golden tile with the Monkey King face (seen covering three rows on reel 3 in base_game.png).",
    "scatter": "3 Scatter anywhere trigger Free Spins with 8 free spins; each additional Scatter gives 2 more free spins. Scatter has no payout column in the paytable.",
    "free_spins": {
      "source": "text of paytable (paytable_p4/p5) and rules only; NO frames of the feature itself exist in this capture set",
      "trigger": "3 or more Scatter symbols anywhere",
      "spins": "8, +2 per additional Scatter beyond the third",
      "multiplier": "win multiplier is x1 at start; during any free spin, if there is at least one winning symbol, after wins are paid and the new symbols have cascaded down the multiplier increases by 1 (no cap printed)",
      "retrigger": "Free spins can be retriggered",
      "bet": "played at the same bet size and bet level as the triggering spin"
    },
    "turbo_spin": "Button at far left of the control row (crossed-out lightning bolt icon when off) reduces reel spin duration.",
    "multiplier_in_base_game": "Splash tagline says 'Increasing Multipliers'; the rules and paytable text describe the multiplier only for Free Spins. No multiplier indicator was seen on the base game frames."
  },
  "symbols": [
    {
      "name": "Wild",
      "role": "wild",
      "appearance": "A tall golden-framed tile showing the red-haired Monkey King face with a red-and-gold headdress and golden armor on an amber background. The word WILD is printed across the lower part in red-gold lettering.",
      "payout_printed": {"5": 100, "4": 80, "3": 50},
      "colors": "amber gold frame and background, orange-red fur, red headdress with green gems",
      "source": "paytable_p1.png zoom x3"
    },
    {
      "name": "Scatter",
      "role": "scatter",
      "appearance": "A golden ornate pagoda-like shrine glowing with white-yellow light inside. The word SCATTER is printed across the middle in red lettering with a cream outline.",
      "payout_printed": null,
      "note": "No payout columns printed next to Scatter; it only triggers Free Spins.",
      "source": "paytable_p1.png"
    },
    {
      "name": "Expanding Reel (golden staff)",
      "role": "expanding reel",
      "appearance": "A golden-ended dark red-brown magic staff set diagonally in a gold ornate shield-shaped frame against a fiery orange-pink background.",
      "payout_printed": null,
      "note": "No payout columns printed; paytable calls it 'Expanding Reel symbol'.",
      "source": "paytable_p1.png zoom x3"
    },
    {
      "name": "Hero (dark-haired warrior)",
      "role": "high",
      "appearance": "A young man with long black hair and a gold forehead circlet with a blue gem, blue eyes, in a violet frame with purple-blue robes.",
      "payout_printed": {"5": 80, "4": 50, "3": 30},
      "colors": "violet frame, black hair, blue-purple robes, gold circlet",
      "source": "paytable_p1.png zoom x3"
    },
    {
      "name": "Black dog (hound)",
      "role": "high",
      "appearance": "A snarling dark brown hound with tan snout and a gold winged headpiece, white collar with a gold ring, violet ribbons around it, in a light blue frame with sky background.",
      "payout_printed": {"5": 50, "4": 40, "3": 20},
      "colors": "light blue frame, dark brown and tan fur, violet ribbons",
      "source": "paytable_p1.png zoom x3"
    },
    {
      "name": "Gourd (golden medicine gourd)",
      "role": "high",
      "appearance": "A red-orange gourd with a golden coin disc and orange beads on a warm orange-red frame.",
      "payout_printed": {"5": 50, "4": 40, "3": 20},
      "colors": "orange-red frame, red gourd, gold coin",
      "source": "paytable_p1.png"
    },
    {
      "name": "Teapot set",
      "role": "mid",
      "appearance": "A violet ornate teapot with a gold-green decorated band and a small tea cup beside it, in a lilac frame.",
      "payout_printed": {"5": 40, "4": 30, "3": 15},
      "colors": "lilac frame, violet and gold teapot",
      "source": "paytable_p1.png"
    },
    {
      "name": "Peach",
      "role": "mid",
      "appearance": "A pink bitten peach with green leaves on a mint-green tile.",
      "payout_printed": {"5": 30, "4": 20, "3": 10},
      "colors": "pink fruit, green leaves, mint-green tile",
      "source": "paytable_p1.png"
    },
    {"name": "A", "role": "low", "appearance": "Golden letter A on a mint-green tile.", "payout_printed": {"5": 20, "4": 15, "3": 8}, "source": "paytable_p2.png"},
    {"name": "K", "role": "low", "appearance": "Coral-red letter K on a mint-green tile.", "payout_printed": {"5": 15, "4": 10, "3": 5}, "source": "paytable_p2.png"},
    {"name": "Q", "role": "low", "appearance": "Purple letter Q on a mint-green tile.", "payout_printed": {"5": 15, "4": 10, "3": 5}, "source": "paytable_p2.png"},
    {"name": "J", "role": "low", "appearance": "Blue letter J on a mint-green tile.", "payout_printed": {"5": 10, "4": 8, "3": 3}, "source": "paytable_p2.png"},
    {"name": "10", "role": "low", "appearance": "Green numeral 10 on a mint-green tile.", "payout_printed": {"5": 10, "4": 8, "3": 3}, "source": "paytable_p2.png"}
  ],
  "symbols_note": "Payouts are exactly as printed in the paytable (5 / 4 / 3 of a kind), as per-way multipliers of bet size x bet level (see payout_basis). Pairing of values to icons was checked against the paytable frames and against the DOM text reference order (Wild first, then hero, dog, gourd, teapot, peach, A, K, Q, J, 10). Gourd and dog share the same payouts; K and Q share; J and 10 share. The panel does not name the character symbols; names here are descriptive.",
  "color_palette": {
    "accent_colors": "golden yellow, jade green, peach pink, vermilion red",
    "accent_colors_where": "gold on digits, Wild and frames; jade green on the control bar and low-symbol tiles; peach pink in the sky, fruit and field backdrop; vermilion red on the Spin button and the Monkey King's fur",
    "background": "pink-peach sky with soft golden light, green leaves and large peaches at the top, clouds at the bottom",
    "panels": "dark charcoal with gold highlights for the menu, bet and paytable panels, white text with gold values"
  },
  "accessibility": {
    "colorblind": "Special symbols carry printed words (SCATTER, WILD); the selected autoplay value and the selected bet row are marked by a filled/highlighted bar, not only color; wins are shown as numbers (WIN banner and WIN box).",
    "audio": "A Sound toggle exists in the profile menu; win information is also available visually as banner numbers.",
    "motor": "Spin by tapping the big button or pressing Space; hold Space for continuous spins; Auto Spin 10/30/50/80/1000; Turbo Spin toggle; Max Bet button.",
    "screen_reader": "Controls are mostly canvas elements; labels in the menu and panels are DOM text."
  },
  "not_captured": {
    "free_spins": "No frames of Free Spins entry, intro, gameplay or total were captured. Hunt: 497 balance-confirmed spins at bet 0.60 with Turbo off; the feature did not drop; no buy-feature in the game. The documentation of the feature above comes only from the paytable and rules text.",
    "big_win_screen": "No Big Win/Total Win banner screen on the 497 hunted spins; the best observed win was 15.24 at bet 0.60 (25.4x of the total bet) per capturer, shown only as a normal WIN banner.",
    "history_panel": "Not captured."
  },
  "unreadable_or_uncertain": [
    "Maximum win: not printed in this build; left null.",
    "RTP: not printed (P-S09); null.",
    "Volatility: not printed in game; null.",
    "Observation, not a fact: on spin 248 the backend dropped the session (Transaction Failed S1024EADGDY04, provider defect P-S21) and the banner at that moment read '...ins!'. Free spins may have been won and lost together with the session; this cannot be confirmed.",
    "The exact wording of the message strip below the field is only seen as 'expands the reel!' next to the staff icon on base_game.png (the strip may carry other messages, e.g. the capturer's note about 'Reels expand up to 16807 ways!'; that message is not on the final frames).",
    "Whether 18.12 in base_game_expanded.png is the cumulative round win (banner 15.24 is a cascade step) is inferred from layout, not printed.",
    "The bet-size list 0.03/0.10/0.30/0.90 is the set visible in the Bet Options wheel; the intermediate bet-amount wheel values were not used.",
    "Per-reel heights during growth beyond the frames seen (4 to 7) are described only by rules text; a 7-high reel and the 16,807 state were not seen.",
    "Free spin multiplier cap: not printed."
  ],
  "frames_discrepancies_noted": [
    "Capturer note for base_game.png says the Wild stands 'растянутый на барабане 3'; on the frame the Wild covers three rows (rows 2 to 4) with a 10 above it, consistent with a tall symbol rather than a full-height reel.",
    "Capturer note for autoplay.png: matches the frame."
  ]
}