Lobster House

{
  "game": {
    "name": "Lobster House",
    "provider": "Pragmatic Play",
    "studio": "Pragmatic Play (core studio; no sub-studio branding found on splash, base-game footer, or the last page of the rules booklet)",
    "theme": "Cartoon tropical beach-party theme starring anthropomorphic lobster characters. A sunny sandy beach with turquoise ocean, palm leaves, a striped beach chair and surfboard frame the reels during the base game; the background switches to a night-time version of the same beach (dark blue sky, moon, tiki torch) during the Free Spins/Super Free Spins rounds. The wooden 'LOBSTER HOUSE' sign logo (brown planks, orange/red gradient lettering, rope trim) sits top-right of the reels.",
    "art_style": "Flat-shaded 2D cartoon/vector illustration with thick dark outlines, bright saturated colors and glossy highlights (typical Pragmatic Play casual-cartoon house style). Characters have exaggerated cartoon proportions (big eyes, oversized grins). Lighting is simple cel-shading, no photorealism; base game is bright daylight, feature rounds are a stylized dusk/night palette (deep blue sky, warm torch-light accents) rather than realistic lighting. Camera is a flat, straight-on view of the reel grid (no perspective/isometry).",
    "documentation_purpose": "Exhaustive accessibility documentation (blind/low-vision screen-reader users, deaf/hard-of-hearing, color-blind of all types, motor-impaired) built from 33 desktop screenshots (1280x800) + OCR + zoomed crops of the reference logo boxes.",
    "method_notes": "Numbers cross-checked against the in-game rules booklet (7 pages, explicit 'Page N/7' pagination) and against real spin outcomes wherever a printed value exists on both. Nothing was carried over from the brief without independently reading the corresponding frame myself; every figure below was re-observed on the actual screenshot pixels, not assumed from the brief text.",
    "language": "English"
  },

  "brief_verification": {
    "summary": "I independently re-read all 7 booklet pages and every keyframe named in the brief. I did not find any factual error in the brief's claims about payout basis, RTP, volatility, cap-and-forfeit rule, wild-reel restriction, bonus-reel restriction, or the two buy-feature multipliers/prices. One correction to make about the brief's own framing, noted below.",
    "confirmed": [
      "payout_basis text: rules_p3.png (booklet 'Page 4/7') reads verbatim 'All wins are multiplied by bet per line.' and 'Only the highest win is paid per line.' Confirmed by direct read, not just OCR.",
      "RTP 96.51% printed identically for base game, BUY FREE SPINS and BUY SUPER FREE SPINS on rules_p3.png ('Page 4/7').",
      "Volatility: rules_p3.png header shows a wavy-line icon plus the words 'HIGH VOLATILITY', with body text 'High volatility games pay out less often on average but the chance to hit big wins in a short time span is higher.' Note: unlike most Pragmatic titles, this badge is NOT the usual 1-to-5 flame/bolt scale (no partial-icon ambiguity here) - it is a single wave glyph plus the word 'HIGH', also shown on all 3 splash-carousel slides.",
      "Max win 4,000x total bet with round-ending/forfeit rule: rules_p2.png ('Page 3/7') reads verbatim 'The maximum win amount is limited to 4,000x. If the total win of a round reaches 4,000X bet the round immediately ends, win is awarded and all remaining free spins are forfeited.' The same rule is repeated, word-for-word in substance, on rules_p5.png ('Page 6/7'): 'The maximum win amount is limited to 4000X bet. If the total win of a round reaches 4000X bet the round immediately ends, win is awarded up to the cap and all remaining features are forfeited.'",
      "WILD only on reels 2, 3 and 4: printed on paytable_p1.png ('This symbol is WILD ... WILD symbol is present only on reels 2, 3 and 4') and independently shown pictorially on the splash slide preview_wilds_reels.png captioned 'WILD MULTIPLIERS ON REELS 2, 3 AND 4' with 3X icons visibly seated only in columns 2, 3, 4 of the demo grid.",
      "BONUS only on reels 1, 3 and 5: rules_p1.png ('Page 2/7') reads 'This is the BONUS symbol. It appears only on reels 1, 3 and 5.' Confirmed pictorially on fs_trigger_bonus_symbols.png (3 shell/pearl symbols sitting in columns 1, 3, 5) and on respin_two_bonus_inprogress.png (2 shells in columns 1 and 3).",
      "Wild reel-multiplier 2x/3x in base game and normal Free Spins, additive when several wilds contribute to one payline: rules_p1.png text, and pictorially on base_game.png/preview.png (2X, 3X tokens) and fs_final_board_sticky_wilds.png (two 2X wilds stacked on reel 2).",
      "Super Free Spins wild multiplier 15x/25x, additive: rules_p2.png text, and pictorially on sfs_wild_multipliers_combo.png (three wilds: 15X, 15X, 25X, WIN $1,620.00) and sfs_wild_multipliers_combo2.png (four wilds: 15X, 15X, 15X, 25X, WIN $7,968.00) and sfs_final_board_all_wilds.png (five sticky wilds accumulated by round end: three 15X on reel 2, plus 15X and 25X on reel 3, final WIN $87,234.00).",
      "Buy Free Spins price = 100x total bet, confirmed at two bet levels: $2,400.00 at $24.00 bet (bonus_buy_freespins_dialog.png) and $20.00 at $0.20 bet (bet_max.png/bet_min.png side panels showing 'BUY FREE SPINS 20000'/'2000' coins at the respective bet levels, and the base_game.png splash panel showing $200.00 at $2.00 bet).",
      "Buy Super Free Spins price = 400x total bet, confirmed at two bet levels: $9,600.00 at $24.00 bet (bonus_buy_superfreespins_dialog.png) and $80.00 at $0.20 bet (side panel 'BUY SUPER FREE SPINS 8000' coins at $20 coin-bet), consistent with the base_game.png splash panel showing $800.00 at $2.00 bet."
    ],
    "correction_to_brief_framing": "The brief describes the payout-basis conclusion as established 'by text, not by measurement' and calls numeric measurement 'powerless' here. That is correct as stated, but I want to be explicit about WHY, since it is easy to misread as 'we didn't check': with a FIXED line count (20 lines, never variable in this game), the currency values printed in the paytable scale identically under a per-line or a total-bet payout model (both are linear in total_bet through the same fixed 20-line denominator), so the two hypotheses are numerically indistinguishable from any paytable/bet-anchor pair we could capture. I verified this indistinguishability myself by comparing paytable_p1.png (bet $2.00, J 3-of-a-kind = $0.20) against paytable_p1_bet24.png (bet $24.00, J 3-of-a-kind = $2.40): the ratio is exactly 12x, matching the bet ratio 24/2=12 under either model. The manifest's payout_basis.value = 'per_line' therefore rests entirely on the booklet's own sentence, which I re-read directly and confirm is unambiguous."
  },

  "color_palette": {
    "base_game_background": "Bright sunny tropical beach: pale sandy tan foreground, turquoise-blue ocean with white foam, light blue sky with soft white clouds; green palm fronds frame the left/right/top edges.",
    "feature_background": "Same beach layout at night: deep navy-blue sky and sea, pale yellow crescent moon, warm orange tiki-torch flame on the right, dim silhouette palm fronds.",
    "reel_frame": "Thick glossy gold/amber picture-frame border around the reel grid, with a lighter gold inner bevel; individual reel cells separated by thin darker-gold vertical lines on a warm tan/sand-colored cell background.",
    "logo_wordmark": "Wooden hanging-sign shape (medium brown plank texture, visible bolt/rivet details) with 'LOBSTER' in orange-to-yellow gradient letters and 'HOUSE' in red-to-orange gradient letters, both with a thin dark outline; a light-brown rope loop above the sign.",
    "ui_bottom_bar": "CREDIT and BET labels in yellow/gold text on the dark sand-shadow strip at the bottom; SPIN button is a dark bronze/brown circle with two white curved arrows; bet +/- are dark circular buttons with a white glyph; AUTOPLAY is a dark oval pill with white text.",
    "buy_feature_side_panels": "Two wooden plank plaques on the left edge of the base-game screen: 'BUY FREE SPINS' plaque in warm brown wood with green/purple lettering and yellow price; 'BUY SUPER FREE SPINS' plaque in dark red wood with yellow/purple lettering and yellow price.",
    "win_screen": "Dark navy night-sky background with a wooden tiki-hut/kiosk illustration (golden thatched roof, brown wood walls) and colorful red/blue/yellow confetti and bunting flags; 'CONGRATULATIONS!' in cream-white letters with a thick pink outline; the win amount is on a dark maroon plaque with gold/orange numerals.",
    "accent_colors": "Gold/amber (frames, wild-multiplier tokens, bonus-buy plaques' pricing), green (dialog confirm checkmark, some toggle switches, some royal-card letters), red (dialog cancel cross, Super Free Spins plaque background, 'A' royal), pink/magenta (Q royal, CONGRATULATIONS outline), turquoise/blue (K royal, ocean, some character glasses)."
  },

  "symbols": {
    "note": "Identities and payouts read directly from the zoomed 'GAME RULES' paytable page (paytable_p1.png, booklet page 1/7). Values shown below are at the demo's default $2.00 total bet; the same tier read at $24.00 bet (paytable_p1_bet24.png) is exactly 12x, and at 20-coin bet (paytable_p1_coinview.png) is the coin-denominated equivalent - all three are the same table, just at different bet anchors/views, not different pages.",
    "high_value": [
      {
        "name": "Lobster in sunglasses holding a pearl (top-pay lobster)",
        "appearance": "Bright red/orange cartoon lobster wearing yellow-framed square sunglasses, smiling broadly with visible teeth, holding a small white pearl between its claw fingers; framed on a dark-orange rounded card with a yellow inner border.",
        "payouts_at_bet_2": {"5": "$75.00", "4": "$15.00", "3": "$5.00"},
        "payouts_at_bet_24": {"5": "$900.00", "4": "$180.00", "3": "$60.00"},
        "payouts_at_bet_20_coins": {"5": "750", "4": "150", "3": "50"},
        "rank": "highest-paying regular symbol"
      },
      {
        "name": "Purple-haired lobster-girl with a drink",
        "appearance": "Orange cartoon lobster character with a purple beehive-style hairdo, wearing cat-eye blue-framed glasses, a yellow flower behind one ear, sipping an orange cocktail through a straw; framed on a purple rounded card.",
        "payouts_at_bet_2": {"5": "$50.00", "4": "$10.00", "3": "$3.50"},
        "payouts_at_bet_24": {"5": "$600.00", "4": "$120.00", "3": "$42.00"},
        "payouts_at_bet_20_coins": {"5": "500", "4": "100", "3": "35"}
      },
      {
        "name": "Green lobster with headband, smoking a pipe",
        "appearance": "Green-toned cartoon lobster wearing a yellow-and-green striped headband and round tinted glasses, holding a curved pipe in its mouth; framed on a green rounded card.",
        "payouts_at_bet_2": {"5": "$30.00", "4": "$6.00", "3": "$2.50"},
        "payouts_at_bet_24": {"5": "$360.00", "4": "$72.00", "3": "$30.00"},
        "payouts_at_bet_20_coins": {"5": "300", "4": "60", "3": "25"}
      },
      {
        "name": "Lobster in a blue Hawaiian shirt, eating a burger",
        "appearance": "Orange-red cartoon lobster wearing a blue floral-print short-sleeve shirt and a baseball cap, holding a burger with both eyes wide open in delight; framed on a blue rounded card.",
        "payouts_at_bet_2": {"5": "$20.00", "4": "$4.00", "3": "$2.00"},
        "payouts_at_bet_24": {"5": "$240.00", "4": "$48.00", "3": "$24.00"},
        "payouts_at_bet_20_coins": {"5": "200", "4": "40", "3": "20"}
      },
      {
        "name": "Tropical cocktail (no umbrella)",
        "appearance": "Tall clear glass filled with orange/red layered juice, an orange-slice garnish and a red-and-white striped drinking straw. Distinct from the WILD symbol, which is a coconut-shell cocktail WITH a paper umbrella and a flower garnish.",
        "payouts_at_bet_2": {"5": "$15.00", "4": "$2.50", "3": "$1.20"},
        "payouts_at_bet_24": {"5": "$180.00", "4": "$30.00", "3": "$14.40"},
        "payouts_at_bet_20_coins": {"5": "150", "4": "25", "3": "12"}
      },
      {
        "name": "Pink popsicle / ice-lolly",
        "appearance": "Bright pink ice-lolly on a wooden stick, dipped in chocolate at the top with multi-colored round sprinkles.",
        "payouts_at_bet_2": {"5": "$10.00", "4": "$2.00", "3": "$0.80"},
        "payouts_at_bet_24": {"5": "$120.00", "4": "$24.00", "3": "$9.60"},
        "payouts_at_bet_20_coins": {"5": "100", "4": "20", "3": "8"},
        "rank": "lowest-paying regular ('high value' tier) symbol"
      }
    ],
    "royals_low_value": [
      {"name": "A", "color": "green", "payouts_at_bet_2": {"5": "$5.00", "4": "$1.00", "3": "$0.50"}, "payouts_at_bet_24": {"5": "$60.00", "4": "$12.00", "3": "$6.00"}, "payouts_at_bet_20_coins": {"5": "50", "4": "10", "3": "5"}},
      {"name": "K", "color": "blue", "payouts_at_bet_2": {"5": "$5.00", "4": "$1.00", "3": "$0.50"}, "payouts_at_bet_24": {"5": "$60.00", "4": "$12.00", "3": "$6.00"}, "payouts_at_bet_20_coins": {"5": "50", "4": "10", "3": "5"}},
      {"name": "Q", "color": "pink/magenta", "payouts_at_bet_2": {"5": "$2.50", "4": "$0.50", "3": "$0.20"}, "payouts_at_bet_24": {"5": "$30.00", "4": "$6.00", "3": "$2.40"}, "payouts_at_bet_20_coins": {"5": "25", "4": "5", "3": "2"}},
      {"name": "J", "color": "orange/gold", "payouts_at_bet_2": {"5": "$2.50", "4": "$0.50", "3": "$0.20"}, "payouts_at_bet_24": {"5": "$30.00", "4": "$6.00", "3": "$2.40"}, "payouts_at_bet_20_coins": {"5": "25", "4": "5", "3": "2"}, "note": "Confirmed live: base_game_win_clean.png shows a real 3-of-a-kind J win on line 6 paying $2.40 at $24.00 bet, exactly matching the paytable_p1_bet24.png printed tier of $2.40 for J 3-of-a-kind."},
      {"name": "10", "color": "orange", "payouts_at_bet_2": {"5": "$2.50", "4": "$0.50", "3": "$0.20"}, "payouts_at_bet_24": {"5": "$30.00", "4": "$6.00", "3": "$2.40"}, "payouts_at_bet_20_coins": {"5": "25", "4": "5", "3": "2"}}
    ],
    "wild": {
      "name": "WILD (coconut cocktail)",
      "appearance": "A drink served inside a hollowed brown coconut shell (visible woodgrain texture bands), garnished with a yellow-orange plumeria/frangipani flower on the left and a red-and-white striped paper cocktail umbrella on the right.",
      "rules": "Substitutes for all symbols except the BONUS (pearl-shell) symbol. Present ONLY on reels 2, 3 and 4. At every spin, all WILDs on the same reel share a single random multiplier of 2x or 3x in the base game (and normal-price Buy Free Spins); the multiplier applies to the win of each payline it is part of; if more than one WILD is part of the same payline win, the multipliers of all WILDs on that payline are ADDED together. During Free Spins (both the free version and the paid BUY FREE SPINS), WILDs that land on reels 2, 3 or 4 become STICKY and remain on screen for the rest of the round, each keeping the multiplier it was revealed with. During SUPER FREE SPINS, the wild multiplier pool changes to 15x or 25x per reel instead of 2x/3x (rules_p2.png); the stickiness and additive-on-payline behavior are otherwise the same.",
      "source": "paytable_p1.png (page 1/7), rules_p1.png (page 2/7, sticky-wild sentence), rules_p2.png (page 3/7, Super Free Spins multiplier upgrade)"
    },
    "bonus_scatter": {
      "name": "BONUS",
      "appearance": "A golden scalloped clam/oyster shell, open, with a single large cream-white pearl resting inside.",
      "rules": "Appears ONLY on reels 1, 3 and 5, and pays on any position within those reels. 3x BONUS pays 5x total bet as a scatter-style payout (independent of the Free Spins trigger). 3 BONUS symbols landing on reels 1, 3 and 5 simultaneously trigger the FREE SPINS round. If exactly 2 BONUS symbols land (without a 3rd) and BOTH can move down one position without leaving their reel's visible area, a respin is triggered: the reel(s) carrying a BONUS symbol move down one position, and the reel(s) without a BONUS respin fresh symbols, trying to land the missing 3rd BONUS. BONUS symbols are NOT present on the reels during the FREE SPINS round itself.",
      "source": "rules_p1.png (page 2/7)"
    }
  },

  "reel_and_bet_mechanics": {
    "grid": "5 reels x 3 rows, fixed height (no expanding/dynamic grid observed).",
    "bet_mechanic": "lines",
    "lines": 20,
    "lines_source": "rules_p3.png (page 4/7) prints numbered line diagrams 1 through 20.",
    "payout_basis": "per_line (bet-per-line multiplier), established by the booklet's own text on rules_p3.png: 'All wins are multiplied by bet per line.' / 'Only the highest win is paid per line.' A numeric measurement cannot distinguish per_line from total_bet in this game because the line count is fixed at 20 and both models are linear in total_bet through the same denominator (verified: J 3-of-a-kind pays $0.20 at $2.00 bet and $2.40 at $24.00 bet, an exact 12x ratio matching the 24/2 bet ratio under either model). Wins-on-multiple-lines are summed (rules_p3.png: 'When winning on multiple paylines, all wins are added to the total win.').",
    "total_bet_formula": "TOTAL BET = COINS PER LINE (1-10) x COIN VALUE x 20 LINES. Confirmed on bet_max.png (10 coins/line x $1.20 coin value = $240.00 total, i.e. Total Bet field literally reads 200 - in COINS - at Bet Max) and bet_min.png (1 coin/line x $0.01 coin value = $0.20 total, Total Bet field reads 20 coins).",
    "min_bet": "$0.20",
    "max_bet": "$240.00",
    "bet_limits_source": "Printed on rules_p3.png ('MINIMUM BET: $0.20 / MAXIMUM BET: $240.00') AND independently measured by pressing the bet +/- to both extremes: bet_min.png shows both decrease arrows greyed out at Coins Per Line=1 / Coin Value=$0.01 (Total Bet 20 coins = $0.20); bet_max.png shows Coins Per Line=10 / Coin Value=$1.20 (Total Bet 200 coins = $240.00) via the BET MAX button. No ante/super-bet side mode exists in this game (unlike other Pragmatic titles, per playbook P-P02) - a single bet ladder governs the whole range, so there is no spec-bet inflation to check for.",
    "paytable_view_toggle": "CREDIT/BET labels are clickable and toggle between a currency (cash) view and a coin (denomination) view. Verified: paytable_p1.png (currency view, top tier $75.00 at $2.00 bet) vs paytable_p1_coinview.png (coin view, top tier 750 coins at 20-coin bet) - 750 coins x $0.10/coin = $75.00, confirming the conversion rate and that both views describe the same underlying paytable.",
    "rtp": {
      "base_game": "96.51%",
      "buy_free_spins": "96.51%",
      "buy_super_free_spins": "96.51%",
      "source": "rules_p3.png (page 4/7), three separate printed sentences with an identical value each."
    },
    "volatility": "HIGH, shown as a wavy-line glyph plus the text 'HIGH VOLATILITY' (not the usual 1-5 flame-scale badge used by many other Pragmatic titles - no partial-icon ambiguity applies here). Text explanation on rules_p3.png: 'High volatility games pay out less often on average but the chance to hit big wins in a short time span is higher.'",
    "max_win": {
      "value": "4,000x total bet",
      "behavior": "The round ends IMMEDIATELY the instant total round win reaches 4,000x bet; the win is awarded (capped) and any remaining free spins are forfeited. This is a round-termination rule, not just a passive display cap.",
      "source": "preview_maxwin.png splash slide ('WIN UP TO 4,000 X BET'), rules_p2.png (page 3/7) and rules_p5.png (page 6/7), both stating the forfeiture rule verbatim.",
      "observed_max_in_this_capture": "$87,234.00 at $24.00 total bet during a purchased SUPER FREE SPINS round = 3,634.75x bet - close to but did not reach the 4,000x cap; the round completed normally without early termination (sfs_total_win_87234.png)."
    }
  },

  "features": {
    "free_spins": {
      "trigger": "3 BONUS symbols landing simultaneously on reels 1, 3 and 5 (any row).",
      "award_mechanic": "Before the round starts, a group of 9 golden clam shells automatically open one by one, each revealing a random number of 1, 2 or 3 free spins; all 9 numbers are summed and the total is the number of free spins awarded (observed: 10 spins awarded on fs_award_10spins.png, 'CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE WON 10 FREE SPINS').",
      "in_round_mechanic": "BONUS symbols do NOT appear on the reels during the round. WILDs landing on reels 2, 3 or 4 become STICKY for the remainder of the round, each keeping the reel-shared 2x/3x multiplier it was revealed with; multipliers of multiple wilds contributing to the same payline are added. Special reel strips are used during the feature (per the booklet). The feature CANNOT be retriggered by new BONUS symbols (BONUS is absent from the reels during it).",
      "purchase": {
        "label": "BUY FREE SPINS",
        "price": "100x total bet",
        "guarantee": "The purchased triggering spin is guaranteed to land exactly 3 BONUS symbols on reels 1, 3 and 5 (rules_p2.png: 'Pay 100x total bet to trigger the FREE SPINS feature with 3 BONUS symbols guaranteed to hit on the triggering spin.'). Wild multipliers during this purchased mode remain the normal 2x/3x pool (not upgraded).",
        "confirmed_prices": {"at_$24.00_bet": "$2,400.00 (bonus_buy_freespins_dialog.png)", "at_$0.20_bet": "$20.00 (side-panel plaque on bet_min.png, in coin form '2000' at 20-coin bet)"}
      },
      "observed_round": "Purchased at $24.00 bet: fs_trigger_bonus_symbols.png shows the guaranteed 3-BONUS triggering spin (columns 1, 3, 5) with two 'FEATURE ACTIVE' plaques and credit debited from $100,000.00 to $97,600.00 (exact -$2,400 purchase price). fs_award_10spins.png awards 10 spins. fs_gameplay_1.png shows an in-round spin winning $126.00 with 8 spins left (no wild landed on that particular spin). fs_total_win_210.png is the round-end summary: 'CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE WON $210.00 IN 10 FREE SPINS', tagged 'LAST FREE SPIN'. fs_final_board_sticky_wilds.png is the frozen final board showing two accumulated sticky wilds on reel 2, both at 2X, confirming the sticky-wild mechanic pictorially (a combo with two DIFFERENT wild values on the same round was not captured, since the round auto-completed without a manual per-spin pause)."
    },
    "super_free_spins": {
      "label": "BUY SUPER FREE SPINS (Increased Multipliers)",
      "price": "400x total bet",
      "difference_from_free_spins": "Same trigger/award/sticky-wild structure as regular Free Spins, EXCEPT the wild-reel multiplier pool is upgraded from 2x/3x to 15x or 25x every time a wild hits (rules_p2.png verbatim: 'Pay 400x total bet to trigger the SUPER FREE SPINS feature. In the SUPER FREE SPINS feature WILD symbols carry a random multiplier of 15x or 25x every time they hit.').",
      "confirmed_prices": {"at_$24.00_bet": "$9,600.00 (bonus_buy_superfreespins_dialog.png)", "at_$0.20_bet": "$80.00 (side-panel plaque on bet_min.png, in coin form '8000' at 20-coin bet)"},
      "observed_round": "Purchased at $24.00 bet: sfs_trigger_bonus_symbols.png shows the guaranteed 3-BONUS trigger (columns 1, 3, 5) plus one extra wild (3X) already on reel 4, WIN $10.39 with 'PAYS $120.00' labeled next to the three bonus shells (= 5x total bet, confirming the '3x BONUS pays 5x total bet' rule at this $24.00 bet: 5 x $24.00 = $120.00). Credit debited $97,699.60 -> $88,099.60 (exact -$9,600 purchase price). sfs_gameplay_1.png: 11 spins awarded, an early spin paying out the trigger's $120.00 bonus win, no 15x/25x wild yet. sfs_wild_multipliers_combo.png: 3 simultaneous wilds (reel 2: 15X; reel 3: 15X and 25X) produced WIN $1,620.00 (=67.5x bet) with 8 spins left. sfs_wild_multipliers_combo2.png (next spin): 4 simultaneous wilds (reel 2: 15X and 15X; reel 3: 15X and 25X) produced WIN $7,968.00 (=332x bet) with 6 spins left - the clearest observed illustration of multiple sticky-wild multipliers adding on one payline. sfs_total_win_87234.png: round-end summary 'CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE WON $87,234.00 IN 13 FREE SPINS' (~3,634.75x bet, close to but under the 4,000x cap), tagged 'LAST FREE SPIN'. sfs_final_board_all_wilds.png: frozen final board with the maximum accumulated sticky-wild set observed - reel 2 carrying three 15X wilds (all three rows) and reel 3 carrying a 15X (top row) and a 25X (middle row), final WIN $87,234.00 already credited (Credit $175,333.60)."
    },
    "bonus_respin_submechanic": {
      "description": "A rare in-round submechanic distinct from the main Free Spins feature: if exactly 2 of the 3 possible BONUS reels (1, 3, 5) land a BONUS symbol and BOTH can shift down one row without leaving the visible reel area, a respin triggers where ONLY the BONUS-carrying reel(s) shift down one position and the BONUS-less reel(s) respin fresh symbols, attempting to complete the 3-symbol trigger.",
      "trigger_rarity_note": "This required a dedicated hunt (respin_two_bonus_inprogress.png / respin_two_bonus_result.png, spin #30 of the hunt at $0.20 base bet) - it is not a guaranteed or frequent occurrence and was not seen during ordinary base-game spins.",
      "observed_outcome": "respin_two_bonus_inprogress.png: BONUS shells sit on reel 1 (row 2) and reel 3 (row 3); reel 5 is highlighted with a gold glow and its symbols are motion-blurred mid-respin. respin_two_bonus_result.png (immediately after, same credit balance $174,696.24, no new spin click): reel 5 settled on ordinary symbols (green-headband lobster, Q, K) - the respin did NOT land a 3rd BONUS, so no Free Spins trigger occurred and no win was paid for the respin itself.",
      "source": "rules_p1.png (page 2/7): 'If 2 BONUS symbols hit without a 3rd and both can move down one position without leaving the reel area, a respin is triggered where the reels with BONUS symbols move one position down and the reels without respin.'"
    }
  },

  "anomalies_and_open_questions": {
    "free_spins_count_growth_not_a_confirmed_mechanic": "During the FIRST purchase of BUY SUPER FREE SPINS (captured for the tech-doc set), the round was awarded 11 spins at the start (sfs_gameplay_1.png, 'FREE SPINS LEFT 11') but the round-end screen reported 13 total free spins played (sfs_total_win_87234.png, 'IN 13 FREE SPINS'). At my request the capturer repeated the SUPER FREE SPINS purchase a second time (at $0.20 bet) specifically to check whether the spin counter can increase mid-round. In that second, monitored attempt, 12 spins were awarded and the on-screen counter was observed to move STRICTLY DOWNWARD throughout the round (12 -> 2 -> 1, with some intermediate values not captured because the round auto-plays quickly); no increase was observed at any point, and the round-end screen of that second attempt was not captured (input moved on to the base game before it could be shot). Conclusion: the 11-to-13 growth seen in the documented round is a SINGLE, non-reproduced observation, not a confirmed game mechanic. The rules booklet (rules_p1.png) describes the clam-shell award mechanism and explicitly states 'The feature cannot be retriggered' - it does not describe any other mechanism for adding spins mid-round. I am NOT documenting a mid-round spin-count-increase feature; I record only the raw observation above, unresolved.",
    "royal_letter_color_vs_paytable_position": "The four card-suit royals (A, K, Q, J, 10) are each printed in a distinct flat color with no card-suit iconography (no hearts/spades/clubs/diamonds) - purely colored block letters/numeral. This differs from many Pragmatic titles that use suit icons; noted here in case it affects any downstream color-blind-accessibility tagging, since the ONLY differentiator between these five low-tier symbols is letter shape (A/K/Q/J/10) plus color, and letter shape is itself always legible independent of color."
  },

  "screens": {
    "preview_splash": {
      "type": "preview",
      "content": "A 3-slide auto-advancing carousel (3 small circular dot indicators bottom-center of the reel frame; the lit/filled dot marks the current slide) shown before the base game loads. Slide 1 (preview.png): a static demo grid behind the 'LOBSTER HOUSE' wooden-sign logo, caption 'WILDS ARE STICKY IN FREE SPINS'. Slide 2 (preview_wilds_reels.png): demo grid showing three 3X wild tokens seated only in reel columns 2, 3, 4, caption 'WILD MULTIPLIERS ON REELS 2, 3 AND 4'. Slide 3 (preview_maxwin.png): demo grid entirely filled with a repeating pattern of the green-headband lobster and 3X wild tokens, caption 'WIN UP TO 4,000 X BET'. Every slide also shows a round black 'enter/reload' icon (two curved white arrows), the 'HIGH VOLATILITY' wave-icon badge, and a 'DON'T SHOW NEXT TIME' checkbox (unchecked, yellow outline) bottom-right.",
      "purpose": "Entry/promo screen; clicking the round arrow icon advances into the base game.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Captions are large white text with a light-blue/purple double outline on all backgrounds - high contrast, readable independent of color. Volatility badge combines an icon shape (wave) with the word 'HIGH' printed alongside, so it is not color-dependent."
    },
    "base_game": {
      "type": "base_game",
      "overall_layout": "5 columns x 3 rows reel grid centered on screen, inside a glossy gold picture-frame border, on a bright sandy-beach background with turquoise ocean and palm fronds framing the corners.",
      "title_banner": "Top-right of the reel frame: wooden hanging-sign 'LOBSTER HOUSE' logo (see color_palette.logo_wordmark).",
      "side_panels": "Left edge, two vertically-stacked wooden plaques: brown 'BUY FREE SPINS $[price]' and dark-red 'BUY SUPER FREE SPINS $[price]' - both clickable, opening the respective purchase-confirmation dialog.",
      "bottom_bar": {
        "far_left": "Round hamburger MENU icon (opens SYSTEM SETTINGS), a speaker/SOUND toggle icon below it, and a round 'i' INFORMATION icon (opens the 7-page rules booklet) - all dark translucent circles with white glyphs, stacked bottom-left.",
        "balance_labels": "'CREDIT $[amount]' and 'BET $[amount]' in yellow text, center-left; clickable to toggle coin/cash view.",
        "center_hint": "'HOLD SPACE FOR TURBO SPIN' text, replaced during an active spin by a small pink-outlined pause-square icon over the SPIN button.",
        "right_controls": "Large dark bronze circular SPIN button (two white curved arrows) center-right; oval '-' and '+' bet-adjust buttons flank it; an 'AUTOPLAY' dark pill button with a small icon sits just below/right of SPIN.",
        "branding": "'PRAGMATIC PLAY' in small grey text, bottom-left corner."
      },
      "color_blind_notes": "All primary controls are white glyphs on dark circles/pills (shape-coded, not color-coded). Bet +/- distinguished by the +/- glyph shape, not color. CREDIT/BET are yellow text on a dark translucent strip, high contrast."
    },
    "paytable": {
      "type": "paytable",
      "page": "1 of 7 (header 'GAME RULES', in-booklet footer 'Page 1/7')",
      "content": "Top instructional line: 'All symbols pay from left to right on adjacent reels starting from the leftmost reel.' Grid of the 6 high-value symbols with 5/4/3-of-a-kind payouts, then the 5 royal letters (A, K, Q, J, 10) with their payouts (see 'symbols' section for exact values). Below that: the WILD symbol (coconut cocktail) with its full substitution/multiplier rule text.",
      "views_captured": "Same page captured in 3 states for anchor verification: paytable_p1.png (currency view, $2.00 bet, the demo default), paytable_p1_bet24.png (currency view, $24.00 bet, used to cross-check against a real in-game win), paytable_p1_coinview.png (coin/denomination view, 20-coin bet).",
      "navigation": "Bottom-left: three GREEN nav controls - left triangle (previous page), X (close, CENTER), right triangle (next page); page indicator 'Page N/7' bottom-right of the panel; a separate 'X' close button also sits top-right of the whole booklet overlay.",
      "color_blind_notes": "The three green nav glyphs are differentiated by SHAPE (triangle-left / cross / triangle-right), not by color alone - safe for color-blind users."
    },
    "rules_booklet": {
      "type": "rules (pages 2-7 of the 7-page booklet; identical dark semi-transparent panel over a dimmed reel background, with the same green ◄ X ► nav row and 'Page N/7' footer as the paytable page)",
      "page_2_bonus_and_free_spins_rules": "'Page 2/7'. BONUS symbol identity/position/pays (5x total bet for 3-of-a-kind), the 2-BONUS respin submechanic, and the full FREE SPINS section (9-clam-shell award mechanic, sticky-wild behavior on reels 2-4, 'BONUS symbols are not present on the reels during the FREE SPINS round', 'Special reels are in play during the feature', 'The feature cannot be retriggered').",
      "page_3_max_win_and_buy_features": "'Page 3/7'. MAX WIN section (4,000x cap + forfeiture rule) and BUY FREE SPINS section (100x/400x prices, guaranteed trigger, 15x/25x multiplier upgrade for the Super variant).",
      "page_4_game_rules_lines_rtp_bet": "'Page 4/7'. HIGH VOLATILITY badge + explanation text; payline mechanics text (bet-per-line multiplier, highest-win-per-line, multi-line sum, free-spins-win-added-after-round); 20 numbered line diagrams (1-20, small pictorial grids); three RTP sentences (base/Buy Free Spins/Buy Super Free Spins, all 96.51%); SPACE/ENTER spin-control note; malfunction-voids-pays note; MIN/MAX BET ($0.20/$240.00).",
      "page_5_how_to_play": "'Page 5/7'. Explains the bet +/- buttons and bet menu, the SPIN button, the SETTINGS-menu icon, the spin-speed-cycle icon (normal/quick/turbo), the sound toggle, the info-page icon, the CREDIT/BET labels and their coin/cash toggle, and the AUTOPLAY button.",
      "page_6_settings_and_bet_menu": "'Page 6/7'. Lists SETTINGS MENU items (INTRO SCREEN, AMBIENT, SOUND FX, GAME HISTORY), describes the INFORMATION SCREEN nav arrows/close, describes the BET MENU (line count + total bet in coins and cash, COINS PER LINE / COIN VALUE +/- fields), and repeats the MAX WIN 4,000x/forfeiture rule a second time in slightly different wording ('win is awarded up to the cap and all remaining features are forfeited').",
      "page_7_autoplay": "'Page 7/7'. Explains starting Autoplay by clicking an autospin-count button, and the SKIP SCREENS option ('auto-skips the feature introduction and end screens after a short period of time').",
      "color_notes": "Body text is white on a dark semi-transparent panel; section headers are white/bold, larger size (no distinct header color used - readable purely by size/weight, safe for color-blind users)."
    },
    "settings": {
      "type": "settings",
      "title": "SYSTEM SETTINGS",
      "layout": "Centered dark translucent panel over the dimmed reel grid; 'X' close icon top-right.",
      "left_side": "'GAME HISTORY' link/button (external-link glyph) and a 'TOTAL BET' stepper: round white '-' button, dark value field (e.g. '$2.00'), round green '+' button.",
      "right_side_toggles": "Five labelled on/off switches, top to bottom: 'BATTERY SAVER' (off by default, white handle on grey track when off - 'save battery life by reducing animation speed'), 'AMBIENT MUSIC' (on, green track), 'SOUND FX' (on, green track), 'INTRO SCREEN' (on, green track - controls whether the promo carousel splash shows before the game starts), 'SLOTS PROMOTIONS' (on, green track - 'display promo badge'). Note: 'SKIP SCREENS' is NOT in this panel - it lives only in the separate AUTOPLAY SETTINGS dialog.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Each toggle's on/off state is shown by BOTH switch-handle position (left=off, right=on) AND track color (grey=off, green=on) - position is the non-color-dependent cue."
    },
    "autoplay": {
      "type": "autoplay",
      "title": "AUTOPLAY SETTINGS",
      "layout": "Dark translucent panel centered over the dimmed reel grid; 'X' close top-right. Fits in a single frame without scrolling.",
      "options": "Three checkbox options in a row: 'TURBO SPIN' (unchecked), 'QUICK SPIN' (unchecked), 'SKIP SCREENS' (checked/green with a white checkmark by default - this is the option that must be UNCHECKED before feature-hunting, since it auto-skips feature intro/end screens).",
      "autospins_selector": "'NUMBER OF AUTOSPINS' label above a horizontal slider (green filled track left portion, round green handle with a pause-bar icon) showing the selected value '100' to the right of the track.",
      "action": "Full-width green 'START AUTOPLAY (100)' button along the bottom of the panel.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Checked state uses a white checkmark glyph inside the green box (shape + color redundant, safe). The green action button carries explicit text, not color-only meaning."
    },
    "bet_dialog": {
      "type": "other",
      "title": "BETTING ON 20 LINES",
      "layout": "Dark panel anchored top-right of the reel grid, overlapping the reels; 'X' close top-right of the panel.",
      "fields": "'COINS PER LINE' (round '-'/'+' either side of a numeric field), 'COIN VALUE' (same layout, currency-formatted), 'TOTAL BET' (same layout, coin-count formatted), and a full-width green 'BET MAX' button at the bottom.",
      "extremes_observed": "bet_min.png: Coins Per Line=1 and Coin Value=$0.01, BOTH '-' buttons visibly greyed out/disabled (the arrow-fade is the upper/lower-limit tell, not just the value), Total Bet=20 (coins) = $0.20. bet_max.png: Coins Per Line=10, Coin Value=$1.20, Total Bet=200 (coins) = $240.00, reached via the 'BET MAX' button.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Disabled '-'/'+' buttons are shown by a dimmed/greyed fill in addition to being unresponsive - a positional/opacity cue, not a hue-only cue."
    },
    "buy_feature_dialogs": {
      "type": "bonus",
      "buy_free_spins_dialog": "bonus_buy_freespins_dialog.png: brown wood-plank modal, headline 'BUY FREE SPINS', price in large gold text (e.g. '$2,400.00'), a red 'X' cancel button (left) and a green checkmark confirm button (right), both on wood-textured squares; confetti animation in the background.",
      "buy_super_free_spins_dialog": "bonus_buy_superfreespins_dialog.png: dark-red wood-plank modal, headline 'BUY SUPER FREE SPINS' with a smaller sub-line 'INCREASED MULTIPLIERS', price in large gold text (e.g. '$9,600.00'), same red-X / green-check button pair.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Cancel vs confirm is coded by BOTH color (red vs green) AND glyph shape (X cross vs check mark) - safe for color-blind users, who can rely on the glyph alone."
    },
    "free_spins_trigger": {
      "type": "bonus",
      "content": "Same reel grid as base game but showing the guaranteed/landed 3 BONUS (pearl-shell) symbols in columns 1, 3, 5; two 'FEATURE ACTIVE' wood plaques replace the buy-feature plaques on the left edge; center text reads 'GOOD LUCK!'.",
      "award_screen": "Separate full-screen 'CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE WON [N] FREE SPINS' card over the night-beach background, with a wooden tiki-kiosk graphic, confetti and bunting, and 'PRESS ANYWHERE TO CONTINUE' prompt.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Free-spin counts are printed as plain white/gold numerals on a dark maroon plaque - legible independent of any surrounding color."
    },
    "free_spins_gameplay": {
      "type": "free_spins",
      "content": "Reels on the night-beach background; a wooden 'FREE SPINS LEFT [N]' plaque sits on the left edge in place of the buy-feature plaques; win amount and 'FREE SPINS LEFT [N]' text appear at the bottom center after each spin resolves. Sticky wilds accumulate visibly on reels 2-4 as the round progresses, each showing its locked-in multiplier value (2X/3X in the normal feature, 15X/25X in Super Free Spins).",
      "round_end": "'FREE SPINS COMPLETED' text appears at the bottom center alongside the final round WIN amount once the last spin resolves and the board freezes with all accumulated sticky wilds visible.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Wild multiplier value is always printed as a white/gold numeral+'X' text directly on the token (e.g. '15X'), never conveyed by color alone, so it remains legible for any color-vision type."
    },
    "win_screen": {
      "type": "win_screen",
      "content": "Full-screen night-sky overlay with a wooden tiki-kiosk illustration, confetti/bunting animation, 'CONGRATULATIONS!' headline, 'YOU HAVE WON' subheading, the total win amount on a dark maroon plaque in large gold digits, 'IN [N] FREE SPINS' line, and 'PRESS ANYWHERE TO CONTINUE' prompt. A 'LAST FREE SPIN' tag appears faintly on the left edge when this is the terminal spin of the round.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Win amount is large gold-on-maroon high-contrast text; no color-only information is conveyed on this screen."
    }
  },

  "unreadable_or_uncertain": [
    "Exact per-tick step of the wild-reel multiplier RNG (i.e., whether 2x/3x and 15x/25x are each drawn with equal 50/50 probability, or weighted) - not stated anywhere in the booklet and not derivable from the small sample of spins captured.",
    "The mid-round free-spin-count increase seen once (11 -> 13 spins) in the first SUPER FREE SPINS purchase - explicitly NOT documented as a mechanic; see 'anomalies_and_open_questions'. A second, monitored purchase showed the counter strictly decreasing with no growth, but its own round-end screen was not captured, so it cannot fully rule the first observation in or out.",
    "Whether a max-profit/loss limit dialog exists separately from the bet ladder - none was found in 33 captured screens or in the 7-page booklet; only MIN/MAX BET are documented, consistent with there being no ante/spec-bet mode in this title.",
    "Game/RNG build version string - not printed anywhere in the booklet or in SYSTEM SETTINGS in this build.",
    "A wild combo with two DIFFERENTLY-valued sticky wilds landing in the SAME base-Free-Spins round (only two equal 2X wilds were captured together in fs_final_board_sticky_wilds.png) - the round auto-completed too quickly to manually pause on a mixed-value moment; the Super Free Spins round did produce mixed-value combos (15X+25X) which are documented instead."
  ]
}