Mermaid Riches

{
  "game": {
    "name": "Mermaid Riches",
    "wordmark_in_game": "MERMAID RICHES (splash, preview.png); the wordmark is not shown on the play field",
    "provider": "Pocket Games Soft (PG SOFT)",
    "provider_evidence": "preview.png footer: PG POCKET GAMES SOFT, Licensed in Malta (MGA), Certified by GA / BMM, PGSOFT.COM 2026 (c) PG SOFT",
    "game_kind": "video_slot",
    "theme": "Underwater fantasy: a red-haired mermaid guarding sunken sea treasure among clams, pearls, coins, sea creatures and shipwreck silhouettes",
    "art_style": "glossy stylised 3D-rendered cartoon illustration with soft gradients, glowing highlights and bubbles, painterly underwater light rays and depth haze, saturated deep-sea blues, teals and violets with gold trim, semi-realistic mermaid character, whimsical yet lavish mood",
    "tagline_on_splash": "Featuring Sticky Wild symbols and increasing multipliers!",
    "orientation": "portrait; captured at 760x1360",
    "language_in_frames": "English",
    "currency": null,
    "currency_note": "amounts are printed as bare numbers with two decimals and comma thousands (100,000.00); no currency sign or code on any frame",
    "demo_balance_shown": "100,000.00 (base_game.png)"
  },
  "color_palette": {
    "dominant": "deep ocean blue and teal water background, violet and purple in free spins background, warm gold accents",
    "background_base_game": "deep sea blue fading to lighter turquoise at the top with a dark sunken-ship silhouette, light rays, bubbles and fish silhouettes",
    "background_free_spins": "magenta-violet and purple water with golden coin piles on the seabed and a pale jellyfish silhouette overhead",
    "accent_colors": [
      "gold",
      "pearl white",
      "coral red",
      "violet purple",
      "teal green",
      "bright sky blue",
      "deep ocean blue"
    ],
    "accent_colors_where": "gold: titles of panels, frames and ornaments of the ribbon, free-spin counter ring, wild shell, bet and spin-count numbers; coral red: letter A, treasure chest, shell interiors, glow of the active multiplier shell in base game; violet: letter K, jug, free-spin background; teal green: letter Q; sky blue: letter J and jellyfish; pale yellow-gold: figures in the bottom bar and menu icons",
    "ui_panels": "dark charcoal-navy panels with gold-yellow headings (Paytable, Game Rules, Bet Options, Auto Spin); bright yellow solid Confirm and Collect buttons; white body text on dark grey in panels; paytable payout numbers in gold-yellow with the count of symbols (5, 4, 3) in white",
    "multiplier_shells": "base game: four pale blue shells (x1, x2, x3, x5), the active one glows hot pink-red with gold digits; free spins: four golden shells (x2, x4, x6, x10), the active one glows orange-red",
    "colorblind_notes": "Active multiplier is shown by glow, brighter fill and size change AND the number printed on the shell, so state is readable without colour. Letter symbols A, K, Q, J are told apart by their letter shape; colours (red, violet, teal, blue) are redundant. Disabled controls (minus at minimum bet, plus/auto/minus during spin) are only dimmed, no text label. Winning cells in free spins are marked by an orange glowing frame in addition to the amount on the ribbon."
  },
  "technical_summary": {
    "engine_note": "Cocos Creator build (provider playbook); panels Paytable and Rules are real DOM text and were read as text by the capturer",
    "reels": 5,
    "grid": {
      "type": "staircase (pyramid), NOT a rectangular grid",
      "base_game_heights_by_reel": [
        1,
        2,
        3,
        4,
        5
      ],
      "free_spins_heights_by_reel": [
        5,
        4,
        3,
        2,
        1
      ],
      "free_spins_heights_source": "rules_p5.png / paytable_p7.png print 5 rows in reel 1, 4 in reel 2, 2 in reel 4, 1 in reel 5; reel 3 is not named in the text, 3 rows is the only value consistent with 120 ways and is what frames show (free_spins_play_1.png, free_spins_play_2.png)",
      "vertical_alignment": "cells of every reel are centred on a common horizontal axis, so the field looks like a pyramid with the 5-row reel on the right in base game and on the left in free spins",
      "evidence_product": "1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 5 = 120"
    },
    "pay_mechanic": "ways",
    "ways": 120,
    "ways_printed": "120 ways (fixed) (rules_p1.png); '120 Ways' section heading (paytable_p7.png, paytable_p8.png)",
    "ways_rule": "Bet ways win if winning symbols are in succession from the leftmost reel to the right (paytable_p8.png). Total winning bet ways of a symbol = product of the number of adjacent winning symbols on each reel from the leftmost reel (paytable_p9.png). Simultaneous wins on different bet ways are added (rules_p1.png). Illustration in paytable: 1 x 2 x 2 = 4 ways.",
    "cascade": "After the payout of every round all winning symbols explode and symbols above them cascade down for a new round; additional winning combinations are tallied in every round until no more can be tallied (paytable_p10.png, rules_p1.png)",
    "paylines": null,
    "rtp": null,
    "rtp_note": "not printed anywhere in the build: both panels (Paytable 10 pages, Rules 9 pages) contain no RTP or Return to Player text (checked by TL and capturer through DOM text)",
    "max_win": null,
    "max_win_note": "the build prints no win cap. The only 'up to' number is 'win multiplier up to x10' (rules_p1.png), which is the free spins multiplier, not a cap",
    "volatility": null,
    "volatility_note": "not printed in the build",
    "bonus_buy": false,
    "bonus_buy_note": "no button on frames, not mentioned in rules text, no feature_buy nodes in scene (TL and capturer, three channels)",
    "jackpot": false,
    "autoplay": true,
    "turbo": true,
    "game_version": null,
    "bet": {
      "formula_printed": "Bet Size x Bet Level x Base Bet = Bet Amount (Bet Options panel, settings_bet_default.png: 0.30 x 2 x 20 = 12.00)",
      "bet_size_steps": [
        0.03,
        0.1,
        0.3,
        0.9
      ],
      "bet_level_range": "1 to 10",
      "base_bet": 20,
      "default_bet": 12.0,
      "min_bet": 0.6,
      "max_bet": 180.0,
      "min_frame": "settings_bet_min.png (Bet Amount 0.60, minus button dimmed)",
      "max_frame": "settings_bet_max.png (0.90 x 10 x 20 = 180.00)",
      "bet_amount_selector_seen_values": "wheel around the default shows 8.00, 10.00, 12.00, 14.00, 16.00; near the top 144.00, 162.00, 180.00 (settings_bet_default.png, settings_bet_max.png)",
      "printed_rule": "The game is played with 20 base bet for 120 ways (fixed), bet level of 1 to 10 and bet size of 0.03 to 0.90 (rules_p1.png)",
      "free_spins_bet": "Free Spins Feature is played at the same bet size and bet level as the spin that triggered it (rules_p2.png)"
    },
    "payout_basis": {
      "printed_paytable_unit": "coefficients in units of the base bet; the paytable prints no money",
      "printed_formula": "A bet way win in cash is equal to the value shown in the Paytable multiplied by the bet size and bet level (rules_p1.png); the winning symbol payout is multiplied by the number of winning bet ways (paytable_p9.png)",
      "conversion_to_money": "win = tier x (total bet / 20) x number of winning ways, then times the active multiplier of the round. Because total bet = bet size x bet level x 20, this equals tier x bet size x bet level x ways.",
      "check_on_frame": "base_game_win_line.png: Pot (purple jug) 3 of a kind = tier 4, total bet 0.60, one winning way, multiplier x1: 4 x (0.60 / 20) x 1 = 0.12, and the ribbon prints WIN 0.12 (value measured and verified by TL; the big decorative digits were read visually, not by OCR)",
      "note_on_example_numbers": "the gold question-mark coin with 5=500, 4=100, 3=10 and '10 x 4 = 40' on paytable_p9.png/paytable_p10.png is a teaching example, not a real symbol"
    },
    "multiplier_ladder": {
      "base_game": "x1, x2, x3, x5 shells above the reels. Every spin starts at x1 in the first round; any win in round 1 raises round 2 to x2, any win in round 2 raises round 3 to x3, any win in round 3 raises round 4 and all later rounds to x5 (paytable_p5.png / p6.png, rules_p4.png)",
      "free_spins": "ladder is doubled to x2, x4, x6, x10 (paytable_p7.png, free_spins_intro.png). The printed rule says the multipliers above the reels are increased to x2, x4, x6 and x10 respectively; the step rule within a spin is assumed the same as base but is not separately printed"
    }
  },
  "symbols": {
    "note": "Identities and payouts read from zoomed paytable_p1.png/paytable_p2.png. Numbers are the printed coefficients per 5/4/3 of a kind in units of the base bet (see technical_summary.payout_basis for the conversion to money). 2 of a kind pays nothing. Order follows the paytable.",
    "wild": {
      "name": "Special Sticky Wild (golden shell)",
      "appearance": "A glossy golden open clam shell cradling a luminous white pearl on a bed of red velvet and gold coins. A stylised capital W is printed on the pearl.",
      "payouts": "none of its own; substitutes",
      "rules_printed": [
        "Wild symbol substitutes for all symbols except Scatter symbol",
        "Wild symbol appears on reels 2, 3, 4 and 5 only",
        "At the start of any spin the Special Sticky Wild symbol will move to a random position on the reels and will stay on that position until the end of that spin"
      ],
      "frames": [
        "paytable_p1.png",
        "paytable_p3.png",
        "base_game.png (shown at the left of the staircase, in the reel 1 position)",
        "win_screen.png (on reel 5)",
        "base_game_win_line.png (lit, joining two Pot symbols)"
      ],
      "uncertain": "RESOLVED by TL from the build's own text: the golden shell in the reel 1 position is the Special Sticky Wild, a separate entity from the plain Wild. paytable_p3/p4 print: 'At the start of any spin, the Special Sticky Wild symbol will move to a random position on the reels and will stay on that position until the end of that spin.' The restriction 'Wild symbol appears on reels 2, 3, 4 and 5 only' applies to the plain Wild, so there is no contradiction."
    },
    "wild_counter_variant": {
      "name": "Sticky Wild with counter (blue shell)",
      "appearance": "A blue-violet open clam shell with a white pearl bearing a pink-gold number 1, 2 or 3, sitting on red velvet with gold coins",
      "rules_printed": [
        "When a Wild symbol appears on the reels, the number on the Wild symbol may be indicated as 1, 2 or 3",
        "The number is how many times the Wild can be used in a winning combination before it destroys itself",
        "If the Wild is involved in a win and its top number is 2 or more, it does not destroy itself in the next round and the value is reduced by 1",
        "If the Wild is involved in a win and its number is 1, it destroys itself in the next round"
      ],
      "frames": [
        "paytable_p4.png",
        "paytable_p5.png",
        "base_game.png (number 3 on reel 4)",
        "free_spins_play_1.png (number 1 on reel 2)"
      ],
      "uncertain": "the paytable heading 'Sticky Wild Symbol' and the number appears on the blue shell; how it is spawned is not printed (shown as 3 > 2 > 1 only)"
    },
    "scatter": {
      "name": "Scatter (mermaid portrait)",
      "appearance": "A square portrait of the red-haired green-eyed mermaid in an ornate gold scroll frame with a violet crystal crown at the top. The word Scatter is lettered across the bottom of the frame in gold with a teal outline.",
      "payouts": "no coefficients in the paytable; triggers Free Spins",
      "rules_printed": "3 Scatter symbols appearing anywhere trigger the Free Spins Feature with 8 free spins; each additional Scatter triggers 2 more free spins (paytable_p7.png, rules_p5.png)",
      "frames": [
        "paytable_p1.png",
        "base_game.png (reel 3)",
        "free_spins_trigger.png"
      ]
    },
    "high_value": [
      {
        "name": "Pearl Clam",
        "appearance": "A blue-violet open clam shell with a large white pearl in the middle on a bed of red velvet and gold coins",
        "payouts": {
          "5": 100,
          "4": 20,
          "3": 8
        },
        "rank": "highest paying",
        "source": "paytable_p1.png"
      },
      {
        "name": "Treasure Chest",
        "appearance": "An open red chest with gold fittings overflowing with gold coins, pearls and a blue gem, with purple octopus tentacles curling over it",
        "payouts": {
          "5": 70,
          "4": 15,
          "3": 5
        },
        "rank": "second",
        "source": "paytable_p1.png"
      },
      {
        "name": "Pot",
        "appearance": "A violet jug with a gold band wrapped in a string of white pearls, on a pile of gold coins, with teal coral beside it",
        "payouts": {
          "5": 50,
          "4": 10,
          "3": 4
        },
        "rank": "third",
        "source": "paytable_p1.png; used as the measured tier on base_game_win_line.png (3 of a kind = 4)"
      },
      {
        "name": "Anchor with eel",
        "appearance": "A dark navy anchor wrapped by a coiled orange-brown moray eel",
        "payouts": {
          "5": 35,
          "4": 8,
          "3": 3
        },
        "source": "paytable_p1.png"
      },
      {
        "name": "Manta ray",
        "appearance": "A dark blue manta ray with small pink fish at its fins",
        "payouts": {
          "5": 20,
          "4": 4,
          "3": 2
        },
        "source": "paytable_p1.png"
      },
      {
        "name": "Jellyfish",
        "appearance": "A glowing cyan jellyfish with a translucent bell and violet tentacles",
        "payouts": {
          "5": 10,
          "4": 4,
          "3": 2
        },
        "source": "paytable_p1.png"
      },
      {
        "name": "Starfish",
        "appearance": "A pale blue-green starfish with a faint glow",
        "payouts": {
          "5": 5,
          "4": 2,
          "3": 1
        },
        "source": "paytable_p1.png"
      }
    ],
    "royals_low_value": [
      {
        "name": "A",
        "color": "red",
        "payouts": {
          "5": 5,
          "4": 2,
          "3": 1
        },
        "appearance": "Red letter A inside a translucent water-bubble shape",
        "source": "paytable_p2.png"
      },
      {
        "name": "K",
        "color": "violet-lilac",
        "payouts": {
          "5": 5,
          "4": 2,
          "3": 1
        },
        "appearance": "Violet letter K inside a translucent water-bubble shape",
        "source": "paytable_p2.png"
      },
      {
        "name": "Q",
        "color": "teal green",
        "payouts": {
          "5": 5,
          "4": 2,
          "3": 1
        },
        "appearance": "Green-teal letter Q inside a translucent water-bubble shape",
        "source": "paytable_p2.png"
      },
      {
        "name": "J",
        "color": "bright blue",
        "payouts": {
          "5": 5,
          "4": 2,
          "3": 1
        },
        "appearance": "Blue letter J inside a translucent water-bubble shape",
        "source": "paytable_p2.png"
      }
    ],
    "note_on_ties": "Starfish, A, K, Q and J share the same coefficients 5 / 2 / 1; Manta ray and Jellyfish share 4 / 2 at 4 and 3 of a kind (they differ at 5)."
  },
  "features": {
    "cascades": {
      "printed": "paytable_p10.png: After the payout of every round is made, all winning symbols will explode allowing the symbols above them to cascade down for a new round. Additional winning combination will be tallied in every round until no more winning combination can be tallied.",
      "state_on_frames": "win_screen.png shows a base-game cascading spin ended on the x5 shell (TOTAL WIN 3.48)"
    },
    "increasing_multiplier": "see technical_summary.multiplier_ladder",
    "sticky_wilds": "see symbols.wild and symbols.wild_counter_variant",
    "free_spins": {
      "trigger": "3 Scatter symbols anywhere; each additional Scatter gives 2 more free spins",
      "awarded": 8,
      "mirrored_reels": "reels are mirrored, 5 rows in reel 1, 4 in reel 2, 2 in reel 4, 1 in reel 5 (reel 3 has 3)",
      "multiplier": "x2, x4, x6, x10",
      "retrigger": "printed: Free spins can be retriggered (not captured: no retrigger occurred in the captured round)",
      "bet": "same bet size and level as the triggering spin",
      "intro_screen": "free_spins_intro.png: FREE SPINS WON, a big 8, 'Reels are mirrored!', 'All multipliers doubled!', 'x2 > x4 > x6 > x10', START button",
      "in_play_counter": "gold ring at the lower left with the number of remaining spins and the words Remaining Free Spin (7 on free_spins_play_1.png, 6 on free_spins_play_2.png)",
      "end_screen": "win_screen_fs_total.png: '8 FREE SPINS', TOTAL WIN 3.84, COLLECT button",
      "frames": [
        "free_spins_trigger.png",
        "free_spins_intro.png",
        "free_spins_play_1.png",
        "free_spins_play_2.png",
        "win_screen_bigwin.png",
        "win_screen_fs_total.png"
      ]
    },
    "big_win_banner": "win_screen_bigwin.png: BIG WIN 3.48 inside free spins with a new mermaid pose; no thresholds are printed in the build",
    "bonus_buy": false,
    "autoplay": "Auto Spin panel: 10, 30, 50, 80, 1000 spins plus Start Auto Spin (autoplay.png). While auto spin is running the spin button shows the remaining count (rules: Stop button with number)",
    "turbo": "Turbo Spin button reduces the duration of reel spins in the main game; default after load was ON, frames show the icon in OFF state (struck lightning bolt with OFF)",
    "history": "History button in the menu shows previous games and a calendar to pick dates; the screen itself was not captured"
  },
  "screens": {
    "preview.png": {
      "type": "splash",
      "description": "Full-screen artwork: red-haired mermaid with a teal-and-violet tail over a sunken ship and coral. Title MERMAID RICHES in white and gold lettering with a purple glow and a scallop shell, tagline 'Featuring Sticky Wild symbols and increasing multipliers!', violet-pink GET STARTED button centred, footer with PG POCKET GAMES SOFT logo, Licensed in Malta MGA, Certified by GA / BMM, copyright line.",
      "ocr_text": "Featuring Sticky Wild symbols and increasing multipliers! GET STARTED Licensed in Malta Certified by GA / BMM PGSOFT.COM 2026 (c) PG SOFT ALL RIGHTS RESERVED"
    },
    "base_game.png": {
      "type": "base_game",
      "description": "Top: a green-teal ornate ribbon at about one eighth from the top with a scrolling tip text; below it four pale-blue multiplier shells x1 x2 x3 x5 with x1 glowing pink. Centre: five reels in a pyramid with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 symbols from left to right. The mermaid stands at the left behind the short reels. Under the reels a three-part bar: wallet balance 100,000.00 (left), bet amount 12.00 (centre), win 0.00 (right). Bottom row: Turbo, minus, large round spin button at the centre, plus, Auto, three-line menu at the right edge.",
      "ocr_text": "in up to x10 multiplier in free spins x1 x2 x3 x5 100,000.00 12.00 0.00 TURBO AUTO",
      "tip_ribbon_texts_seen_across_frames": [
        "in up to x10 multiplier in free spins",
        "Reels are mirrored to 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 (cut off)",
        "Win up to x5 multiplier!",
        "may stay on the reels up to 3 time (cut off)",
        "[W icon] will stay on the reels!"
      ],
      "ribbon_note": "ribbon text scrolls and is clipped at the edges; it is marketing text, not a cap. 'Win up to x5 multiplier' is the base-game multiplier ladder top."
    },
    "base_game_win_line.png": {
      "type": "base_game, win moment",
      "description": "Ribbon switches to WIN 0.12 in gold lettering; x1 shell lit. Two Pot symbols glow with bubbles on reels 1 and 2 and a golden wild shell on reel 3 is lit; bottom bar: balance 99,991.39, bet 0.60, win 0.03 (still counting). Turbo icon in OFF state; minus, plus and Auto are dimmed during the spin; spin button greyed.",
      "numbers_read_visually": "WIN 0.12 (ribbon); bottom win 0.03 is the lagging counter of the same win, not another win"
    },
    "win_screen.png": {
      "type": "win_screen (base game)",
      "description": "Ribbon turns into an ornate bronze-gold banner with a gold shell crest: TOTAL WIN 3.48. The x5 shell is lit. Balance 99,992.32, bet 0.60, win 3.48. Scatter on reel 4 and a golden wild shell on reel 5.",
      "numbers_read_visually": "TOTAL WIN 3.48 (decorative digits not OCR-readable)"
    },
    "settings_menu.png": {
      "type": "settings",
      "description": "Menu opened from the three-line button: six icons in a row at the bottom, labels below each: Quit (arrow leaving a door), Sound (speaker), Paytable (curve in a square), Rules (document with bookmark), History (WIN ribbon with arrows), Close (grey circle with X). Ribbon shows 'Reels are mirrored to 5 x 4 x 3 x 2'.",
      "ocr_text": "Quit Sound Paytable Rules History Close"
    },
    "settings_bet_default.png": {
      "type": "settings, Bet Options",
      "description": "Bottom sheet 'Bet Options' with a round grey X close at top right. Four scroll wheels with column titles Bet Size | Bet Level | Base Bet | Bet Amount (the last in gold). Selected row is highlighted: 0.30 x 2 x 20 = 12.00. Neighbouring values faded: sizes 0.03, 0.10, 0.90; levels -, 1, 3, 4; amounts 8.00, 10.00, 14.00, 16.00. Below: outlined Max Bet button on the left and a bright yellow Confirm button on the right; wallet, bet and win bar underneath."
    },
    "settings_bet_max.png": {
      "type": "settings, Bet Options at maximum",
      "description": "Selected row 0.90 x 10 x 20 = 180.00; the row under it shows '-' in all columns (end of the list). The Max Bet button is dimmed."
    },
    "settings_bet_min.png": {
      "type": "settings, minimum bet reached on the play field",
      "description": "Bet amount shows 0.60 in the bar; the minus button is dimmed. The 'Minimum Bet' toast mentioned in the capturer note is not visible on this frame."
    },
    "autoplay.png": {
      "type": "autoplay",
      "description": "Dim overlay with a bottom sheet 'Auto Spin': label 'Number of Auto Spins', five rounded choice buttons 10 | 30 | 50 | 80 | 1000 (none selected), a wide gold Start Auto Spin button shown dimmed until a count is chosen, round grey X close at top right. The panel has no scrolling and no check boxes.",
      "ocr_text": "Auto Spin Number of Auto Spins 10 30 50 80 1000 Start Auto Spin 0.60"
    },
    "free_spins_trigger.png": {
      "type": "free_spins trigger",
      "description": "Transition flash with a pearl-bubble swirl and a ghost letter shape in the glow; ribbon TOTAL WIN 0.45. Three Scatter portraits are visible: two stacked on reel 4 and one on reel 5; a golden wild shell is on reel 3 and a shell with a 1 above reel 5. The scatter count is stated here from the visible cards; the flash partly covers the field.",
      "numbers_read_visually": "TOTAL WIN 0.45; balance 99,991.33; bet 0.60; win 0.45",
      "uncertain": "capturer manifest note says scatters on reels 3 and 4; by x-position the visible scatters stand on reels 4 and 5. The frame is taken inside a flash so this is not verified further"
    },
    "free_spins_intro.png": {
      "type": "free_spins intro",
      "description": "Full-screen purple-pink artwork: FREE SPINS WON in white-violet 3D lettering, a huge 8, mermaid leaning on an open treasure chest full of gold, text 'Reels are mirrored! All multipliers doubled!' and 'x2 > x4 > x6 > x10', START button with shells at the bottom. Bottom bar: balance 99,991.33, bet 0.60, win 0.45.",
      "ocr_text": "FREE SPINS WON 8 Reels are mirrored! All multipliers doubled! x2 > x4 > x6 > x10 START"
    },
    "free_spins_play_1.png": {
      "type": "free_spins play",
      "description": "Purple underwater field, golden multiplier shells x2 x4 x6 x10 with x4 lit orange-red, mirrored pyramid with 5 rows at the left to 1 row at the right, mermaid at the right. Ribbon WIN 0.24. Remaining Free Spin 7 in a gold ring at the lower left. Bottom bar: balance 99,991.93, bet 0.60, win 1.05."
    },
    "free_spins_play_2.png": {
      "type": "free_spins play, winning cascade",
      "description": "x2 shell lit; ribbon shows 0.18; Q symbols and Jellyfish framed by orange glow as winning cells; wild shell on reel 2. Remaining Free Spin 6; bottom bar balance 99,994.81, bet 0.60, win 3.93."
    },
    "win_screen_bigwin.png": {
      "type": "win_screen inside free spins",
      "description": "Mermaid in a dancing pose over the field, BIG WIN in white-blue 3D letters, 3.48 in pink-white digits; Remaining Free Spin 7; bottom win 3.93."
    },
    "win_screen_fs_total.png": {
      "type": "win_screen, free spins summary",
      "description": "Full-screen artwork: smiling mermaid with raised fists among floating coins and bubbles, '8 FREE SPINS' in gold, TOTAL WIN in white-violet letters, 3.84 in pink-white digits, a turquoise COLLECT button with gold frame and shells at the bottom."
    },
    "paytable": "10 pages in one scroll list (paytable_p1.png ... paytable_p10.png), no sections: Symbol Payout Values (10 regular symbols + wild + scatter), wild text, Special Sticky Wild Symbol, Sticky Wild Symbol, Multiplier, Free Spins Feature, 120 Ways with two staircase diagrams (tick = valid succession, cross = broken succession) and the example 1 x 2 x 2 = 4 and 10 x 4 = 40. Header 'Paytable' in gold, X close at top right, a vertical scrollbar at the right edge.",
    "rules": "9 pages (rules_p1.png ... rules_p9.png): game description, bet rules, wild and multiplier rules, free spins, Main Game button reference (Spin, Stop, Minus, Plus, Wallet Balance, Bet Amount, Win Amount, Auto Spin, Turbo Spin, More Settings, Sound, Paytable, Rules, History, Close), keyboard controls, Additional Information"
  },
  "controls_and_input": {
    "layout_positions_760x1360": "spin button large and centred at the bottom (about x380 y1230); Turbo at the left (about x92 y1200), Minus about x208, Plus about x550, Auto about x667, three-line menu at the right edge about x745; balance bar left, bet amount in the middle, win on the right at about y1085",
    "spin": "Tap to start a spin at the current base bet, bet size and bet level; tap the button or game area during a spin to stop the reels",
    "keyboard_pc": "Space starts a spin; holding Space continues spins until released; Space during spinning skips the reel animation and reveals results; when exactly one on-screen button is available Space activates it",
    "wallet_balance": "tap shows balances of available wallets",
    "bet_amount": "tap opens Bet Options; Max Bet sets bet size and bet level to maximum; Confirm applies",
    "win_amount": "tap shows Game History",
    "stop": "during auto spin the spin button shows the remaining number of spins; tap stops auto spin",
    "hold_and_drag_notes": "wheels in Bet Options are scrolled (swipe/drag)",
    "disclaimer_printed": "Malfunction voids all pays and plays. In the event of disputes, game results shown in the game history page are absolute and final (rules_p9.png)"
  },
  "accessibility_observations": {
    "blind_users": "Paytable and Rules are real DOM text, so a screen reader can read them. Reels and the multiplier shells are canvas graphics with no text alternative observed. Win amounts appear on the ribbon in large decorative digits.",
    "deaf_users": "No frame shows a mandatory audio cue; wins, free-spin entry and the BIG WIN banner are all shown visually with text. The Sound toggle is in the menu.",
    "colorblind_users": "See color_palette.colorblind_notes. Letter symbols differ by shape, animals and objects by silhouette; multiplier state by number and glow.",
    "motor": "Auto Spin 10-1000, turbo toggle, Space key hold to repeat spins, tap on the field to stop reels. Controls are large round targets at the bottom of a portrait view.",
    "motion_and_flash": "free_spins_trigger.png shows a bright full-screen flash and a pearl-bubble swirl at the free-spin transition; ribbon texts scroll continuously."
  },
  "frames_ocr_note": "Panel texts for paytable and rules were read from the frames visually and cross-checked with the DOM text recorded by the capturer; big decorative amounts (0.12, 3.48, 3.84, 0.24, 0.18, 0.45) were read visually.",
  "unreadable_or_uncertain": [
    "RTP: not printed in the build (checked); value null",
    "Maximum win cap: not printed in the build; the only 'up to' figure is the free spins multiplier x10; value null",
    "Volatility: not printed in the build; value null",
    "Currency: no sign or code is printed; value null",
    "Whether the golden Special Sticky Wild is also counted down like the numbered blue wild: not printed",
    "Free spins multiplier step rule inside a spin (x2 then x4 then x6 then x10 after winning rounds): the ladder is printed, the per-round stepping is assumed analogous to the base game and is not separately printed",
    "Retrigger of free spins: printed in rules (additional Scatter = +2 spins, 'can be retriggered') but never captured on frames",
    "Cumulative counters in the free spins frames (bottom WIN 1.05, 3.93, banner BIG WIN 3.48, final TOTAL WIN 3.84, trigger WIN 0.45) are from different moments and do not all reconcile on their own; they are recorded as printed, without reconstruction",
    "Scatter positions on free_spins_trigger.png: the flash covers the field; three cards are visible, two on reel 4 and one on reel 5, while the capturer note says reels 3 and 4",
    "Ribbon tip texts are clipped by the ribbon edges (e.g. 'may stay on the reels up to 3 time', 'Reels are mirrored to 5 x 4 x 3 x 2'); the full sentences are not on the frames",
    "Minimum Bet toast: not visible on settings_bet_min.png",
    "History / Game History screen: not captured",
    "Scene tree holds inactive nodes in Spanish and Dutch; they do not appear on any frame and the game language is English, so they are not documented as interface elements",
    "Whether the Special Sticky Wild (golden shell) also carries the 1/2/3 durability number is not printed: the number rule is stated for 'a Wild symbol', and the Special Sticky Wild has its own section that mentions only the per-spin reposition. Recorded as not stated."
  ]
}