Mines

{
  "game": {
    "name": "Mines",
    "provider": "PoggiPlay",
    "studio": null,
    "studio_note": "No sub-studio anywhere in the build: the header prints only the game name and the loading screen only the PoggiPlay wordmark.",
    "game_type": "instant win / mines picking game — NOT a reel slot",
    "game_type_evidence": "There are no reels, no spin button and no paytable of symbols. The board is a 5x5 grid of 25 tiles; the player places a bet, opens tiles one by one looking for gems and cashes out before hitting a mine. The provider's own game page calls it 'Game Type: Instant Win'.",
    "theme": "Gems and mines, dark minimal interface",
    "captured_from": "https://platform.poggiplay.com/static/game/pplay/mines/ (provider-hosted demo build)",
    "capture_language": "English (en-US), verified on two channels before any frame was kept",
    "demo_currency": "FUN — demo credit label, not a real currency of the game",
    "build_version": "1.1.0 (54caa240), printed at the bottom of the Settings panel",
    "technology": "The whole game is DOM/HTML: scene_probe reports 0 canvases and 44 named controls. Balance, bet, multiplier ladder and counters are readable as text without OCR."
  },

  "layout": {
    "board": "5x5 grid of 25 identical tiles on the right side of the screen",
    "controls": "Left column: AUTO, the big action button (BET / CASHOUT / CANCEL), TURBO toggle, bet row (MIN, minus, value, plus, MAX), mines row (3, 5, minus, value, plus, 10, 20), and a counters strip (Gems / Mine Risk / Opened).",
    "top_bar": "Provider mark and game name at the left; Balance, mute, fullscreen and settings gear at the right.",
    "multiplier_ladder": "A horizontal strip above the board showing the payout multiplier of each successive gem; the current step is highlighted.",
    "bet_history": "Three tabs under the board — Live Bets, Top Bets, My Bets — listing other players' bets in many currencies (RUB, CZK, ETB, KGS, UZS, COP, KZT, EUR)."
  },

  "numbers": {
    "rtp": {
      "value": 98.0,
      "unit": "percent",
      "source": "Printed inside the Rules panel: 'The Mines game has an RTP of 98.00%.' The provider's game page prints 98% as well."
    },
    "max_multiplier": {
      "value": 10000,
      "source": "Game Limits panel: 'Max Multiplier x10000'; the provider page prints 10 000.",
      "caveat": "The visible ladder prints higher steps (x52.0k with 20 mines). They are unreachable: the rules state that if the potential win on the next pick would exceed the payout limits the game cashes out automatically."
    },
    "max_win_cap": {
      "value": 150000,
      "unit": "FUN credits",
      "source": "Game Limits panel: 'Max Win 150000 FUN'.",
      "note": "ABSOLUTE cap, not a multiple of the bet: the panel printed the same 150000 at a bet of 50 and at a bet of 100000."
    },
    "bet_range": {
      "min": 50,
      "max": 100000,
      "unit": "FUN demo credits",
      "sources": [
        "Measured with the MIN and MAX buttons: the value bottoms out at 50 and tops out at 100000, where the '+' greys out",
        "Game Limits panel: 'Min Bet 50 FUN', 'Max Bet 100000 FUN'"
      ],
      "currency_note": "The build prints no credit-to-currency rate, and no aggregator publishes a currency range for this game, so the currency bet range is not claimed."
    },
    "volatility": {
      "value": null,
      "note": "Not stated in the build. The provider's game page shows three of five bars lit (medium)."
    },
    "mines_range": {
      "min": 2,
      "max": 24,
      "source": "Rules: 'Choose the number of mines from 2 to 24.' Presets on the panel are 3, 5, 10 and 20."
    }
  },

  "mechanics": {
    "round": "Choose the number of mines, set the bet and press BET. Before the first tile is opened the bet can be withdrawn with CANCEL. Each opened gem raises the payout multiplier; CASHOUT collects the current amount. Opening a mine loses the bet and reveals the whole board.",
    "payout_formula": "Win amount = current payout multiplier x bet amount, rounded down to two decimals according to the currency precision (quoted from the rules).",
    "auto_cashout_when_all_found": "If every gem is found, cashout happens automatically.",
    "auto_cashout_at_cap": "If the potential win on the next pick would exceed the payout limits, the game cashes out automatically.",
    "risk_display": "Mine Risk = number of mines / (all tiles - opened tiles) x 100%, printed live next to the board along with Gems left and Opened count.",
    "observed_ladders": {
      "3_mines": "x1.11, x1.27, x1.46, x1.69, x1.97, x2.32, x2.76, x3.31, x4.02, x4.95, x6.19, x7.88, x10.24, x13.66, x18.78, x26.83, x40.24, x64.40, x112, x225, x563, x2.25k (22 steps = 25 tiles minus 3 mines), Mine Risk 12.0% at the start",
      "20_mines": "x4.90, x29.40, x225, x2.47k, x52.0k (5 steps), Mine Risk 83.3% at the start"
    },
    "measured_round": "Bet 50 FUN, 3 mines, four gems opened, cashed out at x1.69 for 84 FUN. Balance moved 1045950 -> 1046034, i.e. exactly bet x multiplier, which confirms the payout formula."
  },

  "features": [
    {
      "name": "Autoplay (Auto Bet)",
      "how": "AUTO switches the panel to auto mode: the player pre-selects the tiles to open, the number of bets (presets 10, 20, 50, 100) and, under the Advanced toggle, what to do On Win and On Loss (Reset or Increase by a percentage) plus Stop on Profit and Stop on Loss amounts.",
      "captured": "autoplay.png, autoplay_advanced.png"
    },
    {
      "name": "Turbo",
      "how": "A toggle next to the action button that shortens the reveal animation."
    },
    {
      "name": "Hotkeys",
      "how": "Settings lists them: Space = Bet / Cash out / Stop auto, R = random pick tile."
    },
    {
      "name": "Bet history feed",
      "how": "Live Bets, Top Bets (biggest wins of the last 24 hours) and My Bets tabs under the board."
    }
  ],

  "not_present": [
    "No free spins, no bonus game and no bonus buy — the Settings menu offers only Game Limits and Rules, and the rules describe a single round type.",
    "No jackpot ladder and no progressive meter.",
    "No gamble / double-up step after a win.",
    "No promotional splash screen: the build goes from the loading screen straight to the board (checked by reloading and bursting frames from the first moment)."
  ],

  "screens": {
    "preview.png": "Loading screen on a dark grey-blue tiled background: the PoggiPlay wordmark at the top, a large green faceted gem beside a black bomb with a lit fuse, the word MINES in heavy white letters and a progress bar at 83%.",
    "base_game.png": "Idle board: 25 unopened tiles, blue BET button, bet 1000 FUN, 3 mines selected, counters Gems 22 / Mine Risk 12.0% / Opened 0/25, ladder starting at x1.11.",
    "base_game_round.png": "Live round at 50 FUN with 3 mines: four gems revealed in the top row, the action button turned green and reads CASHOUT 84 FUN, ladder step x1.69 highlighted, counters Gems 18 / Mine Risk 14.3% / Opened 4/25.",
    "win_screen.png": "Cashout result: a panel over the revealed board reading 'You win! 84' and 'Multiplier x1.69'; the board shows the four opened gems bright and the remaining gems and three mines dimmed.",
    "other_mine_hit.png": "Lost round with 20 mines: the first opened tile is a bomb, the whole board is revealed in red — twenty bombs and four gems — and the ladder is tinted red starting at x4.90.",
    "settings.png": "Settings panel: Sound Effects switch, HOTKEYS (Space for bet/cash out/stop auto, R for random pick), links to Game Limits and Rules, Home/Exit and the build version 1.1.0 (54caa240).",
    "info_limits.png": "Game Limits panel: Min Bet 50 FUN, Max Bet 100000 FUN, Max Multiplier x10000, Max Win 150000 FUN.",
    "rules_p1.png": "Rules, first screen: How to Play, Bet (mines from 2 to 24, cancel before the first tile).",
    "rules_p2.png": "Rules, second screen: Gameplay, Cash Out, the payout formula and the rounding rule.",
    "rules_p3.png": "Rules, third screen: Mine Risk formula, RTP 98.00%, the automatic cashout at the payout limit, Autoplay, Settings and Bet History.",
    "autoplay.png": "Auto mode: number of bets with presets 10/20/50/100 and the hint 'select all tiles you want to open, configure auto bet settings and press Start Autobet'.",
    "autoplay_advanced.png": "Auto mode with the Advanced toggle on: On Win and On Loss (Reset or Increase by), Stop on Profit and Stop on Loss."
  },

  "colors": {
    "palette_words": "Very dark navy background and slightly lighter tiles; bright blue for the BET button, green for CASHOUT and for the gems, red for a lost round and for the bomb collar, orange for the fuse spark and the active ladder step, white text, muted grey labels.",
    "contrast_note": "State is signalled by both colour and text: the action button changes its word (BET / CASHOUT / CANCEL / START AUTOBET) as well as its colour, so the state is never colour-only."
  },

  "accessibility": {
    "audio": "A single Sound Effects switch in Settings; nothing is communicated by sound alone.",
    "colour_dependence": "Gems and mines differ by shape (a faceted gem versus a round bomb with a fuse), not only by colour; the win panel states the amount and the multiplier in words and digits.",
    "motor": "Tiles are large 84x84 targets in a regular grid; hotkeys allow playing without precise pointing (Space bets and cashes out, R opens a random tile), and auto mode plays whole series without clicking.",
    "text_size": "Interface text is small but high contrast; the counters strip repeats the key numbers in a fixed place.",
    "motion": "The reveal animation is short and can be shortened further with TURBO; nothing flashes."
  },

  "uncertain": [
    "Volatility is not stated in the build; the provider's page shows a three-of-five scale.",
    "The currency value of a FUN credit is not printed anywhere and no aggregator publishes a currency bet range for this game, so bet limits are recorded only in credits.",
    "The multiplier ladder was read for 3 and 20 mines. Ladders for other mine counts follow the same rule but were not captured.",
    "The provider's page states 'Max Exposure ($) 15 000'. It matches neither the credit rate implied by the other game of this provider nor bet x multiplier here, so it is recorded as the provider's own business figure and not converted."
  ]
}