Mustang Gold

{
  "game": {
    "name": "Mustang Gold",
    "provider": "Pragmatic Play",
    "theme": "American Wild West / mustang ranch theme. Two mustang horses (one cream-white with a pale blond/light-blue mane, one dark blue-black with a similar flowing mane) are the visual centerpiece on splash and win screens. Supporting cast: a cowboy holding a revolver, and a blonde cowgirl in a wide-brim hat. Scenery is a warm desert sunset (orange/red/pink sky over red-orange desert dunes and distant mesas) with a rustic wooden ranch fence in the foreground on the splash screen, and weathered wooden plank signage (with horseshoes nailed to the sides) on the free-spins award/win screens.",
    "documentation_purpose": "Exhaustive accessibility documentation (blind/low-vision screen-reader users, deaf/hard-of-hearing, color-blind users of all types, motor-impaired users) built from 20 desktop screenshots (1280x800) + verbatim OCR + zoomed crops of the paytable icons.",
    "method_notes": "Symbol payouts verified with 3x-4x zoomed crops of rules_p1.png (paytable). All numeric claims (RTP, bet range, jackpot multipliers, money-symbol values, paylines count) are taken verbatim from on-screen text (OCR-confirmed) rather than inferred. Base-game reel snapshot contents are a random per-spin RNG outcome and are described only as illustrative examples, not as a fixed layout.",
    "language": "English"
  },

  "color_palette": {
    "base_game_background": "Deep navy-blue reel background behind the 5x3 symbol grid; outside the reel frame, a warm desert sunset (orange, red, magenta/pink sky gradient) over a red-orange sandy desert landscape with a wooden ranch fence (weathered brown planks and posts) crossing the very bottom edge and small dark silhouettes of birds/cattle in the distance.",
    "reel_frame": "Thin decorative purple/violet ornamental border framing the reel grid, with rope-like braided trim along the top and bottom edges of the reel area.",
    "jackpot_ticker_bar": "Horizontal bar spanning the top of the screen: 'GRAND' label in gold/yellow text inside a box with a pink/magenta border (left), 'MINOR' label in gold text inside a box with a green border (next to GRAND), a rotating center banner, 'MINI' label in gold text inside a box with a blue border, and 'MAJOR' label in gold text inside a box with a red border (far right).",
    "free_spins_gameplay_background": "Reel background shifts to a warm gold/amber glow with radiating light-ray streaks (during the free-spins trigger reveal) or a dark maroon/purple tint (during regular free-spins gameplay spins) — visually distinct from the base game's navy-blue background.",
    "win_and_award_screens": "Warm brown wood-plank signage (natural wood grain, dark wood-grain seams, metal rivets) with rusty horseshoes nailed to the left and right edges; text in gold/yellow with a black drop-shadow outline; background behind the plank is a soft radial amber/green glow.",
    "settings_and_autoplay_panels": "Dark, near-black semi-transparent panel overlay on top of the dimmed game screen; headings in orange/gold text; toggle switches use green (on) vs. grey/white (off) with the switch handle position also changing (left=off, right=on); body text is white.",
    "paytable_rules_panel": "Dark near-black panel with a thin light-grey/white border, centered over the dimmed reels; headings in white, body text in white, symbol icons shown in their natural in-game colors; navigation arrows and close icon are bright green.",
    "accent_colors": "Gold/yellow (headings, jackpot ticker text, win amounts, WILD wordmark plaque), green (COLLECT symbol text, ON toggles, navigation arrows, MINOR jackpot box border), red (MAJOR jackpot box border, campfire flames), blue (MINI jackpot box border), pink/magenta (GRAND jackpot box border)."
  },

  "layout": {
    "grid": "5 reels x 3 rows, fixed grid (no cascading/tumbling observed).",
    "paylines": "25 FIXED paylines (not selectable/adjustable) — confirmed by the 25 numbered payline diagrams (1 through 25) shown on rules_p5.png (page 5/8, 'GAME RULES'), each a small 5x3 grid icon showing the win-path shape in a distinct color.",
    "bottom_bar_base_game": {
      "far_left": "Two small round buttons stacked vertically: a hamburger-menu icon ('=', three horizontal lines) opening SYSTEM SETTINGS, and a speaker icon below it toggling sound.",
      "info_button": "Round 'i' INFORMATION button just to the right of the menu/speaker column; opens the 8-page paytable/rules booklet.",
      "balance_labels": "Left-center, gold/yellow text: 'CREDIT $100,000.00' and 'BET $2.00' (demo default), stacked vertically.",
      "center_hint": "'HOLD SPACE FOR TURBO SPIN' in white text, center of the bottom bar.",
      "right_controls": "Large round SPIN button (two white curved arrows forming a circle) at center-right; a round '-' (decrease bet) button to its left and a round '+' (increase bet) button to its right; an oval 'AUTOPLAY' button (with a small quick-spin icon) below the spin button.",
      "branding": "'PRAGMATIC PLAY' in small grey text at the bottom-left corner."
    },
    "jackpot_ticker": "Persistent bar across the very top of the game screen, visible on base game, rules panels, settings, autoplay and free-spins screens alike: 'GRAND $2,000.00' and 'MINOR $200.00' on the left, a rotating center banner, 'MINI $100.00' and 'MAJOR $400.00' on the right (values shown at the demo default total bet of $2.00; see 'jackpot' section for the underlying fixed multipliers)."
  },

  "rotating_top_banner": {
    "location": "Center of the top jackpot-ticker bar, between the GRAND/MINOR pair (left) and MINI/MAJOR pair (right).",
    "behavior": "Cycles through several static promotional/rule-reminder texts independent of the current game event — it is NOT a live win notification.",
    "observed_texts": [
      "WIN UP TO 12,000X BET (seen on base_game_01.png)",
      "MUSTANG GOLD (the game's wordmark plaque, seen on base_game_win_line.png)",
      "[jackpot money symbol] AND [collect symbol] WINS A JACKPOT (seen on money_collect_win.png, coincidentally during an actual money-collect win, but this is the banner's normal rotation, not a triggered alert)",
      "HIT [collect symbol] TO COLLECT ALL MONEY SYMBOLS (seen on settings_01.png)",
      "3X [campfire symbol] WINS FREE SPINS (seen on rules_p3.png background)",
      "MORE [horseshoe symbol] AND [collect symbol] IN FREE SPINS (seen on free_spins_gameplay_01.png background and rules_p4/p5/p8 backgrounds)"
    ],
    "note": "Confirmed by capturer observation across multiple captured frames that the same banner text can appear coincidentally alongside an unrelated live event (e.g. the JACKPOT-tip text appearing during an ordinary, non-jackpot money-collect win) — documented here so it is not mistaken for an event-triggered alert."
  },

  "symbols": {
    "note": "Payouts read from a 3x-zoomed crop of rules_p1.png (paytable, page 1/8). Values shown are demo defaults at total bet $2.00 / 25 fixed paylines, i.e. $0.08 bet-per-line (payline symbol wins are stated to be multiplied by bet-per-line — see 'betting_and_paylines'). Zoom-verified: the two horse symbols both show $4.00 for a 4-of-a-kind, which is correct as printed (not a misread) — the two horses differ only in their 5-of-a-kind ($40 vs $24) and card frame color/background, not in their 4-of-a-kind or 3-of-a-kind values (both $4.00 / $0.80).",
    "high_value": [
      {
        "name": "White (cream) mustang / horse head",
        "appearance": "Head-and-mane portrait of a pale cream/white horse with a light blond mane streaked with pale blue at the tips, dark brown eyes, pink/salmon-colored nose, framed in an ornate gold picture-frame card with red gem accents at the corners.",
        "payouts": {"5": "$40.00", "4": "$4.00", "3": "$0.80"},
        "rank": "top-paying symbol (highest of the five paying icons)"
      },
      {
        "name": "Dark (black/blue) mustang / horse head",
        "appearance": "Head-and-mane portrait of a dark blue-black horse with a wind-swept dark mane, set against a bright green background, framed in a matching ornate gold picture-frame card.",
        "payouts": {"5": "$24.00", "4": "$4.00", "3": "$0.80"},
        "rank": "second-highest-paying symbol"
      },
      {
        "name": "Cowboy with revolver",
        "appearance": "Portrait of a man wearing a wide-brim brown cowboy hat and a red neckerchief/bandana, holding a revolver up near his shoulder, set against a sunset-gradient (blue-to-orange) background, in a metallic blue-framed card.",
        "payouts": {"5": "$20.00", "4": "$2.00", "3": "$0.80"}
      },
      {
        "name": "Cowgirl (blonde woman in hat)",
        "appearance": "Portrait of a smiling blonde woman wearing a light tan/cream wide-brim hat, tipping the hat brim with one hand, wearing gold bracelet jewelry, set against a purple/violet background, in a pink/magenta-framed card.",
        "payouts": {"5": "$16.00", "4": "$2.00", "3": "$0.80"}
      }
    ],
    "low_value_royals": [
      {"name": "A", "appearance": "Silver/grey 3D metallic letter 'A'", "payouts": {"5": "$8.00", "4": "$1.20", "3": "$0.40"}},
      {"name": "K", "appearance": "Silver/grey 3D metallic letter 'K'", "payouts": {"5": "$8.00", "4": "$1.20", "3": "$0.40"}},
      {"name": "Q", "appearance": "Silver/grey 3D metallic letter 'Q'", "payouts": {"5": "$8.00", "4": "$1.20", "3": "$0.40"}},
      {"name": "J", "appearance": "Silver/grey 3D metallic letter 'J'", "payouts": {"5": "$8.00", "4": "$1.20", "3": "$0.40"}}
    ],
    "wild": {
      "name": "WILD ('MUSTANG GOLD')",
      "appearance": "A wood-plank plaque/sign reading 'MUSTANG GOLD' in carved gold 3D lettering with a dark wood-grain background and gold rivets at the corners.",
      "rules": "Substitutes for all symbols except SCATTER, MONEY SYMBOL and COLLECT. Appears ONLY on reels 2, 3, 4 and 5 (not reel 1).",
      "source": "rules_p1.png (page 1/8, verbatim: 'This symbol is WILD and substitutes for all symbols except for SCATTER, MONEY SYMBOL and COLLECT. WILD symbol appears on reels 2, 3, 4 and 5.')"
    },
    "scatter": {
      "name": "SCATTER (campfire)",
      "appearance": "A lit campfire with orange/yellow flames over crossed logs, against a dark night-blue background, in a gold-framed card.",
      "rules": "Appears only on reels 2, 3 and 4. 3-of-a-kind pays 1x total bet AND triggers 8 Free Spins.",
      "source": "rules_p1.png (page 1/8, verbatim: 'This symbol is SCATTER and appears on reels 2, 3 and 4. 3x [campfire] pay 1x total bet. 3x [campfire] trigger 8 Free Spins.')"
    },
    "money_symbol": {
      "name": "MONEY SYMBOL (golden horseshoe)",
      "appearance": "A solid gold horseshoe icon; when landed it displays either a printed dollar-multiplier value (e.g. '2.00', '250', '750', '5000' as seen on frames — the multiplier text is overlaid on the horseshoe) or, rarely, the word 'JACKPOT' overlaid on a colored ribbon banner instead of a number.",
      "rules": "Present on reels 1, 2, 3 and 4 only (never reel 5). Each spin, a landed Money Symbol takes a random value from a fixed set: 1x, 2x, 3x, 5x, 8x, 10x, 12x, 15x, 18x, 20x, 25x, 30x, 35x TOTAL BET, or the special JACKPOT value. NOTE — different payout basis than the regular paying symbols above: ordinary symbol wins are multiplied by BET PER LINE, but Money Symbol values are stated and multiplied by TOTAL BET.",
      "source": "rules_p2.png (page 2/8, 'MONEY COLLECT FEATURE')"
    },
    "collect_symbol": {
      "name": "COLLECT",
      "appearance": "A round gold sheriff's-star medallion (six-pointed star badge) with the word 'COLLECT' in green 3D lettering across the center.",
      "rules": "Present ONLY on reel 5. When one or more Money Symbols are showing anywhere on the grid and a COLLECT symbol lands on reel 5, the values of all Money Symbols currently on screen are added together and paid as a win. If one or more of those Money Symbols show JACKPOT instead of a numeric value, landing COLLECT on reel 5 instead awards one JACKPOT REVEAL BONUS GAME per JACKPOT-tagged Money Symbol (played in sequence, one after another).",
      "source": "rules_p2.png (page 2/8, 'MONEY COLLECT FEATURE')"
    }
  },

  "betting_and_paylines": {
    "reels_rows": "5 reels x 3 rows (fixed grid).",
    "paylines": "25 fixed paylines (win-path diagrams 1-25 shown on rules_p5.png); paylines are not player-selectable — total bet is divided across all 25 lines.",
    "payout_basis": "CRITICAL: ordinary symbol wins (the horse/cowboy/cowgirl/royal-letter paytable above) are multiplied by BET PER LINE, not total bet. At the captured demo default of total bet $2.00 across 25 lines, bet-per-line = $0.08. Verbatim source (rules_p5.png, page 5/8, 'GAME RULES'): 'All symbols pay from left to right on selected paylines. All wins are multiplied by bet per line. Free spins and bonus wins are added to the payline win. All values are expressed as actual wins in coins. Only the highest win is paid per line. When winning on multiple paylines, all wins are added to the total win.' Money Symbol values and the 4 fixed jackpots use a DIFFERENT basis — TOTAL BET (see 'symbols.money_symbol' and 'jackpot').",
    "min_bet": "$0.25 (verbatim rules_p5.png: 'MINIMUM BET: $0.25')",
    "max_bet": "$250.00 (verbatim rules_p5.png: 'MAXIMUM BET: $250.00')",
    "demo_default_bet": "$2.00",
    "demo_credit": "$100,000.00",
    "keyboard": "SPACE and ENTER buttons on the keyboard start and stop the spin (rules_p5.png verbatim).",
    "malfunction_clause": "'Malfunction voids all pays and plays.' (rules_p5.png verbatim)",
    "ante_bet": "Not present in this game — no ante-bet control or text found on any captured screen (base game, settings, autoplay, or the 8-page rules booklet)."
  },

  "rtp_and_volatility": {
    "rtp_percent": 96.53,
    "rtp_source": "rules_p5.png (page 5/8, 'GAME RULES'), verbatim: 'The theoretical RTP of this game is 96.53%.' This is the ONLY RTP value found across all 20 captured screens — no bonus-buy variant RTP exists because the game has no bonus-buy feature.",
    "volatility_tier": "MEDIUM. Verbatim text on the same rules page (rules_p5.png): 'Medium volatility games pay out steadily and the range of pays varies from low to very high.' This explicit textual statement is treated as authoritative over the visual badge (see 'unreadable_or_uncertain' for the badge discrepancy).",
    "volatility_badge_visual": "A pill-shaped badge labelled 'VOLATILITY' next to a row of 5 lightning-bolt icons, of which 4 are filled/lit in gold and 1 is dim/unlit — shown identically on both the splash screen (preview_1.png, preview_slide2.png, preview_slide3.png) and on rules_p5.png."
  },

  "max_win": {
    "value": "12,000x bet",
    "source": "SPLASH SCREEN ONLY — preview_1.png, verbatim large text: 'WIN UP TO 12,000X BET'. The identical figure also appears in the rotating top banner on at least one captured base-game frame (base_game_01.png: 'WIN UP TO 12,000X BET').",
    "important_caveat": "The 8-page in-game rules booklet (rules_p1.png through rules_p8.png) does NOT contain a dedicated 'max win' statement anywhere. The only textual source for the 12,000x figure is the splash-screen promotional text (and its rotating-banner echo in the base game) — not the formal rules pages."
  },

  "bonus_buy": {
    "present": false,
    "note": "No 'BUY BONUS' / 'BUY FEATURE' button, dialog, or reference text found on the base game bar, settings panel, autoplay panel, or any of the 8 rules pages. Capturer confirmed checking both sides of the reels and the autoplay panel specifically for a buy control; none exists."
  },

  "jackpot": {
    "type": "Fixed-multiplier jackpot ladder with 4 tiers (NOT a progressive/pooled jackpot — values scale directly with the player's total bet).",
    "tiers": {
      "GRAND": "1000x total bet",
      "MAJOR": "200x total bet",
      "MINOR": "100x total bet",
      "MINI": "50x total bet"
    },
    "tiers_source": "rules_p3.png (page 3/8, 'JACKPOT REVEAL BONUS GAME'), verbatim: 'The JACKPOT REVEAL BONUS GAME has 4 jackpots available, each with a fixed value of total bets as follows: GRAND - 1000x total bet, MAJOR - 200x total bet, MINOR - 100x total bet, MINI - 50x total bet.'",
    "live_ticker_confirmation": "At the captured demo total bet of $2.00, the top-of-screen ticker (base_game_01.png and all subsequent frames) reads GRAND $2,000.00 / MAJOR $400.00 / MINOR $200.00 / MINI $100.00 — exactly matching 1000x/200x/100x/50x of $2.00, confirming the fixed-multiplier (not pooled/progressive) mechanic.",
    "ticker_layout": "Left pair: GRAND (pink/magenta-bordered box) then MINOR (green-bordered box). Right pair: MINI (blue-bordered box) then MAJOR (red-bordered box) — note the display ORDER on screen (GRAND, MINOR ... MINI, MAJOR) does not match the descending-value order (GRAND, MAJOR, MINOR, MINI); this is purely a left/right screen-layout choice, not a ranking change.",
    "trigger_mechanic": "A Money Symbol (horseshoe) can rarely display 'JACKPOT' instead of a dollar multiplier. If one or more JACKPOT-tagged Money Symbols are showing on the grid and a COLLECT symbol lands on reel 5, the player is awarded one JACKPOT REVEAL BONUS GAME per JACKPOT-tagged Money Symbol found (multiple rounds played in sequence if more than one).",
    "bonus_game_mechanic": "Verbatim (rules_p3.png): 'In the JACKPOT REVEAL BONUS GAME, pick [horseshoe] to reveal a JACKPOT symbol. Match 3 of the same symbols to be awarded the corresponding JACKPOT.' The rules page illustrates this with a static 4-column x 3-row grid of 12 horseshoe icons in a brown leather-look panel; two of the twelve are shown already revealed as example results (one showing 'GRAND' text on a pink ribbon, one showing 'MAJOR' text on a red ribbon) to demonstrate the pick-and-match concept — this is a rules-page ILLUSTRATION, not a captured live gameplay screen.",
    "capture_status": "NOT CAPTURED LIVE. Per the capturer's manifest, this bonus round did not occur naturally across roughly 200 autoplay spins (bonus buy is unavailable for this feature — see 'bonus_buy'). Documented here strictly from the verbatim rules text and the rules-page illustration; no invented visual details beyond what rules_p3.png shows."
  },

  "features": {
    "free_spins": {
      "trigger": "3 campfire SCATTER symbols landing on reels 2, 3 and 4 simultaneously.",
      "spins_awarded": "8 free spins (single fixed award amount — no variable-count table was found; confirmed twice in captured frames: free_spins_trigger.png reads 'CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON 8 FREE SPINS', and free_spins_win_total.png reads 'CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON $78.00 IN 8 FREE SPINS').",
      "in_feature_bonus_availability": "The Money Collect feature (Money Symbols + COLLECT) remains active and playable during Free Spins.",
      "special_reels": "Verbatim (rules_p4.png): 'Special reels are in play during the FREE SPINS ROUND.' 'During the FREE SPINS ROUND, more [horseshoe Money Symbol] and [COLLECT] are present on the reels' — i.e. the free-spins reel set is weighted to produce more Money Symbols and COLLECT symbols than the base game.",
      "retrigger": "Landing 3 campfire scatters on reels 2, 3 and 4 again during the Free Spins round awards 8 MORE free spins. Verbatim: 'No limits!' — retriggers are uncapped.",
      "visual_background": "During the award/trigger reveal (free_spins_trigger.png) the reel area shows a bright gold/amber burst of light rays radiating outward with sparks and horseshoe motifs. During ongoing free-spins gameplay (free_spins_gameplay_01.png, free_spins_gameplay_02.png) the reel background is a dark maroon/purple tint distinct from the base game's navy-blue, and the field is visibly denser with Money Symbols and COLLECT icons than a typical base-game spin.",
      "captured_example_result": "One full free-spins round was captured start to finish: trigger (8 spins awarded, WIN $2.80 carried over from the triggering base spin) -> mid-round gameplay (free_spins_gameplay_01.png: 7 spins left, multiple Money Symbols and 3 stacked COLLECT icons on reel 5, WIN $2.80; free_spins_gameplay_02.png: 1 spin left, Money Symbols worth $4.00 and $6.00, campfire scatters visible on the field, WIN $10.00) -> final summary (free_spins_win_total.png: 'YOU HAVE WON $78.00 IN 8 FREE SPINS').",
      "source": "rules_p4.png (page 4/8, 'FREE SPINS FEATURE')"
    },
    "money_collect": {
      "trigger": "One or more Money Symbols (horseshoes with dollar-multiplier values) anywhere on reels 1-4, combined with a COLLECT symbol landing on reel 5 in the same spin.",
      "payout": "All Money Symbol values currently visible on the grid are summed and paid as one win, added on top of any regular payline win from that same spin.",
      "captured_example": "money_collect_win.png: three Money Symbols showing $2.00, $2.00 and $6.00 plus a COLLECT symbol on reel 5 -> total 'WIN $5.11' (this total also includes a small regular payline contribution, since the readout is the spin's combined win, not solely the $10.00 sum of the three horseshoes).",
      "availability": "Works identically in both the base game and during Free Spins (where Money/COLLECT symbols appear more frequently).",
      "source": "rules_p2.png (page 2/8, 'MONEY COLLECT FEATURE')"
    }
  },

  "screens": {
    "preview": {
      "type": "preview",
      "structure": "A 3-slide carousel confirmed by clicking the three small circular indicator dots beneath the reel-mockup panel (dots do not auto-advance on their own within the observed window — advancing requires a click on a dot).",
      "slide_1": {
        "content": "Left: a mock reel panel (4 columns x 3 rows) inside a brown leather-look frame, filled entirely with gold horseshoe Money Symbols, one of which is tagged 'GRAND' on a pink ribbon (top-right cell) — illustrating the Money Collect/Jackpot concept. Right: large portraits of the dark and white mustang horses (dark horse partially behind/left, white horse in front/right) against the sunset desert backdrop. Center-right text: 'WIN UP TO 12,000X BET' in large gold letters with a black outline. Top-left: the 'MUSTANG GOLD (TM)' logo on a wood-plank plaque. Bottom: a wooden ranch fence crosses the foreground; a white circular refresh/enter icon (two curved arrows) is centered at the bottom to start the game; 'VOLATILITY' badge with 4/5 lit lightning bolts at bottom-left; 'DON'T SHOW NEXT TIME' checkbox at bottom-right.",
        "indicator_state": "Left dot filled/active (of 3)."
      },
      "slide_2": {
        "content": "Same horses/background/fence/enter-button/volatility-badge layout as slide 1, but the mock reel panel now shows a 5-column x 3-row slice of actual gameplay symbols: two Money Symbols worth '250' and '750', two 'MUSTANG GOLD' WILD plaques, playing-card letters K/J/A, a horse-portrait icon, and a gold COLLECT star-medallion. Caption text (replacing the max-win line): 'COLLECT SYMBOL AWARDS THE VALUES OF ALL MONEY SYMBOLS'.",
        "indicator_state": "Middle dot filled/active (of 3)."
      },
      "slide_3": {
        "content": "Same layout again; mock reel panel shows Money Symbols worth '750', '2500', '5000', '250' and '750' (larger example values than slides 1-2, illustrating bigger potential Money Collect sums), a horse-portrait icon, a cowboy-with-revolver icon, a cowgirl icon, a campfire SCATTER icon, and a gold COLLECT star-medallion. Caption text: 'MORE MONEY SYMBOLS AND COLLECT IN FREE SPINS'.",
        "indicator_state": "Right dot filled/active (of 3)."
      },
      "important_note": "None of the 3 slides state a numeric jackpot amount or the 12,000x max-win figure except slide 1 (which states the max-win line). Slides 2 and 3 only show illustrative on-panel Money Symbol dollar values (250/500/750/2500/5000), which are EXAMPLE reel-mock numbers, not confirmed real max-value or jackpot claims — these are internally consistent with, but not identical to, the 1x-35x-total-bet Money Symbol value list from rules_p2.png (the splash mockup shows illustrative absolute dollars at some unstated bet level, not the multiplier list itself)."
    },

    "base_game": {
      "type": "base_game",
      "overall_layout": "5-reel x 3-row grid on a navy-blue background inside a thin violet ornamental frame, itself set within the warm desert-sunset scene (wooden ranch fence at the very bottom, sunset sky and dunes framing the sides/top).",
      "jackpot_ticker": "Top bar: GRAND $2,000.00 (pink-bordered box) and MINOR $200.00 (green-bordered box) on the left; rotating center banner; MINI $100.00 (blue-bordered box) and MAJOR $400.00 (red-bordered box) on the right.",
      "symbols_on_captured_frame": "A transient random mix (changes every spin) — visible on base_game_01.png: cowgirl, royal letter A, dark horse, the 'MUSTANG GOLD' WILD plaque, royal letters Q/K/A, cowboy-with-revolver, cowgirl again, white horse, royal letters K/A/Q. NOTE: exact per-cell content is a random RNG snapshot each spin, intentionally not enumerated as a fixed property of the game.",
      "bottom_bar": "See 'layout.bottom_bar_base_game' above.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Bottom-bar buttons are white glyph icons on dark circular backgrounds (menu lines, speaker, 'i', +/-, spin arrows) — distinguished by icon shape, not by hue. Jackpot ticker boxes use 4 different border colors (pink/green/blue/red) but each is also uniquely labelled with text (GRAND/MINOR/MINI/MAJOR), so color is not the sole identifier."
    },

    "base_game_win_line": {
      "type": "base_game",
      "content": "A settled/paid spin: 3 dark-mustang-horse symbols aligned on a diagonal payline (reel 1 row 2, reel 2 row 2, reel 3 row 3) highlighted, with royal letters and the cowboy symbol filling the remaining cells; center rotating banner shows the 'MUSTANG GOLD' wordmark plaque instead of a text tip.",
      "win_readout": "Bottom-center: 'WIN $0.80' in large gold text, with a small row of 3 dark-horse icons and 'LINE 17 PAYS $0.80' beneath it, confirming the specific payline number that produced the win.",
      "color_blind_notes": "The winning payline combination is called out by BOTH a small highlighted icon strip AND explicit text ('LINE 17 PAYS $0.80') — not solely by a colored line overlay on the reels."
    },

    "settings": {
      "type": "settings",
      "title": "SYSTEM SETTINGS",
      "panel_style": "Dark near-black semi-transparent panel centered over the dimmed base game; a white 'X' close icon at the top-right of the panel.",
      "left_side": "'GAME HISTORY' link/button (with a small external-link/box icon) and a 'TOTAL BET' stepper: round white '-' button, current value '$2.00' in a dark rounded field, round green '+' button.",
      "right_side_toggles": [
        {"label": "BATTERY SAVER", "description": "Save battery life by reducing animation speed.", "state_captured": "OFF (switch handle at the left, grey/white background)"},
        {"label": "AMBIENT MUSIC", "description": "Turn on or off the game music.", "state_captured": "ON (switch handle at the right, green background)"},
        {"label": "SOUND FX", "description": "Turn on or off the game sounds.", "state_captured": "ON (switch handle at the right, green background)"},
        {"label": "INTRO SCREEN", "description": "Show the intro screen before starting the game.", "state_captured": "ON (switch handle at the right, green background)"}
      ],
      "color_blind_notes": "Each toggle's on/off state is shown by BOTH the switch handle's left/right position AND the track color (grey=off, green=on) — position is the non-color-dependent cue."
    },

    "autoplay": {
      "type": "autoplay",
      "title": "AUTOPLAY SETTINGS",
      "layout": "Dark semi-transparent panel over the dimmed reels; white 'X' close icon top-right.",
      "options": "Three unchecked square checkboxes in a row, each with a white label: 'TURBO SPIN', 'QUICK SPIN', 'SKIP SCREENS' (all captured OFF, deliberately disabled by the capturer to preserve full-length feature animations).",
      "autospins_selector": "'NUMBER OF AUTOSPINS' label above a horizontal slider (green filled track on the left portion, grey track on the right, round green handle with a pause-bars icon) — captured value '100' displayed to the right of the slider.",
      "action": "Large green 'START AUTOPLAY (100)' button spanning the panel width at the bottom.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Checkboxes use an empty-square vs. checked-square shape distinction, not color alone; the primary action button additionally carries explicit text ('START AUTOPLAY') rather than relying on its green color."
    },

    "paytable_and_rules_booklet": {
      "type": "paytable (pages 1-3) and rules (pages 4-8), 8 pages total, shared dark panel design with green left/X-close/right navigation arrows and a 'Page N/8' indicator bottom-right on every page",
      "page_1_paytable": "GAME RULES header. Paying-symbol table (white horse, dark horse, cowboy, cowgirl, and A/K/Q/J) with 5/4/3-of-a-kind payouts (see 'symbols'). Below: the WILD plaque and its substitution rule (reels 2-5, excludes SCATTER/MONEY SYMBOL/COLLECT) and the campfire SCATTER with its pay-anywhere-on-2,3,4 rule (3x = 1x total bet or trigger 8 Free Spins).",
      "page_2_paytable": "MONEY COLLECT FEATURE header. Explains the Money Symbol (horseshoe, reels 1-4, random value list) and the COLLECT symbol (reel 5 only), and how landing both together sums and pays all visible Money Symbol values, or triggers the Jackpot Reveal Bonus Game if any Money Symbol shows JACKPOT.",
      "page_3_paytable": "JACKPOT REVEAL BONUS GAME header. States the 4 fixed jackpot tiers (GRAND/MAJOR/MINOR/MINI) and their total-bet multipliers, plus the pick-and-match bonus-game mechanic, illustrated with a static 4x3 horseshoe grid showing 2 example revealed jackpot icons.",
      "page_4_rules": "FREE SPINS FEATURE header. States the 3-scatter trigger, the fixed 8-spin award, Money Collect availability during Free Spins, denser Money/COLLECT symbol presence during Free Spins, and the uncapped retrigger rule.",
      "page_5_rules": "GAME RULES header. Volatility badge + medium-volatility text, payline/payout-basis rules (see 'betting_and_paylines'), the 25 numbered payline diagrams, keyboard shortcuts, malfunction clause, min/max bet, and RTP.",
      "page_6_rules": "HOW TO PLAY header. Describes the bet +/- controls and bet menu, the SPIN button, the settings-menu (hamburger) icon, the spin-speed-cycle icon (normal/quick spin/turbo), the sound toggle icon, the info ('i') icon, CREDIT/BET labels and their coins/cash toggle, and the AUTOPLAY button (open/close by re-clicking).",
      "page_7_rules": "SETTINGS MENU header. Describes INTRO SCREEN, AMBIENT, SOUND FX and GAME HISTORY settings-panel items, the information-screen prev/next/close arrows, and the bet-menu's coins-per-line / coin-value +/- controls.",
      "page_8_rules": "AUTOPLAY header. Describes starting autoplay via the numbered auto-spin buttons and the SKIP SCREENS option (auto-skips feature intro/end screens after a short delay).",
      "color_notes": "All body text is white on a dark/black panel; headings are white/bold; the 3 navigation controls (previous-triangle, X-close, next-triangle) are all bright green, differentiated from each other by SHAPE and position, not by color."
    },

    "free_spins_trigger": {
      "type": "free_spins",
      "content": "A wood-plank sign reading 'CONGRATULATIONS / YOU HAVE WON / 8 / FREE SPINS' (the number '8' displayed large on an inset worn-metal plaque with visible bolt/rivet holes at its 4 corners), with a horseshoe nailed to the wood plank at both the left and right edges. 'PRESS ANYWHERE TO CONTINUE' in gold text below.",
      "footer": "CREDIT $99,941.20, BET $2.00, WIN $2.80, FREE SPINS LEFT 8.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Spin count is a large high-contrast gold number on dark wood — legible without color discrimination."
    },

    "free_spins_gameplay": {
      "type": "free_spins",
      "background_states": "Two distinct visual states captured: (a) the initial post-trigger reveal moment (free_spins_gameplay_01.png) with a bright gold/amber radiating-light-burst background and light vertical fire-like streak effects; (b) steady-state gameplay (free_spins_gameplay_02.png) with a dark maroon/purple-tinted reel background.",
      "field_density": "Confirms the rules-stated denser Money Symbol / COLLECT presence: free_spins_gameplay_01.png shows 7 Money Symbols and 3 stacked COLLECT medallions visible simultaneously; free_spins_gameplay_02.png shows 2 Money Symbols ($4.00, $6.00), 1 COLLECT symbol, 2 campfire scatters, and a horse and cowgirl icon.",
      "counter": "Bottom-center: 'FREE SPINS LEFT' counter (7 and 1 in the two captured frames respectively).",
      "win_readout": "'WIN' amount shown bottom-center during the round (e.g. 'WIN $2.80', 'WIN $10.00'); a large gold running-total banner ('4.00') also appears centered at the top of free_spins_gameplay_02.png, likely an accumulating free-spins win/multiplier readout.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Feature state is signalled by BOTH a background palette shift (gold-burst then maroon/purple, vs. base game's navy) AND explicit text ('FREE SPINS LEFT', numeric win readouts) — not by color alone."
    },

    "money_collect_win": {
      "type": "bonus",
      "content": "A settled spin showing 3 Money Symbols ($2.00, $2.00, $6.00) on reels 2 and 4, a COLLECT star-medallion on reel 5, plus a cowboy icon, a white-horse icon, and several royal letters filling the remaining cells.",
      "footer": "CREDIT $100,009.51, BET $2.00, WIN $5.11.",
      "note": "The top rotating banner at the moment of capture happened to read '[jackpot horseshoe icon] AND [collect icon] WINS A JACKPOT' — this is the banner's normal unrelated rotation (see 'rotating_top_banner'), not a jackpot event; this particular win was an ordinary Money Collect payout, not a jackpot."
    },

    "win_screen": {
      "type": "win_screen",
      "content": "End-of-free-spins summary on the same wood-plank plaque design as the trigger screen: 'CONGRATULATIONS / YOU HAVE WON / $78.00 / IN 8 FREE SPINS' (the '8' in the last line shown larger/bold within the sentence), horseshoes nailed at both edges, 'PRESS ANYWHERE TO CONTINUE' below.",
      "footer": "CREDIT $99,952.96, BET $2.00, WIN $78.00.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Win amount is large high-contrast gold text with a black outline on dark wood — legible without color discrimination."
    }
  },

  "accessibility_observations": {
    "screen_reader_navigation": "Bottom bar has stable, predictable control positions across all base-game states: menu+sound stacked at the far left, a separate 'i' info button just to their right, bet -/+ flanking the large central SPIN button, and AUTOPLAY directly beneath SPIN. The rules/paytable is a strictly linear 8-page sequence navigated with 2 buttons (previous/next) plus a distinct close (X) button, with an always-visible 'Page N/8' text readout confirming position — suitable for a screen reader to announce page progress reliably. The jackpot ticker bar is present and legible as plain text (GRAND/MINOR/MINI/MAJOR + dollar amounts) on every screen, not merely a decorative graphic.",
    "low_vision": "Primary interactive targets (SPIN, bet +/-, AUTOPLAY, menu/sound/info) are large, high-contrast white icons on dark circular backgrounds, offering strong contrast against both the navy reel background and the busy sunset artwork. Win amounts and free-spins counts are rendered as large bold text (gold-on-dark or white-on-dark) rather than small numerals. However, the jackpot ticker text and the rotating top-banner text are comparatively small relative to screen width and sit over a busy multicolor sunset/gradient background, which may reduce legibility for low-vision users; the paytable/rules booklet text, by contrast, is presented on a plain near-black panel with good contrast.",
    "color_blind": "Most functional distinctions are backed by non-color cues: settings toggles use switch-handle position (left/right) in addition to color; navigation arrows in the rules booklet are distinguished by triangle-pointing-direction/shape plus an X for close, not by color; jackpot-tier boxes (GRAND/MINOR/MINI/MAJOR) are each individually text-labelled, so the 4 different border colors (pink/green/blue/red) are not the sole way to tell them apart; winning paylines are confirmed with explicit 'LINE N PAYS $X' text in addition to any highlight color; free-spins/base-game states are distinguished by both a background-palette shift AND on-screen text labels ('FREE SPINS LEFT'). Residual risk: the volatility badge relies on counting lit vs. unlit lightning-bolt icons (gold vs. dim) with no accompanying numeric label (e.g. '4/5') — a color/contrast-impaired user might not reliably count filled bolts, though the adjacent plain-text volatility description ('Medium volatility...') on rules_p5.png provides a fully text-based fallback.",
    "deaf_hard_of_hearing": "No information observed to be conveyed by audio alone; AMBIENT MUSIC and SOUND FX are independently toggleable and purely supplementary/decorative. All game-state information (spin outcome, win amounts, free-spins count, jackpot ticker values, feature triggers) is conveyed through on-screen text and imagery, so muting all audio does not remove any functional information.",
    "motor_impairment": "Large circular click targets throughout (SPIN button is the single largest target on the base-game screen). SPACE and ENTER keys can start/stop spins as a keyboard alternative to mouse clicks (verbatim rules_p5.png). AUTOPLAY (with a configurable spin count up to at least 100, via a slider) substantially reduces the number of repeated actions/clicks required to play extended sessions. The TURBO SPIN and QUICK SPIN autoplay options further reduce per-spin waiting/interaction time for players who find repeated timed inputs difficult."
  },

  "unreadable_or_uncertain": [
    "VOLATILITY BADGE vs. TEXT DISCREPANCY (flagged per TL instruction, not resolved/explained): the VOLATILITY badge shown on both the splash screen (preview_1.png / preview_slide2.png / preview_slide3.png) and rules_p5.png displays 4 of 5 lightning-bolt icons filled/lit in gold, which visually resembles a 'high' rating. However, the verbatim body text on the SAME rules_p5.png page states: 'Medium volatility games pay out steadily and the range of pays varies from low to very high.' Per project rule, the volatility TIER used in this documentation (technical_summary equivalent field above, 'rtp_and_volatility.volatility_tier') is taken from the explicit TEXT ('medium'), not inferred from the bolt count. Both facts are recorded here verbatim without inventing an explanation for the mismatch.",
    "Splash-screen slides 2 and 3 show illustrative Money Symbol dollar amounts (250/500/750/2500/5000) on their mock reel panels. These are example/promotional visuals only — they do not state a bet level, and they are not confirmed to correspond 1:1 with the 1x-35x-total-bet multiplier list from rules_p2.png. Not used as a technical/numeric claim in this documentation beyond describing what is visually shown.",
    "Jackpot Reveal Bonus Game pick-and-reveal screen was not captured as a live gameplay frame (did not occur across ~200 autoplay spins during capture, and the game has no bonus-buy option for this feature). Documented entirely from the verbatim rules text and static rules-page illustration (rules_p3.png) — explicitly NOT presented as a captured gameplay screen.",
    "The large gold '4.00' banner at the top-center of free_spins_gameplay_02.png is visually distinct from the bottom 'WIN $10.00' readout on the same frame; its exact function (e.g. running free-spins win subtotal vs. a per-spin multiplier readout) is not explicitly labelled anywhere in the captured rules pages, so its precise meaning is not stated with certainty here — described only by its visual appearance and position.",
    "Exact behavior/timing of the splash-screen carousel's automatic advance (if any) beyond the observation window was not tested; within the observed capture session it only advanced on an explicit click of an indicator dot."
  ]
}