Ninja vs Samurai

{
  "game": {
    "name": "Ninja vs Samurai",
    "provider": "PG Soft (Pocket Games Soft)",
    "in_game_wordmark": "NINJA VS SAMURAI (splash, gold brush-lettered title with a small orange 'VS'); identical to the catalog name",
    "slot_id": "65c12561-e324-4629-a55a-18663cef1517",
    "demo_url": "https://public.pg-demo.com/demo/?gi=59&lang=en",
    "game_kind": "video_slot",
    "theme": "Feudal Japan duel between a masked ninja in dark blue and a red-armoured samurai, set against a full moon, a pagoda-style castle and falling cherry blossom petals.",
    "art_style": "polished 3D-rendered character illustration with painterly lighting, glossy gold frames, glowing highlights and motion-blur speed lines, dramatic cinematic mood, moonlit blue-and-purple night splash and warm lantern-lit wooden interiors, vertical mobile composition.",
    "tagline_printed_on_splash": "WIN WITH WILDS ADDITION AND MULTIPLIERS!",
    "orientation": "portrait (captured at 760x1360)",
    "grid": "5 reels x 3 rows, 20 fixed bet lines",
    "grid_evidence": "rules_p1: '5-reel, 3-row'; '20 bet lines (fixed)'; 15 cells on base_game.png; bet line diagrams 01-20 on paytable_p17.png. The figure 20 is the number of LINES, not rows.",
    "mechanic": "fixed bet lines, left-to-right wins, wild substitution, two random base-game features (Ninja Feature, Samurai Feature) and a scatter-triggered free spins round",
    "studio_branding_on_splash": "PG SOFT / Pocket Games Soft logo, 'Licensed in Malta (MGA)', 'Certified by GA / BMM', 'PGSOFT.COM 2026 (c) PG SOFT ALL RIGHTS RESERVED' (provider plaques, not part of game mechanics)"
  },
  "color_palette": {
    "accent_colors": ["gold", "deep red", "navy blue", "warm amber", "cherry-blossom pink"],
    "accent_colors_where": "Gold frames every high symbol, the title lettering and the ornamental chrysanthemum medallions on both ends of the banner strip. Blue marks the ninja side (ninja portrait, shuriken, ninja scatter, x3 multiplier token, Ninja Feature art). Red and orange mark the samurai side (samurai portrait, katana, samurai scatter, x5 multiplier token, Samurai Feature art). Pink blossoms hang in the top corners of the base game.",
    "background_base_game": "Upper part is a paper-screen sliding-door wall in warm amber with faint silhouettes of the two fighters, above a row of dark olive roof tiles with round crest ends; the reel board is framed in dark brown with a gold border; the control area is dark brown stone brickwork.",
    "background_free_spins": "Darker navy tint over the whole scene; the 'Free Spins Remaining!' label in gold brush lettering sits in the lower area.",
    "ui_colors": "Bet and settings panels are dark charcoal with orange-gold highlighted selected value and a bright orange Confirm button; the splash button GET STARTED is pink-violet."
  },
  "screens": {
    "preview": {
      "frame": "preview.png",
      "description": "Splash: huge pale full moon behind a dark castle silhouette; the ninja in dark blue leaps down from the upper right holding a sword overhead; the samurai in red-and-gold armour with a crescent-horned helmet crouches lower left holding a long sword upright. Gold title in the middle, tagline below, pink-violet GET STARTED button, provider plaques at the bottom. Cherry blossom branches in the top-left and top-right corners.",
      "ocr_text_anchor": "WIN WITH WILDS ADDITION AND MULTIPLIERS! / GET STARTED / Licensed in Malta / Certified by GA / BMM / PGSOFT.COM 2026 (c) PG SOFT ALL RIGHTS RESERVED"
    },
    "base_game": {
      "frame": "base_game.png",
      "layout_top_to_bottom": "Paper-screen wall with two faint fighter silhouettes (about top 1/3); row of roof tiles; ornamental banner strip with scrolling marquee text; 5x3 reel board (about y 560-1030 of 1360); a status row of three boxes: Cash Wallet (left, wallet icon), Bet Amount (centre, coin icon), Win (right, WIN icon); a control row.",
      "marquee_texts_seen": ["... R IN FREE SPINS!", "NINJA FEATURE AWARDS MULTIPLIER UP TO ...", "NINJA SAMURAI FEATURE MAY APPEAR IN F..."],
      "status_values_on_frame": {"cash_wallet": "100,000.00", "bet_amount": "12.00", "win": "0.00"},
      "controls": "Left to right: TURBO (lightning-bolt in a gold ring, label under it), minus button (gold ring with dash), large round gold spin button with a swirling two-tone comma motif (centre), plus button, AUTO (play triangle in gold ring), menu button (three horizontal bars, partly cut at the right edge). Turbo shows a struck-through icon labelled OFF when disabled.",
      "colorblind_note": "Turbo state is shown by a diagonal strike-through plus the word OFF, not by colour alone. Win amounts are numeric."
    },
    "settings_menu": {
      "frame": "settings_menu.png",
      "items_left_to_right": ["Quit (arrow leaving a door icon)", "Sound (speaker icon)", "Paytable (chart icon)", "Rules (document icon)", "History (WIN-in-ring icon)", "Close (X in grey circle)"],
      "note": "Each has an icon and a text label, so the menu is readable without colour."
    },
    "bet_options": {
      "frames": ["bet_options_default.png", "bet_options_min.png", "bet_options_max.png"],
      "layout": "Bottom sheet titled Bet Options with a close X. Four wheel columns: Bet Size, Bet Level, Lines, Bet Amount (header of Bet Amount in orange). Selected row is highlighted with 'x' and '=' signs between columns. Buttons: Max Bet (outlined) and Confirm (solid orange).",
      "formula_on_screen": "Bet Size x Bet Level x Lines = Bet Amount",
      "default": "0.30 x 2 x 20 = 12.00",
      "minimum": "0.03 x 1 x 20 = 0.60",
      "maximum": "0.90 x 10 x 20 = 180.00",
      "bet_size_values_seen_in_wheel": [0.03, 0.10, 0.30, 0.90],
      "bet_level_range": "1 to 10 (rules_p1 text)",
      "divisor_column": "The column is called 'Lines' and holds 20; this is the divisor that converts the paytable coefficient into a multiple of the total bet."
    },
    "autoplay": {
      "frame": "autoplay.png",
      "description": "Bottom sheet titled Auto Spin, 'Number of Auto Spins' with five buttons 10, 30, 50, 80, 1000 and a wide Start Auto Spin button that is greyed out until a count is chosen. No skip-screens option is shown.",
      "note": "While an auto spin runs the Stop button shows the remaining number of spins (rules)."
    },
    "history": "Not captured (a bet journal, not part of game description).",
    "win_tiers": {
      "frames": ["win_screen_big.png", "win_screen_mega.png"],
      "big_win": "Blue brush-lettered BIG WIN above a large orange-gold number 7.05, over the dimmed reels with bet lines drawn in cyan and line numbers at the board edges; ninja close-up artwork above.",
      "mega_win": "Red brush-lettered MEGA WIN above 16.75, during free spins (Free Spins Remaining 8) with samurai close-up artwork above; footer Win 3.54 is still counting up.",
      "thresholds": null,
      "thresholds_note": "Only the labels BIG and MEGA with sample amounts were captured; the bet multiples that trigger each tier are not printed in the build."
    }
  },
  "symbols": {
    "payout_unit": "Printed numbers are paytable COEFFICIENTS, not currency. Per rules: 'A bet line win in cash is equal to the value shown in the Paytable multiplied by the bet size and bet level'.",
    "payout_formula": "line_win = coefficient x bet_size x bet_level (per winning line); equivalently coefficient x (total_bet / 20) per line, because total bet = bet size x bet level x 20.",
    "payout_example_verified": "A x3 (tier 8) at total bet 0.60 (bet size 0.03, level 1): 8 x 0.03 x 2 winning lines (14 and 20) = 0.48 (base_game_win_line.png).",
    "payout_note": "Do NOT read 'pays 8x' as 8 times the total bet; it is 8 times the per-line bet (total bet / 20).",
    "line_rules": "Only the highest win per bet line is paid. Wins need matching symbols in succession from the leftmost reel to the right. Simultaneous wins on different lines are added.",
    "source": "paytable_p1.png (symbols and numbers), cross-checked with the DOM text _ref_paytable.txt",
    "paying_symbols": [
      {
        "name": "Wild (castle)",
        "role": "wild",
        "pays": {"5": 500, "4": 100, "3": 20},
        "appearance": "A gold-framed tile showing a Japanese pagoda-style castle with pink blossoms beneath a pale full moon. The word WILD is lettered across the bottom in gold brush type.",
        "behaviour": "Substitutes for all symbols except the Ninja Scatter and the Samurai Scatter. Can fill whole reels during the Samurai Feature."
      },
      {
        "name": "Ninja",
        "role": "high_symbol",
        "pays": {"5": 150, "4": 60, "3": 15},
        "appearance": "A gold-framed tile showing the face of a masked ninja in a dark blue hood with a steel headband studded with pyramid-shaped spikes, a dark face mask covering the nose and mouth, and a light blue speed-line background."
      },
      {
        "name": "Samurai",
        "role": "high_symbol",
        "pays": {"5": 150, "4": 60, "3": 15},
        "appearance": "A gold-framed tile showing a red samurai face mask with gritted teeth under a red helmet with a large crescent-shaped gold crest and a round gold family badge on the side flap, against an orange background."
      },
      {
        "name": "Shuriken",
        "role": "mid_symbol",
        "pays": {"5": 100, "4": 40, "3": 10},
        "appearance": "A gold-framed tile showing a four-bladed spinning steel throwing star with a small gold centre, on a deep blue swirling radial background."
      },
      {
        "name": "Katana with scabbard",
        "role": "mid_symbol",
        "pays": {"5": 100, "4": 40, "3": 10},
        "appearance": "A gold-framed tile showing a curved single-edge sword crossed with a red-corded wooden scabbard with a cream-coloured mouth opening, over a glowing dark red radial background."
      },
      {
        "name": "A",
        "role": "low_symbol",
        "pays": {"5": 40, "4": 20, "3": 8},
        "appearance": "A grey-blue brush-stroke letter A on a light wooden plank tile with a silver-grey frame."
      },
      {
        "name": "K",
        "role": "low_symbol",
        "pays": {"5": 40, "4": 20, "3": 8},
        "appearance": "A pink-red brush-stroke letter K on a light wooden plank tile with a silver-grey frame."
      },
      {
        "name": "J",
        "role": "low_symbol",
        "pays": {"5": 20, "4": 10, "3": 5},
        "appearance": "A golden-orange brush-stroke letter J on a light wooden plank tile with a silver-grey frame."
      },
      {
        "name": "Q",
        "role": "low_symbol",
        "pays": {"5": 20, "4": 10, "3": 5},
        "appearance": "A lavender-purple brush-stroke letter Q on a light wooden plank tile with a silver-grey frame."
      }
    ],
    "scatters": [
      {
        "name": "Ninja Scatter",
        "role": "scatter",
        "pays": null,
        "appearance": "A gold-framed tile showing a black ninja silhouette in a leaping pose on a bright blue glow. The word SCATTER is lettered across the bottom in gold brush type.",
        "behaviour": "Appears on reels 2, 3 and 4 only. Converts into 3 Ninja Feature free spins when it helps trigger the Free Spins Feature; outside a trigger, 1 or more award 1 Ninja Feature free spin each."
      },
      {
        "name": "Samurai Scatter",
        "role": "scatter",
        "pays": null,
        "appearance": "A gold-framed tile showing a black samurai silhouette in a fighting pose on a fiery orange glow. The word SCATTER is lettered across the bottom in gold brush type.",
        "behaviour": "Appears on reels 2, 3 and 4 only. Converts into 3 Samurai Feature free spins when it helps trigger the Free Spins Feature; outside a trigger, 1 or more award 1 Samurai Feature free spin each."
      }
    ],
    "scatter_payout_note": "No scatter payout numbers are printed; scatters only trigger or award free spins.",
    "symbol_count": "11 distinct paytable entries (wild + 8 paying + 2 scatters); the wild itself has its own payout (500/100/20)."
  },
  "bet_lines": {
    "count": 20,
    "fixed": true,
    "diagrams": "paytable_p17.png, 'Winning Bet Lines' 01-20 (small boards with orange squares)",
    "simple_lines_read_from_diagrams": {
      "01": "middle row across all five reels",
      "02": "top row across all five reels",
      "03": "bottom row across all five reels",
      "04": "V shape: top at reels 1 and 5, bottom at reel 3",
      "05": "inverted V: bottom at reels 1 and 5, top at reel 3"
    },
    "other_lines": "Lines 06-20 are drawn on the same page but individual paths were not transcribed cell by cell (see unreadable_or_uncertain)."
  },
  "features": {
    "free_spins": {
      "trigger": "3 Ninja Scatter symbols and/or Samurai Scatter symbols anywhere on reels 2, 3 and 4.",
      "award": "9 free spins.",
      "setup": "Before the round, each Ninja Scatter becomes 3 Ninja Feature free spins and each Samurai Scatter becomes 3 Samurai Feature free spins; the order is shuffled and shown as a queue of cards above the reels and played in that order.",
      "ninja_feature_spin": "All wins on the reels are multiplied by x2, x3 or x5.",
      "samurai_feature_spin": "1 to 5 reels are chosen to be filled with Wild symbols.",
      "ninja_samurai_feature_spin": "During any free spin there is a chance it converts into a Ninja Samurai Feature free spin: 1 to 5 reels filled with Wilds AND all wins multiplied by x2, x3 or x5.",
      "extra_spins": "1 or more Ninja Scatter on reels 2-4 awards 1 Ninja Feature free spin per scatter; 1 or more Samurai Scatter awards 1 Samurai Feature free spin per scatter (rules text; stated in the same paragraph block as the trigger).",
      "bet": "Free spins play at the same bet size and bet level as the triggering spin.",
      "entry_screen": {
        "frame": "free_spins_entry.png",
        "description": "Orange-and-gold burst. At the top the samurai in red armour with the label 'SAMURAI FEATURE - Win up to 15 WILDS!'; in the centre a big gold '9 FREE SPINS WON'; at the bottom the ninja with the label 'NINJA FEATURE - Multiply wins up to x5!'; a dark gold-framed START button at the bottom.",
        "note": "The captured round advanced on its own after this screen in the capture notes; START is shown on the frame."
      },
      "gameplay": {
        "frames": ["free_spins_1.png", "free_spins_2.png", "free_spins_3.png"],
        "banner_strip_text": "'Ninja Samurai Feature!' on the first two frames; the banner shows the running WIN amount while lines pay (3.33 on free_spins_3.png).",
        "top_area": "Above the reels, a half-ninja/half-samurai close-up (Ninja Samurai spins), the ninja alone (Ninja spin) with a queue of diamond-shaped multiplier tokens. Token colours: x2 green ring, x3 blue ring, x5 red ring; each also carries its number.",
        "reel_effects": "On Ninja Samurai spin (free_spins_2.png) reels 1, 3 and 4 are fully filled with Wild tiles. On free_spins_3.png wins are shown with cyan bet lines and numbered line markers (04, 01, 05, 10, 11) at the board edges, non-winning tiles dimmed.",
        "counter": "'Free Spins Remaining!' in gold brush lettering with a large number to the right (8 on the first frames; the number is not visible on free_spins_3.png in this capture).",
        "footer_values_seen": "free_spins_1: wallet 99,982.39, bet 0.60, win 0.48; free_spins_3: wallet 100,057.60, bet 0.60, win 75.69"
      },
      "end_screen": {
        "frame": "win_screen.png",
        "description": "Dark red burst with the ninja (upper right, in dark clothes with sword raised) and the red samurai (lower left, sword raised); '9 FREE SPINS' then brush-lettered TOTAL WIN, then the amount 78.15 in large gold digits with a dark outline.",
        "total_win": 78.15,
        "balance_note": "Wallet before 99,982.39 and after 100,060.54 (difference 78.15) per capturer notes; the difference was checked against the on-screen total."
      }
    },
    "ninja_feature_base": {
      "frame": "bonus_ninja_feature.png",
      "trigger": "Randomly on any main game spin.",
      "effect": "All wins on the reels are multiplied by x2, x3 or x5.",
      "visual": "Banner 'NINJA FEATURE!' in gold italic caps; above the reels a ninja leaping with claw-like gloves on blue speed lines, and a row of diamond multiplier tokens (x3 blue, x3 blue, x5 red, x2 green); reels spinning with motion blur; turbo shows OFF.",
      "ticker_text_seen": "NINJA FEATURE AWARDS MULTIPLIER UP TO ... (text cut off on the frame)"
    },
    "samurai_feature_base": {
      "frame": "bonus_samurai_feature.png",
      "trigger": "Randomly on any main game spin.",
      "effect": "1 to 5 reels are chosen to be filled with Wild symbols. The entry screen text says up to 15 wilds, which matches 5 reels x 3 rows.",
      "visual": "Banner 'SAMURAI FEATURE!'; above the reels the samurai in red armour lunging across a red speed-line background between black brush strokes; on the frame reel 4 is already filled with three Wilds and a darker Wild sits in reel 3 while the reels are still spinning.",
      "note": "Only reel 4 being full of Wilds is visible on this frame; the number of reels chosen for any given spin is random."
    },
    "bonus_buy": "none (no buy button on any frame; rules and paytable text do not mention it)",
    "jackpot": "none",
    "gamble": "none mentioned",
    "turbo": "Turbo Spin button on the main screen shortens reel spin duration in the main game (rules); it is shown OFF with a strike-through when disabled.",
    "autoplay": "10, 30, 50, 80 or 1000 spins (autoplay.png)."
  },
  "rules_summary_verbatim_anchor": {
    "source": "_ref_rules.txt (DOM text of the Rules panel)",
    "key_lines": [
      "Ninja vs Samurai is a 5-reel, 3-row video slot featuring free spins with multiplier and Wild symbols addition.",
      "The game is played with 20 bet lines (fixed), bet level of 1 to 10 and bet size of 0.03 to 0.90.",
      "A bet line win in cash is equal to the value shown in the \"Paytable\" multiplied by the bet size and bet level.",
      "Only the highest win per bet line is paid.",
      "Bet lines win if the winning symbols are in succession from the leftmost reel to the right.",
      "Simultaneous wins on different bet lines are added.",
      "Wild symbol substitutes for all symbols except Ninja Scatter symbol and Samurai Scatter symbol.",
      "Ninja Scatter symbol and Samurai Scatter symbol appears on reels 2, 3 and 4 only.",
      "Free Spins Feature is played at the same bet size and bet level as the spin that triggered the Free Spins Feature.",
      "Malfunction voids all pays and plays."
    ]
  },
  "controls_and_input": {
    "spin": "Tap the big round gold button; PC: Space key starts a spin, holding Space continues spins until released, pressing Space during spin skips the reel animation; when exactly one button is on screen, Space activates it.",
    "stop": "Tapping the button or the game area during a spin stops the reels; during Auto Spin the Stop button shows the remaining count.",
    "bet": "Minus / Plus change the Bet Amount; tapping the Bet Amount box opens Bet Options (scroll wheels for size, level, amount; Max Bet sets both to maximum).",
    "wallet": "Tapping the Wallet Balance shows available wallets; tapping the Win box shows Game History.",
    "menu": "Quit, Sound on/off, Paytable, Rules, History (with date selection), Close."
  },
  "numbers": {
    "rtp": null,
    "rtp_note": "Not printed in the build (both panels read in full).",
    "max_win": null,
    "max_win_note": "No printed win cap anywhere in the build (rules, paytable, splash).",
    "volatility": null,
    "min_bet": 0.6,
    "max_bet": 180.0,
    "bet_size_range": "0.03 to 0.90",
    "bet_level_range": "1 to 10",
    "divisor": 20,
    "divisor_column_name": "Lines",
    "lines": 20,
    "default_bet": 12.0,
    "free_spins_awarded": 9,
    "ninja_multipliers": [2, 3, 5],
    "samurai_reels_filled": "1 to 5 reels",
    "currency": null,
    "demo_balance_shown": "100,000.00 (demo wallet, not a game property)"
  },
  "accessibility": {
    "blind_low_vision": "Every pay symbol has a distinct subject (castle, ninja face, samurai face, star, sword, letters). Scatters carry the word SCATTER and wild carries the word WILD on the tile. Rules and paytable are real DOM text.",
    "colorblind": "Ninja and samurai families differ by colour (blue vs red) but also by subject. Multiplier tokens are green x2, blue x3, red x5 and also print their number. Turbo state uses a strike-through and OFF. Wins are numeric, bet lines are numbered at the board edges.",
    "deaf_hard_of_hearing": "Sound can be switched off in the menu; features and wins are announced by banners and numbers.",
    "motor": "Single big spin button, Space key shortcut on PC, auto spin and turbo available."
  },
  "unreadable_or_uncertain": [
    "Maximum win / win cap: not printed in the build; intentionally not taken from external sources.",
    "RTP and volatility: not printed in the build.",
    "Bet line paths 06-20 were not transcribed cell by cell (diagrams are small on paytable_p17.png).",
    "Thresholds (as bet multiples) for BIG WIN and MEGA WIN labels: not printed; only sample amounts 7.05 (Big) and 16.75 (Mega) were captured at bet 0.60.",
    "The number of free spins remaining is not visible on free_spins_3.png in this capture.",
    "The probability of random Ninja/Samurai/Ninja Samurai features is not printed.",
    "The base-game marquee texts are cut off on the frames; full text of each message not seen.",
    "The Free Spins Feature re-trigger rules are only given by the 'awards 1 free spin per scatter' lines; whether those apply inside free spins is not stated explicitly in the text I read."
  ],
  "not_in_frames": [
    "History screen",
    "Bonus buy (does not exist per three-channel check in the manifest)"
  ]
}