Power of Merlin Megaways

{
  "game": {
    "name": "Power of Merlin Megaways",
    "provider": "Pragmatic Play",
    "studio": null,
    "studio_note": "Footer on every screen reads only 'PRAGMATIC PLAY' (small grey text, bottom-left of the game frame). No sub-studio branding observed anywhere in the 22 captured frames.",
    "theme": "Wizardry / Arthurian-fantasy: the wizard Merlin in a misty teal-green enchanted forest. Merlin is depicted as an elderly man with a long white beard, wearing a purple pointed wizard hat with a gold band and a purple robe with gold trim, holding a wooden staff and a small flame conjured in his other hand. Supporting motifs: owls, potion bottles, crystal-tipped wands/daggers, a burning spellbook, candles, a skull, and (in the gamble feature) a small red dragon and dungeon/library pillars.",
    "documentation_purpose": "Exhaustive accessibility documentation (blind/low-vision screen-reader users, deaf/hard-of-hearing, color-blind of all types, motor-impaired) built from 22 desktop screenshots (manifest-declared, 1280x800) plus zoomed pixel-level crops of the paytable and rule pages.",
    "method_notes": "Every frame listed in manifest.json was opened and read directly (pixels + on-screen text), not inferred from the capturer's notes. Paytable payouts were re-verified with 3x-4x zoom crops. Numbers are taken verbatim from on-screen text. Anything not clearly legible is listed in 'unreadable_or_uncertain' and not invented. Discrepancies between the capturer's manifest notes and what is actually visible are called out explicitly in 'manifest_note_discrepancies'.",
    "language": "English"
  },

  "manifest_note_discrepancies": [
    "None found. All 22 manifest notes were checked frame-by-frame against the actual pixels and matched (symbol identities, printed numbers, ways counters, multiplier values, gamble ladder, win amounts). This is a clean batch — unlike prior waves, no note pointed at a wrong file or a non-existent frame."
  ],

  "mechanic_summary": {
    "type": "MEGAWAYS (licensed mechanic, 'MEGAWAYS is used under licence from Big Time Gaming' printed at the bottom of paytable page 1/8)",
    "reels": 6,
    "declared_max_ways": 117649,
    "declared_max_ways_source": "base_game_0.png: purple/gold plaque top-right reads '117649 MEGAWAYS'; also printed identically on every other in-game screen's top-right plaque.",
    "arithmetic_check": "117649 = 7^6, consistent with all 6 reels reaching a maximum height of 7 symbol positions simultaneously.",
    "reel_structure_as_printed": "Verbatim from paytable page 1/8 (Ways to win panel): 'Wins awarded for left to right adjacent symbol combinations of any size. Reels 1 and 6 can have up to 7 symbols. Reels 2, 3, 4 and 5 can have up to 6 symbols, along with another symbol on the top row. The top row of reels 2 to 5 spins independently from right to left. In total the maximum number of possible ways to win is 117649.'",
    "reel_structure_source": "paytable_p1.png",
    "grid_reading_confirmed_on_base_game_0": "On the captured base_game_0.png frame, reels 1 and 6 show 7 stacked symbol cells each with no separate top cell; reels 2-5 each show one isolated cell in a detached top row (all four showing '9' on this particular frame) plus 6 cells in the main grid below, for 7 positions per reel — matching the printed rule.",
    "height_variability": "IMPORTANT: reel height (and therefore the live ways count) changes from spin to spin and from tumble to tumble — it is not a fixed layout. Evidence across captured frames: base_game_0.png shows a mid-size grid; free_spins_0.png's live counter reads '1024 MEGAWAYS'; free_spins_1.png reads '2700 MEGAWAYS'; free_spins_2.png reads '8064 MEGAWAYS' (mid-tumble, with several reels partially emptied by the Tumble Feature). Do NOT treat any single frame's row count as a fixed game property.",
    "pay_direction": "All symbols pay left to right on adjacent reels, starting from the leftmost reel, matching combinations of any size (paytable_p1.png diagram: green checkmark example shows a winning path that need not be a straight horizontal line, just adjacent-reel connectivity; red X example shows a vertical-only run rejected)."
  },

  "technical_summary": {
    "rtp_percent_base": 96.09,
    "rtp_percent_buy_free_spins": 96.08,
    "rtp_source": "rules_p4.png (Page 5/8, 'GAME RULES'): 'The theoretical RTP of this game is 96.09%' and 'The RTP of the game when using \"BUY FREE SPINS\" is 96.08%'.",
    "volatility": "high",
    "volatility_source": "rules_p4.png: pill badge 'VOLATILITY' with 4 filled lightning-bolt icons (green outline pill, gold bolts), directly above the printed sentence 'High volatility games pay out less often on average but the chance to hit big wins in a short time span is higher.' Do not upgrade to 'very high' — the text says 'High'.",
    "bet_min": "$0.20",
    "bet_max": "$100.00",
    "bet_source": "rules_p4.png: 'MINIMUM BET: $0.20' / 'MAXIMUM BET: $100.00'.",
    "bet_max_confirmed_by_measurement": "info_0.png (bet menu, opened from the '+' control): BET 10 x COIN VALUE $0.50 x BET MULTIPLIER 20x = TOTAL BET $100.00, with the '-' and '+' step buttons on BET, COIN VALUE and TOTAL BET all visually greyed out/disabled, i.e. the ladder tops out here. The '20x' is a standard coin/bet multiplier shown in the panel header ('BET MULTIPLIER 20x') — there is no ante-bet toggle anywhere in this game, and the printed and measured maxima agree exactly, so no ante-style correction is needed.",
    "demo_default_bet": "$2.00",
    "demo_credit": "$100,000.00",
    "max_win": "40,000x total bet",
    "max_win_source": "Printed twice, identically: preview_0.png splash slide ('WIN UP TO 40,000 X BET') and rules_p3.png (Page 4/8, 'MAX WIN'): 'The maximum win amount is limited to 40,000x bet. If the total win of a round reaches 40,000x bet the round immediately ends, win is awarded and all remaining features are forfeited.' Repeated again on rules_p6.png (Page 7/8) with the same cap.",
    "win_rules": "'Only the highest win is paid per winning combination on the same pay way. When winning on multiple pay ways, all wins are added to the total win. Free spins and bonus wins are added to the pay way. All wins are multiplied by base bet. All values are expressed as actual wins in coins. Free spins win is awarded to the player after the round completes. Free spins total win in the history contains the whole win of the cycle.' (rules_p4.png, Page 5/8).",
    "malfunction_clause": "'Malfunction voids all pays and plays.' (rules_p4.png)",
    "keyboard": "SPACE and ENTER start/stop the spin (rules_p4.png); holding SPACE also triggers turbo spin per the in-game hint 'HOLD SPACE FOR TURBO SPIN' shown in the bottom bar of every base-game/paytable frame.",
    "currency_view": "CREDIT and BET labels can be clicked to toggle between coins view and cash view (stated in rules_p5.png / rules_p6.png); not demonstrated on a captured frame, so the coin-denomination values themselves were not observed — only the cash ($) view was captured throughout.",
    "bonus_buy": {
      "available": true,
      "option": "BUY FREE SPINS only (single option; no 'Super Bet'/ante toggle observed).",
      "cost": "150x current total bet",
      "cost_source": "rules_p3.png (Page 4/8, 'BUY FREE SPINS'): 'The FREE SPINS round can be instantly triggered from the base game by buying it for 150x current total bet.'",
      "cost_confirmed": "At demo default bet $2.00 the button/dialog reads 'BUY FREE SPINS $300' (base_game_0.png button and bonus_0.png confirmation dialog); 300/2 = 150x, matching the printed rule. At the maximum bet $100.00 the paytable-side button reads 'BUY FREE SPINS $15,000' (info_0.png); 15000/100 = 150x, confirming the same multiplier at the top of the bet range.",
      "buy_trigger_variance": "'When buying the FREE SPINS round, on the triggering spin 4, 5, 6 or 7 SCATTERS can hit randomly.' (rules_p3.png) — i.e. the buy does not fix the scatter count, only guarantees a trigger."
    }
  },

  "symbols": {
    "note": "All 10 paying symbols and their 3-of-a-kind through 6-of-a-kind (wizard also has a 2-of-a-kind tier) values read via 3x-4x zoomed crops of paytable_p1.png (Page 1/8, 'GAME RULES'). The paytable was captured at demo BET $2.00 (visible in the bottom bar of the same frame). Dollar amounts are the actual on-screen paytable values; the 'payout_multiplier_of_total_bet' field is each dollar value divided by $2.00, per the printed rule 'All wins are multiplied by base bet' / 'All values are expressed as actual wins in coins' (rules_p4.png) — this is a bet-multiplier basis, not a coin-denomination basis.",
    "high_value": [
      {
        "name": "Merlin the wizard (elderly wizard portrait)",
        "rank": "top-paying symbol",
        "appearance": "Head-and-shoulders portrait of an old man with a long grey/white beard, wearing a purple pointed wizard hat with a gold band and a purple-and-gold robe, holding a staff; framed in a red/maroon rounded square with an ornate red border.",
        "payouts_usd_at_bet2": {"6": "$40.00", "5": "$20.00", "4": "$10.00", "3": "$2.00", "2": "$1.00"},
        "payouts_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"6": "20x", "5": "10x", "4": "5x", "3": "1x", "2": "0.5x"},
        "note": "Only symbol in the table with a printed 2-of-a-kind payout; all other symbols pay from 3-of-a-kind up."
      },
      {
        "name": "Owl",
        "appearance": "Close-up of a brown/orange horned owl with white-streaked eyebrow feathers and yellow eyes, framed in a green rounded square with a green border.",
        "payouts_usd_at_bet2": {"6": "$10.00", "5": "$5.00", "4": "$4.00", "3": "$1.00"},
        "payouts_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"6": "5x", "5": "2.5x", "4": "2x", "3": "0.5x"}
      },
      {
        "name": "Crystal-tipped dagger/wand",
        "appearance": "A blue crystal shard bound with brown leather cord/wrapping, angled diagonally, on a dark purple rounded square with a purple/magenta border.",
        "payouts_usd_at_bet2": {"6": "$5.00", "5": "$3.00", "4": "$2.00", "3": "$1.00"},
        "payouts_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"6": "2.5x", "5": "1.5x", "4": "1x", "3": "0.5x"}
      },
      {
        "name": "Potion bottle",
        "appearance": "A round blue glass bottle with a cork stopper and a loop of string/wire tied around the neck, filled with blue liquid, on a blue rounded square with a blue border.",
        "payouts_usd_at_bet2": {"6": "$4.00", "5": "$1.50", "4": "$1.00", "3": "$0.50"},
        "payouts_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"6": "2x", "5": "0.75x", "4": "0.5x", "3": "0.25x"}
      }
    ],
    "royal_letters_low_value": [
      {"name": "A", "color": "red/pink glowing", "payouts_usd_at_bet2": {"6": "$3.00", "5": "$1.20", "4": "$0.80", "3": "$0.40"}, "payouts_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"6": "1.5x", "5": "0.6x", "4": "0.4x", "3": "0.2x"}},
      {"name": "K", "color": "cyan/turquoise glowing", "payouts_usd_at_bet2": {"6": "$2.50", "5": "$1.00", "4": "$0.80", "3": "$0.40"}, "payouts_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"6": "1.25x", "5": "0.5x", "4": "0.4x", "3": "0.2x"}},
      {"name": "Q", "color": "purple/magenta glowing", "payouts_usd_at_bet2": {"6": "$2.00", "5": "$1.00", "4": "$0.50", "3": "$0.30"}, "payouts_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"6": "1x", "5": "0.5x", "4": "0.25x", "3": "0.15x"}},
      {"name": "J", "color": "green glowing", "payouts_usd_at_bet2": {"6": "$1.80", "5": "$1.00", "4": "$0.50", "3": "$0.30"}, "payouts_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"6": "0.9x", "5": "0.5x", "4": "0.25x", "3": "0.15x"}},
      {"name": "10", "color": "blue glowing", "payouts_usd_at_bet2": {"6": "$1.60", "5": "$0.80", "4": "$0.40", "3": "$0.20"}, "payouts_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"6": "0.8x", "5": "0.4x", "4": "0.2x", "3": "0.1x"}},
      {"name": "9", "color": "orange glowing", "payouts_usd_at_bet2": {"6": "$1.20", "5": "$0.80", "4": "$0.40", "3": "$0.20"}, "payouts_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"6": "0.6x", "5": "0.4x", "4": "0.2x", "3": "0.1x"}}
    ],
    "wild": {
      "name": "WILD",
      "appearance": "Dark red/maroon rounded-square tile with a gold ornate border, showing a glowing pink/magenta radiant orb behind stylised orange-outlined 'WILD' lettering.",
      "rules": "'This symbol is WILD and substitutes for all symbols except for the SCATTER and LIGHTNING BOLT symbol. It can appear on reels 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.' (paytable_p1.png). Note: WILD does NOT appear on reel 1.",
      "source": "paytable_p1.png"
    },
    "scatter": {
      "name": "SCATTER (book)",
      "appearance": "An open old book with glowing golden pages, on fire at the edges (orange flame wisps), with a wand laid diagonally across it and a red/blue ribbon bookmark hanging from the bottom; purple background, gold ornate frame.",
      "rules": "'This is the SCATTER symbol. It appears on all reels and can hit of any size that is possible on the reel. Hit 4 or more SCATTER symbols to trigger the FREE SPINS feature.' (rules_p2.png, Page 3/8). Does not have its own listed pay-table cash value (a pure trigger symbol).",
      "source": "rules_p2.png"
    },
    "lightning_bolt": {
      "name": "LIGHTNING BOLT",
      "appearance": "An electric blue jagged lightning bolt over a radial blue glow, inside a gold-bordered dark tile.",
      "rules": "'This is the LIGHTNING BOLT symbol. The LIGHTNING BOLT symbol does not pay. The LIGHTNING BOLT symbol can hit only on the top horizontal reel.' (rules_p1.png, Page 2/8). It is a non-paying trigger for the Lightning Bolt Feature (see features).",
      "source": "rules_p1.png; also visible live on free_spins_2.png (top row, reel 5 position, gold-framed blue bolt icon)."
    }
  },

  "features": {
    "tumble_feature": {
      "name": "TUMBLE FEATURE",
      "rules_verbatim": "The TUMBLE FEATURE means that after every spin, winning combinations are paid and all winning symbols disappear. The remaining symbols fall to the bottom of the screen and the empty positions are replaced with new symbols coming from above. New symbols are of the same size as the initial spin result, before tumbles. Tumbling will continue until no more winning combinations appear as a result of a tumble. All wins are added to the player's balance after all the tumbles resulted from a base spin have been played.",
      "source": "rules_p1.png (Page 2/8)",
      "visual_evidence": "free_spins_2.png shows a mid-tumble state: several reel cells are empty stone-grey placeholders (symbols already cleared and not yet replaced), and a large '3x' overlay is animating onto the reels — consistent with an active tumble cascade."
    },
    "lightning_bolt_feature": {
      "name": "LIGHTNING BOLT FEATURE",
      "rules_verbatim": "Whenever the LIGHTNING BOLT hits, as a result of a normal spin or a tumble, all instances of one random paying symbol from the reels 2, 3, 4 or 5 is chosen to be replaced with WILD symbol. If as a result of a tumble, the LIGHTNING BOLT symbol changes to a new position on the top row, all instances of one random paying symbol on reels 2, 3 or 4 or 5 is chosen to be replaced with WILD.",
      "source": "rules_p1.png (Page 2/8)",
      "constraint": "The LIGHTNING BOLT only ever occupies the independent top row above reels 2-5 (never the main grid, never reels 1 or 6).",
      "promo_text": "preview_1.png splash slide: 'LIGHTNING TRANSFORMS SYMBOLS INTO WILDS'.",
      "in_game_evidence": "free_spins_2.png shows a live LIGHTNING BOLT icon on the top row above reel 5."
    },
    "free_spins": {
      "name": "FREE SPINS",
      "trigger": "4 or more SCATTER (book) symbols anywhere on the reels.",
      "award_table_verbatim": "4 SCATTER symbols award 10 free spins. 5 SCATTER symbols award 14 free spins. 6 SCATTER symbols award 18 free spins. 7 SCATTER symbols award 22 free spins. 8 SCATTER symbols award 26 free spins. 9 or more SCATTER symbols award 30 free spins.",
      "source": "rules_p2.png (Page 3/8)",
      "gamble_for_more_spins": {
        "description": "'Before the round starts you can gamble to win more free spins or collect at any time to start the round. If you gamble, a wheel spins and stops on either a win or lose position. If it stops on a win, the number of free spins won increases by 4. If it stops on a lose position all free spins are lost and the round ends.'",
        "odds_table_verbatim": "When gambling from 10 to 14 free spins the chance to win is 63.10%. When gambling from 14 to 18 free spins the chance to win is 69.37%. When gambling from 18 to 22 free spins the chance to win is 73.95%. When gambling from 22 to 26 free spins the chance to win is 76.58%. When gambling from 26 to 30 free spins the chance to win is 78.92%.",
        "source": "rules_p2.png (Page 3/8)",
        "screen_captured": "bonus_1.png shows the static GAMBLE FOR MORE FREE SPINS screen (see screens.gamble below); the actual wheel spin/outcome animation was NOT captured — the round in this capture was collected immediately via the COLLECT button instead of gambling."
      },
      "starting_multiplier_and_growth": "'The round starts with a 1x win multiplier. During the FREE SPINS feature, every tumble increases the multiplier by 1x until the end of the round. After every tumble the total win of that tumble is multiplied by the current win multiplier.'",
      "growth_source": "rules_p2.png (Page 3/8)",
      "growth_evidence": "free_spins_1.png shows 'MULTIPLIER 1x' early in the round (9 free spins left); free_spins_2.png shows 'MULTIPLIER 2x' with a '3x' tumble-transition overlay animating on screen (6 free spins left) — consistent with +1x per tumble.",
      "in_round_retrigger": "'Hit 3 SCATTER symbols during the round to win 4 more free spins.'",
      "retrigger_source": "rules_p2.png (Page 3/8)",
      "other_feature_availability": "'The LIGHTNING BOLT FEATURE is available during the FREE SPINS round. Special reels are in play during the feature.' (rules_p2.png) — the exact difference of the 'special reels' symbol distribution is not detailed further in the captured pages.",
      "payout_timing": "'Free spins win is awarded to the player after the round completes.' (rules_p4.png)"
    }
  },

  "screens": {
    "preview": [
      {
        "file": "preview_0.png",
        "slide": "1 of 3 (intro carousel)",
        "content": "Wordmark top-center: 'Power of Merlin' in large gold 3D block letters on a purple parchment-style banner, with a small circular portrait of Merlin (purple hat, white beard) above the 'i' of 'Merlin'; 'MEGAWAYS' in smaller gold script below, with a trademark symbol. Left of centre: a static snapshot of the 6-reel grid showing an independent top row (J, crystal dagger, A, potion icons across the middle 4 columns) above a taller main grid (columns show mixed owl/wizard/potion/WILD/dagger/lightning symbols, several WILD tiles visible). Right: full-body illustration of Merlin in a purple robe and pointed hat with gold trim, holding a small conjured flame in one raised hand and a wooden staff in the other, standing in a misty teal-green forest with faint ghostly warrior silhouettes visible far left. Below the reel graphic: three small circular page-indicator dots (leftmost filled gold/lit, other two dark) and orange/yellow text 'WIN UP TO 40,000 X BET'. Bottom-right: a pill-shaped 'VOLATILITY' badge with 4 lightning-bolt icons, and a yellow-outlined checkbox 'DON'T SHOW NEXT TIME'. Bottom-right corner also has a white circular 'enter/continue' icon (two curved arrows forming a circle) partly overlapping the character art.",
        "purpose": "First of a 3-slide intro carousel shown before the base game loads (or on demand if INTRO SCREEN is enabled in settings)."
      },
      {
        "file": "preview_1.png",
        "slide": "2 of 3 (intro carousel)",
        "content": "Same wordmark/layout as slide 1. Reel snapshot now shows the LIGHTNING BOLT icon (blue bolt on gold-framed tile) in the top row, plus several WILD tiles in the main grid. Page-indicator dots: middle dot lit gold, outer two dark. Headline text changes to orange/gold: 'LIGHTNING TRANSFORMS SYMBOLS INTO WILDS'.",
        "purpose": "Feature-teaser slide for the Lightning Bolt Feature."
      },
      {
        "file": "preview_2.png",
        "slide": "3 of 3 (intro carousel)",
        "content": "Same wordmark/layout. Reel snapshot shows a large cyan '10x' multiplier graphic overlaid on the grid (WILD tiles and other symbols visible behind it). Page-indicator dots: rightmost dot lit gold. Headline text: 'INCREASING MULTIPLIER AT EVERY TUMBLE IN FREE SPINS'.",
        "purpose": "Feature-teaser slide for the Free Spins increasing multiplier."
      }
    ],

    "base_game": {
      "file": "base_game_0.png",
      "layout": "Stone/rock frame with green moss growing at the corners, surrounding a 6-reel grid; background is a misty teal/blue-green enchanted forest fading to near-black at the very top and bottom edges.",
      "wordmark_top_left": "Small 'Power of Merlin / MEGAWAYS' logo lockup (same as preview) in the top-left corner of the play area.",
      "ways_plaque_top_right": "Purple/gold ribbon-style plaque reading '117649 / MEGAWAYS' in gold text.",
      "top_overflow_row": "A detached row of 4 dark stone cells positioned above the main grid, aligned over reels 2-5 only; on this captured frame all four show the orange glowing '9' symbol.",
      "main_grid": "6 columns x up to 7 rows (reels 1 and 6 fill the full 7-cell column height directly under the frame top; reels 2-5 show 6 cells). Captured symbols on this frame (left to right, top to bottom of each column) include potion, owl, dagger, wizard portraits, and multiple royal letters — a random snapshot, not enumerated further since layout is per-spin random.",
      "left_side_tag": "Purple/gold ribbon tag reading 'BUY FREE SPINS / $300' (bonus-buy entry point) positioned outside the frame at mid-left height.",
      "bottom_bar": {
        "far_left_icons": "Two stacked round dark buttons: top one with 3 horizontal white lines ('≡' hamburger menu, opens System Settings) and below it a speaker icon (mute/unmute), then a separate round 'i' info button to their right (opens the 8-page paytable/rules booklet).",
        "balance_labels": "Orange/yellow text 'CREDIT $100,000.00' above 'BET $2.00', left-of-centre.",
        "center_hint": "White text 'HOLD SPACE FOR TURBO SPIN'.",
        "right_controls": "Round white '-' and '+' buttons flanking a large white circular SPIN button (two curved arrows forming a circle); a pill-shaped 'AUTOPLAY' button (with small icon) below the spin button.",
        "branding": "'PRAGMATIC PLAY' in small grey text, bottom-left corner of the frame."
      },
      "color_blind_notes": "Controls are white glyph-on-dark-circle icons distinguished by shape (menu lines, speaker, 'i', '-', '+', circular arrows), not by color. CREDIT/BET are orange/yellow text on a dark bar, high contrast."
    },

    "paytable": {
      "file": "paytable_p1.png",
      "page": "1 of 8",
      "header": "'GAME RULES' centered title; small 'X' close button top-right.",
      "content": "Top instruction line: 'All symbols pay from left to right on adjacent reels starting from the leftmost reel.' Below it, a 2-row x 5-column grid of the 10 paying symbols with their payout tiers (see 'symbols' section above). Lower-left: the WILD tile with its substitution rule text. Lower-right: 'Ways to win' heading with two small grid diagrams — a green checkmark diagram (valid adjacent-reel win path, dots not forming a straight line) and a red X diagram (a purely vertical run, rejected), plus the printed reel-structure paragraph (see 'mechanic_summary.reel_structure_as_printed'). Bottom-center: 'MEGAWAYS is used under licence from Big Time Gaming' with the BTG roundel logo. Bottom-right: 'Page 1/8'.",
      "navigation": "Bottom-left green triangle-left (previous, inactive/greyed on page 1), green 'X' (close), green triangle-right (next page)."
    },

    "rules": [
      {"file": "rules_p1.png", "page": "2 of 8", "title_sections": "TUMBLE FEATURE; LIGHTNING BOLT FEATURE", "content_summary": "Full verbatim text captured under 'features.tumble_feature' and 'features.lightning_bolt_feature' above; shows the LIGHTNING BOLT symbol icon."},
      {"file": "rules_p2.png", "page": "3 of 8", "title_sections": "FREE SPINS", "content_summary": "SCATTER symbol icon and rule, 4-9+ scatter award table, gamble-for-more-spins mechanic and odds table, free-spins starting/growing multiplier rule, 3-scatter in-round retrigger, note that Lightning Bolt Feature and 'special reels' apply during free spins. Full verbatim text captured under 'features.free_spins' above."},
      {"file": "rules_p3.png", "page": "4 of 8", "title_sections": "MAX WIN; BUY FREE SPINS", "content_summary": "40,000x bet cap and round-ending rule; Buy Free Spins cost (150x total bet) and the 4/5/6/7-scatter buy-trigger variance rule. Full verbatim text captured under 'technical_summary' above."},
      {"file": "rules_p4.png", "page": "5 of 8", "title_sections": "GAME RULES (volatility, win rules, RTP, bet limits)", "content_summary": "Volatility badge (4/4 bolts) and high-volatility sentence; single/multi-way win-adding rule; free-spins/bonus win handling; SPACE/ENTER keyboard; RTP 96.09% (96.08% on buy); MIN BET $0.20 / MAX BET $100.00; malfunction clause. Full verbatim text captured under 'technical_summary' above."},
      {"file": "rules_p5.png", "page": "6 of 8", "title_sections": "HOW TO PLAY; MAIN GAME INTERFACE", "content_summary": "Explains bet +/- and bet menu, SPIN button, settings-menu icon, spin-speed-cycle icon (normal/quick/turbo), sound toggle icon, info icon, CREDIT/BET coin-vs-cash toggle, bet +/- opens bet menu with denominations, spin-arrows icon starts the game, AUTOPLAY button opens/closes autoplay menu."},
      {"file": "rules_p6.png", "page": "7 of 8", "title_sections": "SETTINGS MENU; INFORMATION SCREEN; BET MENU", "content_summary": "INTRO SCREEN / AMBIENT / SOUND FX / GAME HISTORY toggle explanations; info-page left/right scroll arrows and X-close; bet menu shows bet multiplier and total bet in coins and cash, +/- on BET and COIN VALUE fields; repeats the 40,000x max-win/round-ending rule verbatim (spelled '40000X' here without a comma, vs '40,000x' elsewhere)."},
      {"file": "rules_p7.png", "page": "8 of 8 (last page)", "title_sections": "AUTOPLAY", "content_summary": "Explains that clicking an autospin-count button starts Autoplay, and that SKIP SCREENS auto-skips feature intro/end screens after a short delay."}
    ],

    "settings": {
      "file": "settings_0.png",
      "title": "SYSTEM SETTINGS (gold text, centered) with a white 'X' close button top-right.",
      "layout": "Dark semi-transparent panel over the dimmed reels.",
      "left_side": "Greyed-out 'GAME HISTORY' link with an external-link icon (appears disabled/placeholder in this capture); below it a 'TOTAL BET' stepper: white round '-' button, dark field showing '$2.00', green round '+' button.",
      "right_side_toggles": [
        {"name": "BATTERY SAVER", "description": "'SAVE BATTERY LIFE BY REDUCING ANIMATION SPEED'", "state": "off (switch knob white, positioned left, track dark grey)"},
        {"name": "AMBIENT MUSIC", "description": "'TURN ON OR OFF THE GAME MUSIC'", "state": "on (switch knob white, positioned right, track green)"},
        {"name": "SOUND FX", "description": "'TURN ON OR OFF THE GAME SOUNDS'", "state": "on (switch knob white, positioned right, track green)"},
        {"name": "INTRO SCREEN", "description": "'SHOW THE INTRO SCREEN BEFORE STARTING THE GAME'", "state": "off (switch knob white, positioned left, track dark grey)"}
      ],
      "color_blind_notes": "Toggle state is shown by BOTH color (green=on/grey=off) AND knob position (right=on/left=off) — position is the non-color-dependent cue."
    },

    "autoplay": {
      "file": "autoplay_0.png",
      "title": "AUTOPLAY SETTINGS (gold text) with white 'X' close top-right.",
      "checkboxes": [
        {"name": "TURBO SPIN", "state": "unchecked (empty white-outlined square)"},
        {"name": "QUICK SPIN", "state": "unchecked (empty white-outlined square)"},
        {"name": "SKIP SCREENS", "state": "checked (green square with white checkmark)"}
      ],
      "autospins_selector": "'NUMBER OF AUTOSPINS' label above a horizontal slider (thin white track, green filled portion, green square handle with 3 vertical white lines) positioned near the right end; numeric readout '100' to the right of the slider.",
      "action_button": "Large green 'START AUTOPLAY (100)' button spanning the panel width at the bottom.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Checkbox state shown by checkmark glyph, not color alone; primary action has explicit text label."
    },

    "bet_menu": {
      "file": "info_0.png",
      "title": "'BET MULTIPLIER 20x' (gold text) with white 'X' close top-right; shown as an overlay panel docked to the right side of the reels while the base-game view remains dimmed behind it.",
      "fields": [
        {"name": "BET", "value": "10", "controls": "white round '-' (left) and green round '+' (right), both visually enabled at this state"},
        {"name": "COIN VALUE", "value": "$0.50", "controls": "white round '-' (left) and green round '+' (right)"},
        {"name": "TOTAL BET", "value": "$100.00", "controls": "white round '-' and green round '+', both appear GREYED/disabled here — confirms $100.00 is the ceiling"}
      ],
      "action_button": "Green 'BET MAX' button at the bottom of the panel.",
      "side_effect_visible": "Because TOTAL BET is at maximum, the 'BUY FREE SPINS' side tag on the dimmed base game behind the panel reads '$15,000' (150x of $100.00), and the bottom bar BET readout shows '$100.00'."
    },

    "bonus_buy_dialog": {
      "file": "bonus_0.png",
      "content": "Stone archway frame (moss/vine decoration) around a purple parchment panel reading 'BUY FREE SPINS' in large gold text and '$300' in cyan text below it. Two buttons beneath: a grey plaque with a red 'X' (cancel, left) and a grey plaque with a green checkmark (confirm, right). Behind the dialog, the dimmed base game shows TOTAL BET '$2.00' at the bottom center (this dialog replaces the normal CREDIT/BET readout with a single 'TOTAL BET' field while open)."
    },

    "gamble": {
      "file": "bonus_1.png",
      "title_banner": "Red ribbon banner top-center: 'GAMBLE FOR MORE FREE SPINS' in gold text.",
      "background": "Dark violet dungeon/library scene with stone pillars and warm amber lighting from an unseen source at back.",
      "left_ladder": "A vertical column of 5 green plaques with gold trim, each behind a pair of green pillars strung with a gold chain-and-padlock icon (representing 'locked' tiers), reading (top to bottom, largely obscured by the padlock/chain icon on the top four) '30', '26', '22', '18', and an unlocked gold-highlighted bottom plaque reading 'GAMBLE FOR 14' — the currently selectable next tier.",
      "center_character": "Merlin (purple hat/robe, white beard) standing at a wooden desk with an open spellbook, chin resting on hand in contemplation; a green 'WIN' banner-flag and a red 'LOSE' banner-flag are pinned to his robe/shoulder area.",
      "wheel": "Large gold-rimmed circular wheel to the right, split into a green half and a red half, with a small teal gem at the top pivot and a pink circular button in the center reading 'PRESS TO GAMBLE' in gold text.",
      "right_side": "A green 'COLLECT 10 FREE SPINS' button below the wheel; a small red dragon with wings and glowing blue eyes peeking in from the right edge of the frame, perched near the wheel base.",
      "footer_warning": "Orange/gold text centered at the bottom: 'GAMBLING CAN RESULT IN NO FREE SPINS!'",
      "bottom_bar": "'PRAGMATIC PLAY' bottom-left; small sound/menu/info icons; 'CREDIT $99,700.00' and 'BET $2.00' in orange/gold text bottom-center.",
      "capture_note": "This is the static pre-decision screen. The wheel spin animation and its win/lose outcome were NOT captured in this set — the round shown afterward (free_spins_1.png onward) proceeds with 10 free spins, indicating COLLECT was pressed rather than gambling."
    },

    "free_spins_intro": {
      "file": "free_spins_0.png",
      "content": "Immediately after the Buy Free Spins purchase: a purple 'BONUS ACTIVE' ribbon tag on the left edge of the frame; CREDIT reduced to '$99,700.00' (i.e. $300 debited from the $100,000.00 starting credit, matching the buy cost); white text 'GOOD LUCK!' centered at the bottom; top-right ways plaque reads '1024 MEGAWAYS' (a reduced/uniform reel-height snapshot at this instant); several SCATTER (book) symbols and other symbols visible on the grid as part of the guaranteed-trigger buy spin; the spin/turbo-toggle button in the bottom-right is shown as a small red-outlined square icon instead of the usual circular arrows, indicating a spin-in-progress or quick-spin state."
    },

    "free_spins_gameplay": [
      {
        "file": "free_spins_1.png",
        "content": "Background shifts to a distinct violet/purple starry night sky with sparkle particles (visually different from the base game's teal forest). Left side: purple/gold 'FREE SPINS' plaque reading '9', below it a gold 'FREE SPINS' label, and further below a circular dark medallion badge labelled 'MULTIPLIER' with a cyan '1x' in the center. Top-right ways plaque: '2700 MEGAWAYS'. Bottom bar: 'FREE SPINS LEFT 9' centered in white text; CREDIT $99,700.00 / BET $2.00 unchanged from the buy."
      },
      {
        "file": "free_spins_2.png",
        "content": "Same violet starry background. Left plaque now reads '6 FREE SPINS'; MULTIPLIER medallion now reads '2x'. Top-right ways plaque: '8064 MEGAWAYS'. A large cyan '3x' numeral is animating over the center of the grid (the multiplier stepping up mid-tumble). Several grid cells are empty dark-stone placeholders (mid-Tumble Feature cascade). The LIGHTNING BOLT icon (blue bolt, gold frame) is visible in the top-row cell above reel 5. Bottom bar shows 'WIN $55.90' in place of the free-spins-left counter (a spin/tumble win readout)."
      },
      {
        "file": "free_spins_3.png",
        "content": "A full-screen win-tier celebration overlay: large gold 3D text 'SENSATIONAL!' across the top, gold coins and small red/orange card icons falling/floating throughout; below the title, a red-curtained gold-framed plaque showing '$21.43' in cyan text (this single tumble's win); underneath the plaque, a small illustrated vignette of an open spellbook with a wand across it, a purple wizard hat, a blue potion bottle, a lit candle and a skull on a wooden desk. Partially visible behind the coin/text overlay near the bottom: dimmed reels and a dimmed 'WIN $22?.10' readout (the accumulating round total, obscured by falling coins) plus '6 FREE SPINS' visible faintly at top-left — i.e. this celebration occurs mid-round, not at the very end."
      }
    ],

    "win_screen": {
      "file": "win_screen_0.png",
      "content": "A carved wooden/stone signpost frame decorated with pink flowers and green vines, standing on a grassy mound with rocks and small glowing firefly-like light specks, set against the same misty teal-green forest as the base game. Gold 3D text 'CONGRATULATIONS' on a dark red banner across the top of the sign. Below: gold text 'YOU HAVE WON'. A red wood-plank plaque with a gold frame shows the amount '$228.10' in large cyan/blue gradient numerals. Below that, gold text 'IN 10 FREE SPINS'. Beneath the sign, smaller green text 'PRESS ANYWHERE TO CONTINUE'.",
      "footer": "Bottom bar: 'CREDIT $99,712.80' (an in-progress balance value at the instant of capture, not necessarily the final settled balance) and 'BET $2.00' in orange/gold; centered 'WIN $228.10' in large white/gold text and 'FREE SPINS LEFT 0' below it, confirming the round has ended.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Win amount is large high-contrast cyan-on-red text; state is also conveyed via the explicit 'FREE SPINS LEFT 0' text, not color."
    }
  },

  "color_palette": {
    "base_game_background": "Misty teal/blue-green enchanted forest with dark tree silhouettes, fading to near-black at the frame edges.",
    "frame": "Grey carved stone frame with green moss and vine growth at the corners.",
    "reel_cells": "Dark blue-grey stone tiles.",
    "free_spins_background": "Deep violet/purple starry night sky with sparkle/nebula particles — a deliberate, high-contrast palette shift from the base game's teal forest.",
    "win_and_promo_screens": "Warm gold, red and orange tones (win screen sign, tumble-win celebration, bonus-buy dialog) contrasted against cool green (win-screen forest floor) or dark violet (gamble screen dungeon).",
    "accent_colors": "Gold (titles, frames, plaques), orange/yellow (CREDIT/BET labels, hint text), green (confirm buttons, on-toggles, nav arrows), red (cancel button, LOSE banner, wizard-symbol frame, A letter), cyan/blue (K letter, 10 letter, win amounts, multiplier numerals), purple/magenta (Q letter, dagger-symbol frame, crystal item)."
  },

  "accessibility_observations": {
    "screen_reader": "Bottom-bar control positions are stable across all base-game/paytable/bet-menu frames: menu (hamburger) and sound icons far-left, a separate 'i' info icon just right of them, CREDIT/BET readout left-of-centre, bet '-'/'+' flanking the large central SPIN button, AUTOPLAY pill below SPIN. The rules/paytable booklet is a linear 8-page sequence navigated with left/right green triangle arrows and closed with a green 'X', with a 'Page N/8' counter always in the bottom-right of the panel.",
    "motor": "Large circular touch targets for SPIN and menu/sound icons; bet menu offers both incremental +/- steppers and a one-click 'BET MAX' shortcut. SPACE/ENTER provide keyboard-only spin control, and holding SPACE activates turbo spin without requiring the settings menu. Autoplay (fixed counts up to 100, seen selected) reduces required repeated clicks.",
    "color_blind": "Most state is conveyed through text/numbers/position in addition to color: toggle switches use knob position (left/right) as well as color, checkboxes use a checkmark glyph, the free-spins/multiplier/ways counters are printed numerals, and the Tumble/Lightning/Multiplier features are all announced with on-screen text banners ('TUMBLE', not applicable as a banner but conveyed via the empty-cell/refill animation and accompanying win-amount text; 'MULTIPLIER Nx' badge; free-spins-left counter). Residual risk: the WIN/green vs LOSE/red banners on the gamble character rely partly on color, but each also carries its own text label ('WIN'/'LOSE'), so it is not color-only.",
    "deaf_hard_of_hearing": "No audio-only information was observed; AMBIENT MUSIC and SOUND FX are purely decorative toggles in System Settings. All game state (free spins remaining, multiplier value, ways count, win amounts, bonus-active status) is conveyed with on-screen text/numerals."
  },

  "not_captured_or_partial": [
    "The actual GAMBLE wheel spin animation and its win/lose result (only the static pre-decision screen bonus_1.png was captured; the round proceeded via COLLECT).",
    "A dedicated frame showing the exact instant a LIGHTNING BOLT converts a symbol to WILD (the bolt icon itself is visible idle on free_spins_2.png, and the mechanic is fully described by the verbatim rules text, but no frame captures the conversion flash/animation).",
    "The 'special reels' referenced for the Free Spins feature (rules_p2.png says special reels are in play but does not specify how their symbol distribution differs from the base game, and no frame makes this visually distinguishable beyond the palette/background change).",
    "Coins-view of CREDIT/BET (rules mention clicking the labels toggles coins vs cash view; only the cash/$ view was captured on every frame)."
  ],

  "unreadable_or_uncertain": [
    "free_spins_3.png: the accumulating round-total readout behind the 'SENSATIONAL!' overlay is partially obscured by falling coin graphics and reads approximately 'WIN $22?.10' — the exact middle digit is not legible from this frame alone (the final win_screen_0.png later confirms the completed round total as $228.10, which is consistent with, but not proof of, the obscured mid-round figure)."
  ]
}