Release the Kraken® 2

{
  "game": {
    "name": "Release the Kraken 2",
    "provider": "Pragmatic Play",
    "in_game_wordmark": "'Release the' (pink/purple cursive script, white outline) above 'KRAKEN2' (large bold gold/yellow 3D letters with orange-red edge shading) with a small superscript TM; carved on a brown wood-and-gold plaque with curling pink tentacle ornaments at the top corners, mounted above the reel frame on every screen.",
    "studio": "OMITTED. Only 'PRAGMATIC PLAY' text (bottom-left of base_game.png) and the provider logo on the promo splash were found on any of the 9 rules-booklet pages or the 3 promo slides; no sub-studio mark (Reel Kingdom / Fat Panda / Wild Streak Gaming) is present anywhere.",
    "theme": "Deep-sea / kraken ocean theme. A giant pink/red kraken (octopus-like sea monster with a ridged brain-shaped head, glowing purple eyes and curling tentacles) is the central hero art on the promo splash and the WILD symbol; other reel symbols are cartoon sea creatures (shark, pufferfish, anglerfish, moray eel) plus playing-card royals rendered with an underwater/aquatic texture (bubbles, scales, wood-plank '10').",
    "art_style": "Bright, glossy, semi-3D cartoon illustration typical of Pragmatic Play reel symbols (rounded shapes, soft cel-shaded highlights and rim-light, thick dark outlines on every icon and letter). Saturated, playful palette (deep ocean blues/teals, hot pink/red kraken, gold ornamentation) rather than a dark or photoreal look. Straight-on, static camera on a single ornate reel frame (classic slot layout), no dynamic camera angles. Overall mood is whimsical/adventurous, not scary or gritty, despite the 'kraken monster' subject.",
    "documentation_purpose": "Exhaustive accessibility documentation (blind/low-vision screen-reader users, deaf/hard-of-hearing, color-blind of all types, motor-impaired) built from 35 desktop screenshots (1280x800) plus zoomed crops used only to verify logo-reference boxes. All paytable/rules text in this build was crisp enough to read directly from the full-size screenshots without OCR.",
    "method_notes": "Every screenshot listed in manifest.json was opened and read directly (vision), not just OCR'd. Numbers are taken verbatim from on-screen text. This document was resynchronized against the manifest AFTER the capturer corrected two notes (free_spins_gameplay.png description and the VIP multiplier claim) that an earlier pass of this document had inherited; the corrected wording is reflected throughout.",
    "language": "English"
  },

  "color_palette": {
    "base_game_background": "Deep navy-blue underwater gradient, darker at the top with silhouetted dark-blue coral/cloud shapes in the top corners, lightening slightly toward the mid-height; sandy sea floor with pink/purple coral fans, green seaweed and pink tube coral across the bottom edge.",
    "reel_frame": "Carved brown wood frame with gold metal edging; a gold seahorse statuette stands vertically on a pole at both the far-left and far-right of the frame (guarding the reels). Top plaque (title banner) is brown wood with gold trim and curling pink tentacle ornaments at its corners.",
    "reel_cells": "Dark navy-blue, semi-transparent panels separated by thin cyan/light-blue vertical divider lines.",
    "free_spins_background": "Cooler, rain-streaked dark-blue/teal underwater scene (visibly different from base game: diagonal rain/current streaks and a colder blue cast), signalling the feature is active independent of any text.",
    "win_screen": "Large carved dark-teal stone/coral plaque filling most of the screen; 'CONGRATULATIONS' in bold orange-to-yellow gradient 3D letters with a dark outline; 'YOU HAVE WON' in light blue; the win amount and spin count in gold/orange on a darker inset panel; 'PRESS ANYWHERE TO CONTINUE' in gold at the bottom.",
    "big_win_celebration": "Mid-round big-win banner ('MONSTROUS' etc.) is a dark-red wood-and-gold hexagonal plaque with green vine trim, gold 3D lettering with a dark-red outline, over a bright white radial glow; gold coins (star-embossed and crown-embossed) rain down and pile at the screen edges.",
    "accent_colors": "Gold (frame trim, headings, BONUS symbol, CREDIT/BET text), green (BUY-FEATURE/Bonus-Buy accept actions, positive nav arrows, ON-state toggles), red (REJECT actions, ante/'HIGHER CHANCE TO WIN' plaque outline, A royal), pink/magenta (kraken WILD symbol, title script, Q royal), cyan/light-blue (K royal, reel-cell dividers)."
  },

  "symbols": {
    "note": "All values read directly off the full-size paytable screenshot (paytable_p1.png) at the demo default bet of $2.00 total (paytable_bet_anchor). Currency value is the printed figure; 'multiplier' is that value divided by $2.00 (the total-bet multiplier PP's payout_basis convention). Cross-checked against a real single-symbol win: base_game_win_evidence.png shows 'WIN $0.60 / 3x K Line 10 pays $0.60', matching the K row's 3-of-a-kind value exactly.",
    "high_value": [
      {
        "name": "Shark",
        "appearance": "Cartoon great-white-style shark, light blue/white body, wide open mouth full of triangular white teeth, small red eye, facing left with fin visible.",
        "payouts_currency": {"5": "$20.00", "4": "$10.00", "3": "$5.00", "2": "$1.00"},
        "payouts_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"5": "10x", "4": "5x", "3": "2.5x", "2": "0.5x"},
        "rank": "highest-paying regular symbol"
      },
      {
        "name": "Pufferfish",
        "appearance": "Round yellow/tan spiny blowfish with small spikes over its body, wide round white belly, big green/red eyes, blue fin at the tail.",
        "payouts_currency": {"5": "$10.00", "4": "$6.00", "3": "$4.00"},
        "payouts_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"5": "5x", "4": "3x", "3": "2x"}
      },
      {
        "name": "Anglerfish",
        "appearance": "Blue/pink deep-sea anglerfish with a glowing yellow lure bulb on a stalk above its head, wide toothy grin (visible triangular teeth), orange/pink underside.",
        "payouts_currency": {"5": "$8.00", "4": "$4.00", "3": "$2.00"},
        "payouts_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"5": "4x", "4": "2x", "3": "1x"}
      },
      {
        "name": "Eel",
        "appearance": "Olive-green moray eel, curved S-shaped body, open jaw with small visible teeth, no fins/limbs.",
        "payouts_currency": {"5": "$6.00", "4": "$2.00", "3": "$1.00"},
        "payouts_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"5": "3x", "4": "1x", "3": "0.5x"}
      }
    ],
    "royals_low_value": [
      {"name": "A", "color": "red/orange with a gold outline", "payouts_currency": {"5": "$4.00", "4": "$1.00", "3": "$0.60"}, "payouts_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"5": "2x", "4": "0.5x", "3": "0.3x"}},
      {"name": "K", "color": "blue with a gold outline, bubble/water texture on the letter", "payouts_currency": {"5": "$4.00", "4": "$1.00", "3": "$0.60"}, "payouts_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"5": "2x", "4": "0.5x", "3": "0.3x"}, "verified_by": "base_game_win_evidence.png — live 3-of-a-kind K on Line 10 paid exactly $0.60 at $2.00 total bet"},
      {"name": "Q", "color": "purple/magenta with a gold outline and a small curled pink tongue-like flourish", "payouts_currency": {"5": "$2.00", "4": "$0.80", "3": "$0.40"}, "payouts_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"5": "1x", "4": "0.4x", "3": "0.2x"}},
      {"name": "J", "color": "green with a gold outline, scaly fish-skin texture and a small hook-like accent at the top", "payouts_currency": {"5": "$2.00", "4": "$0.80", "3": "$0.40"}, "payouts_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"5": "1x", "4": "0.4x", "3": "0.2x"}},
      {"name": "10", "color": "gold/orange, wood-plank-like texture with a small green leaf/hook accent at the top", "payouts_currency": {"5": "$2.00", "4": "$0.80", "3": "$0.40"}, "payouts_multiplier_of_total_bet": {"5": "1x", "4": "0.4x", "3": "0.2x"}}
    ],
    "wild": {
      "name": "WILD",
      "appearance": "Pink/red kraken face (same creature design as the promo hero art, brain-shaped ridged head, tentacles curling at the sides) on a gold-edged wooden plaque, with the word 'WILD' in gold letters across the bottom of the tile.",
      "rules": "Substitutes for all symbols except BONUS. Appears on all reels (base WILD). Payouts: 5-$40.00 (20x), 4-$20.00 (10x), 3-$10.00 (5x), 2-$1.00 (0.5x) at the $2.00 anchor.",
      "special_variant_shifting_stacked_wild": "A visually-identical WILD tile, but this variant only appears on reels 2, 3 and 4 and can land as a full stacked column. See 'features.base_game_random_features.shifting_stacked_wilds'.",
      "source": "paytable_p1.png; rules_p2.png for the shifting-stacked variant"
    },
    "bonus_scatter": {
      "name": "BONUS",
      "appearance": "Round gold medallion/coin with a stylized golden kraken/octopus emblem and 'BONUS' in gold letters across the bottom.",
      "rules": "Appears on all reels. No direct symbol payout printed. 3 or more anywhere trigger the FREE SPINS feature (a pick-a-chest mini-game, see features.free_spins).",
      "source": "paytable_p1.png"
    }
  },

  "reel_and_bet_mechanics": {
    "grid": "5 reels x 4 rows, fixed size (not dynamic) in both base game and free spins.",
    "base_game_paylines": "20 fixed paylines, numbered 1-20 in the BASE GAME diagram (rules_p6.png). Confirmed live: bet menu header reads 'BETTING ON 20 LINES' (bet_menu_min.png, special_bets_normal_max.png).",
    "free_spins_paylines": "40 paylines are in play ONLY during the Free Spins feature (rules_p4.png: 'In the FREE SPINS feature 40 paylines are in play.'; on-screen confirmation 'Paylines Active: 40' badge visible on free_spins_gameplay.png, vip_free_spins_gameplay.png and natural_free_spins_gameplay.png).",
    "win_rule": "All symbols pay left-to-right on adjacent reels starting from the leftmost reel. Only the highest win is paid per line; wins on multiple lines are summed.",
    "bet_construction": "TOTAL BET = COINS PER LINE (1-10) x COIN VALUE x 20 LINES. Bet menu panel (bet_menu_min.png / special_bets_normal_max.png) shows these three fields explicitly plus a 'BET MAX' button.",
    "payout_basis": "total_bet (paytable values are printed directly in dollars at the reference $2.00 total bet, not per-line/per-coin). Verified arithmetically: base_game_win_evidence.png shows a real 3-of-a-kind K on Line 10 paying exactly the paytable's printed $0.60 K/3 value at $2.00 total bet.",
    "paytable_view": "Currency only. This build has no CREDIT/BET (coins vs. cash) toggle on the paytable itself — all 12 symbol rows print dollar amounts directly."
  },

  "technical_summary": {
    "rtp_base_game": "96.03% ('The theoretical RTP of this game is 96.03%', rules_p6.png)",
    "rtp_ante_bet": "96.01% (rules_p6.png)",
    "rtp_standard_free_spins_buy": "96.03% (rules_p6.png)",
    "rtp_vip_free_spins_buy": "96.05% (rules_p6.png)",
    "rtp_note": "Buklet also states: 'The RTP of the game is based on the best strategy of always rejecting the offer given' in the pick-a-chest mini-game (rules_p6.png) — i.e. the quoted RTP assumes optimal play of the gamble feature, not simply accepting the first offer.",
    "volatility": "LOW. Shown as a gold text badge 'LOW VOLATILITY' with a small orange wave/tilde icon (NOT a lightning-bolt scale) on the promo splash and on rules_p6.png header. Text: 'Low volatility games pay out more often in smaller amounts, while still having the chance to win big.'",
    "bet_min": "$0.20 (measured at the '-' button held to its floor, both minus arrows greyed out; bet_menu_min.png: 1 coin/line x $0.01 x 20 lines)",
    "bet_max_normal": "$240.00 (measured at the '+' button held to its ceiling with Ante OFF, plus arrow greyed out; special_bets_normal_max.png: 10 coins/line x $1.20 x 20 lines)",
    "bet_max_with_ante": "$300.00 (measured at the '+' button ceiling with Ante ON; special_bets_ante_on.png). Equals $240.00 x 1.25, matching the rules text's 'bet multiplier 25x' vs. the normal '20x' (25/20 = 1.25). This IS the buklet's printed 'MAXIMUM BET $300.00' (rules_p6.png) — the printed figure describes the Ante-on ceiling, not the normal-game ceiling; see 'anomalies'.",
    "demo_default_bet": "$2.00",
    "demo_credit": "$100,000.00",
    "max_win": "5,000x total bet. 'The maximum win amount is limited to 5,000x bet. If the total win of a round reaches 5,000x bet the round immediately ends, win is awarded and all remaining features are forfeited.' (rules_p5.png and rules_p8.png)",
    "keyboard": "SPACE and ENTER start/stop the spin (rules_p6.png, rules_p7.png). Holding SPACE also triggers turbo spin ('HOLD SPACE FOR TURBO SPIN' hint permanently shown above the spin button).",
    "currency_view": "CREDIT and BET labels (bottom bar) are clickable and switch between coins view and cash view (rules_p7.png); paytable itself has no such toggle in this build (see payout_basis note).",
    "ante_bet": {
      "name": "'HIGHER CHANCE TO WIN FEATURE' (a.k.a. Ante Bet)",
      "cost_multiplier": "x1.25 of total bet when ON (verified: $2.00->$2.50, $240.00->$300.00, $0.20->$0.25)",
      "effect": "Bet multiplier becomes 25x per rules_p5.png (vs. 20x normal) — 'the chance to win the free spins feature naturally is higher.' While ON, the BUY FEATURE (bonus buy) button is disabled/greyed out (visible on special_bets_ante_on.png; confirmed by rules_p5.png: 'The BUY FREE SPINS feature is disabled when Ante Bet / Higher Chance to Win Feature is active.').",
      "toggle_ui": "Left-side olive-green wood plaque labelled 'BET $X.XX / HIGHER CHANCE TO WIN FEATURE' with an orange arrow icon inside a pill switch reading 'OFF' (red pill) or 'ON' (gold pill with a checkmark)."
    },
    "bonus_buy": {
      "standard": {"cost": "$200.00 (100x total bet at the $2.00 default)", "rule": "Pay 100x total bet to trigger the STANDARD FREE SPINS feature with 3 to 5 BONUS symbols randomly (rules_p5.png)."},
      "vip": {"name": "VIP Bonus / 'King Kraken Bonus Buy'", "cost": "$500.00 (250x total bet)", "rule": "Pay 250x total bet to trigger the VIP FREE SPINS feature with 5 BONUS symbols guaranteed (rules_p5.png)."},
      "ui": "Clicking BUY FEATURE opens a two-tile dialog (bonus_buy_dialog.png): left purple wood tile '$200.00 STANDARD / BONUS BUY', right red wood tile '$500.00 VIP BONUS / KING KRAKEN BONUS BUY', a red X-cancel button between/below them."
    }
  },

  "features": {
    "free_spins": {
      "trigger": "3 or more BONUS symbols anywhere on the reels (natural) OR purchased via Bonus Buy (standard/VIP, see technical_summary.bonus_buy).",
      "pre_round_mini_game": {
        "name": "Kraken Offer (pick-a-chest / 'deal or no deal' style gamble)",
        "setup": "16 treasure chests are shown in two side columns (8 left, 8 right) flanking a central parchment scroll headed 'KRAKEN OFFER'. Each of the 16 chests secretly holds one Free-Spins + Multiplier combination from a table specific to how many BONUS symbols triggered the round (3, 4 or 5 BONUS have different 16-item tables).",
        "step_1": "At the start, one random chest is auto-selected and removed from the pool WITHOUT its result being revealed. The scroll shows a plain unopened chest icon and 'OPEN YOUR LUCKY CHEST' with two buttons: green ACCEPT ('Start the Free Spins' — plays that hidden chest's result, whatever it turns out to be) or red REJECT ('Remove More Chests').",
        "step_2_if_rejected": "The player manually taps chests from the two columns to remove them from the pool, in fixed group sizes of 4, then 4, then 3, then 3. After each group, a NEW numeric offer is shown ('KRAKEN OFFER — STARTING MULTIPLIER / FREE SPINS', explicit numbers this time) equal to the AVERAGE of the remaining un-picked combinations in the pool, rounded down. The player can ACCEPT that concrete offer or REJECT again to pick the next group.",
        "step_3_endgame": "This continues until only one chest remains unpicked; the player is then offered a choice between the original hidden random chest and the last remaining chest.",
        "combination_tables": {
          "3_bonus_symbols": ["4 spins x2", "5 spins x1", "5 spins x2", "6 spins x1", "6 spins x2", "8 spins x1", "8 spins x2", "8 spins x4", "8 spins x6", "10 spins x2", "10 spins x4", "10 spins x6", "12 spins x2", "12 spins x4", "12 spins x6", "15 spins x4"],
          "4_bonus_symbols": ["5 spins x2", "6 spins x1", "6 spins x2", "8 spins x1", "8 spins x2", "8 spins x4", "8 spins x6", "10 spins x2", "10 spins x4", "10 spins x6", "12 spins x2", "12 spins x4", "12 spins x6", "15 spins x4", "15 spins x10", "20 spins x6"],
          "5_bonus_symbols": ["6 spins x2", "8 spins x1", "8 spins x2", "8 spins x4", "8 spins x6", "10 spins x2", "10 spins x4", "10 spins x6", "12 spins x2", "12 spins x4", "12 spins x6", "15 spins x4", "15 spins x10", "20 spins x6", "20 spins x8", "20 spins x10"],
          "source": "rules_p3.png (printed tables), cross-checked live: bonus_natural_trigger.png's on-screen table matches the 3-BONUS table exactly; bonus_vip_offer.png's on-screen table matches the 5-BONUS table exactly."
        }
      },
      "in_round_rules": {
        "multiplier": "Every win during the round is multiplied by the multiplier won in the mini-game.",
        "paylines": "40 paylines are in play (vs. 20 in the base game).",
        "roaming_wild": "Any WILD symbol that hits during the round stays on screen until the round ends, moving to a random position after each spin.",
        "golden_wild": "If a GOLDEN WILD symbol hits, it increases the round's multiplier by +1x (this is the mechanic behind the multiplier growing mid-round, e.g. x6 to x7 seen on free_spins_gameplay.png's partially-visible 'ALL WINS x7' badge vs. the x6 starting value shown at trigger).",
        "retrigger": "Cannot be retriggered (rules_p4.png: 'The feature cannot be retriggered.')",
        "payout": "Round win is awarded to the player after the round completes; the total win is shown on a 'CONGRATULATIONS / YOU HAVE WON' summary screen.",
        "source": "rules_p4.png"
      },
      "captured_rounds": [
        {
          "label": "Standard Bonus Buy ($200.00 / 100x)",
          "sequence": "bonus_buy_dialog.png (purchase choice) -> bonus_gamble_offer.png (mystery-chest offer, REJECTED) -> bonus_gamble_pick.png ('4 PICKS LEFT', first group of 4 chests being removed) -> bonus_gamble_offer2.png (new numeric offer '10 free spins, x6 multiplier', ACCEPTED) -> free_spins_trigger.png ('10 FREE SPINS WITH x6 MULTIPLIER') -> free_spins_gameplay.png (mid-round big-win celebration, see note) -> free_spins_win.png.",
          "result": "TOTAL WIN $327.60 in 10 free spins (free_spins_win.png), starting multiplier x6.",
          "mid_round_note": "free_spins_gameplay.png does NOT show a plain reel grid — it shows a mid-round big-win celebration overlay: a hexagonal 'MONSTROUS' banner with '$128.55' and falling gold coins, largely covering the reels. Partially visible behind the banner: '40 Paylines Active' and 'ALL WINS x7' badges (left edge) plus fragments of K/A symbols. This confirms the round's multiplier had grown from x6 (at trigger) to x7 by this point, consistent with the Golden Wild +1x rule, though no clean grid screenshot of this round exists."
        },
        {
          "label": "VIP Bonus Buy / King Kraken ($500.00 / 250x)",
          "sequence": "bonus_vip_offer.png (mystery-chest offer over the 5-BONUS table, ACCEPTED directly) -> vip_free_spins_trigger.png ('20 FREE SPINS WITH x10 MULTIPLIER') -> vip_free_spins_gameplay.png -> vip_free_spins_win.png.",
          "result": "TOTAL WIN $1,218.80 in 20 free spins, starting multiplier x10.",
          "multiplier_note": "x10 is the only confirmed multiplier value for this round, visible on vip_free_spins_gameplay.png ('ALL WINS x10' badge, WIN $86.00 on that single spin, two roaming WILD tiles visible on reels 1 and 3) and on the vip_free_spins_trigger.png start screen. No screenshot (including vip_free_spins_win.png, which shows only the total win and spin count) shows the multiplier at any value above x10, so no growth beyond x10 is claimed for this round.",
          "guarantee_clarification": "The VIP purchase GUARANTEES 5 BONUS symbols (hence the 5-BONUS combination table), not a guaranteed top-tier result. In this capture the accepted mystery chest happened to land on 20 spins/x10, the maximum spins value on the 5-BONUS table — this looks like a coincidence of that one pick, not a documented rule that VIP always maxes out."
        },
        {
          "label": "Natural trigger #1 (no purchase)",
          "sequence": "bonus_natural_trigger.png ('KRAKEN OFFER' mystery-chest screen over the 3-BONUS table, credit unchanged confirming no cost was charged) -> natural_free_spins_trigger.png ('6 FREE SPINS WITH x1 MULTIPLIER') -> natural_free_spins_gameplay.png (mid-spin motion blur, 2 WILD tiles visible, '40 Paylines Active', 'ALL WINS x1') -> natural_free_spins_win.png.",
          "result": "TOTAL WIN $7.40 in 6 free spins, x1 multiplier (lowest tier of the 3-BONUS table)."
        },
        {
          "label": "Natural trigger #2 (no purchase, no dedicated screenshots)",
          "result_reported_only": "8 free spins, x4 multiplier, TOTAL WIN $44.20 — reported in the capture log/manifest note only; NO screenshot file exists for this second occurrence (the folder only holds frames for the first natural round). Included here for completeness but not independently verifiable from an image; treat as textual provenance only."
        }
      ]
    },
    "base_game_random_features": {
      "intro_text": "'In the base game randomly, at any spin there is a chance that one of the following features will hit:' (rules_p2.png, header 'RANDOM FEATURES')",
      "wild_respin": {
        "rule": "If 4 or more WILD symbols hit, after paying the win the game goes into a free respin mode. The WILDs remain on screen and move to a random position while the rest of the symbols respin. The game pays all winning combinations after each respin. If more WILDs hit after the respin, one more respin is awarded. The feature ends when no more WILDs hit after a respin.",
        "captured": "NOT captured as a distinct, unambiguously-identified event over roughly 320 base-game spins (no on-screen 'RESPIN' banner or text seen). See not_captured."
      },
      "shifting_stacked_wilds": {
        "rule": "A visually distinct WILD tile that appears only on reels 2, 3 and 4. It can hit randomly; when the spin stops the shifting stacked WILDs are brought fully into the screen to cover every position on their reel. For each position moved, a multiplier is increased by +1x per shifting stacked WILD. After all are moved fully in, winning combinations are paid, multiplied by the sum of all multipliers.",
        "captured": "base_game_stacked_wilds.png — a full 4-symbol WILD column landed on reel 1 AND reel 2 simultaneously (8 WILD tiles total, 2 full columns), win $9.67, 'WINNER' caption. No separate multiplier readout was visible on this frame beyond the win amount."
      },
      "guaranteed_win": {
        "rule": "'Randomly in a spin that results in no win the Kraken can come into the screen and change the symbols to an outcome of 20x to 60x total bet win. Randomly after a spin 3 BONUS symbols can appear on the screen as the result of an explosion awarding the FREE SPINS feature.'",
        "captured": "NOT captured over roughly 320 base-game spins — no characteristic Kraken-takeover animation seen. See not_captured.",
        "note": "This same paragraph is also the documented mechanism behind the 'explosion' trigger seen in bonus_natural_trigger.png's manifest note (3 BONUS symbols appearing via explosion) — the explosion-to-BONUS half of this rule WAS effectively observed via its outcome (a natural Free Spins trigger), even though the 20x-60x guaranteed-win-without-BONUS half was not."
      }
    }
  },

  "screens": {
    "preview": {
      "type": "preview",
      "slide_count": 3,
      "carousel_indicator": "Three small circular dots at the bottom-center of the reel frame; the currently active slide's dot is filled gold, the other two are dark/empty.",
      "slide_1": {
        "file": "preview_slide1.png",
        "content": "Reel frame showing a static base-game-like grid heavily populated with pink kraken WILD tiles (7 of them) plus royals/eel/pufferfish/shark. Large pink kraken hero art on the right side of the screen (same creature as the WILD symbol, larger and highly detailed). Big text 'WIN UP TO 5,000 X BET' in white/blue across the bottom. A white circular double-arrow icon (enter/spin) center-right. Bottom-right: '(wave icon) LOW VOLATILITY' badge and a 'DON'T SHOW NEXT TIME' checkbox with a yellow/orange outline square.",
        "indicator_state": "left (first) dot lit",
        "capture_note": "This is a clean recapture; an earlier attempt at this slide was caught mid-carousel-transition with two overlapping headline texts and is no longer part of the manifest."
      },
      "slide_2": {
        "file": "preview_2.png",
        "content": "Same layout; reel shows exactly 3 connected pink WILD tiles occupying a full 3x2 block plus surrounding royals/fish. Headline text: 'RANDOM ROAMING AND EXPANDED WILDS'. Bottom-right: same '(wave icon) LOW VOLATILITY' badge and 'DON'T SHOW NEXT TIME' checkbox as slide 1.",
        "indicator_state": "middle (second) dot lit"
      },
      "slide_3": {
        "file": "preview_slide3.png",
        "content": "Same layout; reel shows a mix of gold-colored WILD tiles and pink WILD tiles together (5 total: 3 gold + 2 pink) plus royals/eel/pufferfish. Headline text: 'ROAMING WILDS WITH MULTIPLIER IN FREE SPINS'. This slide visually distinguishes the free-spins GOLDEN WILD (gold-colored tile) from the base WILD (pink tile). Bottom-right: same '(wave icon) LOW VOLATILITY' badge and 'DON'T SHOW NEXT TIME' checkbox as slides 1-2.",
        "indicator_state": "right (third) dot lit",
        "capture_note": "This slide was missing from the first capture pass entirely (two of the three captured frames were both slide 2, and slide 3 had not been caught at all); preview_slide3.png is the recapture that fills that gap, distinguished from slide 2 by its gold-colored WILD tiles (vs. slide 2's red/pink WILD tiles) and its own headline."
      },
      "purpose": "Entry/marketing carousel shown on demo load before the base game. There are exactly THREE slides, one per mechanic: slide 1 = max win cap (5,000x bet), slide 2 = base-game random roaming/expanded wilds, slide 3 = free-spins roaming wilds with multiplier. This is also the game's volatility source: all three slides carry the same 'LOW VOLATILITY' badge, matching rules_p6.png.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Volatility label is both a small icon AND text ('LOW VOLATILITY') on every slide; slide position is also readable via the dot count/position, not color alone."
    },

    "base_game": {
      "type": "base_game",
      "overall_layout": "5-reel x 4-row grid centered on screen inside a carved wood-and-gold frame; a gold seahorse statuette stands on either side of the frame.",
      "title_banner": "Top-center wood-and-gold plaque with pink tentacle corner ornaments: 'Release the' (pink cursive) / 'KRAKEN2' (gold 3D letters) + TM.",
      "background": "Deep-blue underwater scene, dark coral silhouettes at the top corners, sandy floor with pink coral and green seaweed at the bottom edge.",
      "reel_cells": "Dark navy semi-transparent tiles separated by thin cyan divider lines.",
      "left_side_stack": "Two stacked wood plaques above the reel's left edge: 'BUY FEATURE' (dark purple/maroon plank, gold text) on top; below it a olive-green panel showing 'BET $X.XX / HIGHER CHANCE TO WIN FEATURE' with an orange-arrow pill toggle reading OFF (red) or ON (gold).",
      "bottom_bar": {
        "far_left_icons": "A row of three small round dark icons above the 'PRAGMATIC PLAY' wordmark: hamburger MENU (three horizontal lines) opens SYSTEM SETTINGS; speaker/SOUND icon toggles audio; 'i' INFORMATION icon opens the rules/paytable booklet.",
        "balance_labels": "Gold text 'CREDIT $100,000.00' and 'BET $2.00', left-of-center; clickable to toggle coins/cash view.",
        "center_hint": "White text 'HOLD SPACE FOR TURBO SPIN'.",
        "right_controls": "Round '-' button, large white double-curved-arrow SPIN button (circular), round '+' button, and an 'AUTOPLAY' pill button below the spin button.",
        "branding": "'PRAGMATIC PLAY' small grey text, bottom-left corner."
      },
      "color_blind_notes": "All primary controls are white glyphs on dark circles (shape-based, icon-based, not color-coded). The ante toggle additionally changes its printed word (OFF/ON) and pill position, not just color."
    },

    "paytable": {
      "type": "paytable",
      "page": "1 of 9 (booklet header 'GAME RULES')",
      "content": "Dark semi-transparent modal over the dimmed reels. Subtitle: 'All symbols pay from left to right on adjacent reels starting from the leftmost reel.' Row 1: Shark / Pufferfish / Anglerfish / Eel icons with payouts. Row 2: A / K / Q / J / 10 royals with payouts. Row 3: BONUS symbol + description (left) and WILD symbol + description + payouts (right). See 'symbols' for exact values.",
      "navigation": "Bottom-left: three green icons — left-pointing triangle (previous page), an X (close), right-pointing triangle (next page). A separate white X in the modal's top-right corner also closes it. 'Page 1/9' bottom-right.",
      "color_blind_notes": "The three green nav icons are differentiated by shape (triangle/X/triangle), not color alone."
    },

    "rules": {
      "type": "rules (info booklet, pages 2-9 of 9; same dark modal, green triangle/X nav row, 'Page n/9' indicator each page)",
      "p2_random_features": "Page 2/9 'RANDOM FEATURES'. WILD RESPIN, SHIFTING STACKED WILDS (with symbol illustration) and GUARANTEED WIN rules — full text captured verbatim in 'features.base_game_random_features'.",
      "p3_free_spins_tables": "Page 3/9 'FREE SPINS FEATURE'. Trigger (3+ BONUS) and the pre-round mini-game intro, plus three full combination tables (3/4/5 BONUS symbols) — captured verbatim in 'features.free_spins.pre_round_mini_game.combination_tables'.",
      "p4_pick_a_box_mechanic": "Page 4/9 (untitled, continues Free Spins topic). Full step-by-step description of the 16-box pick-a-chest mechanic, the 40-paylines-in-free-spins rule, roaming/golden WILD behaviour, 'cannot be retriggered' — captured verbatim in 'features.free_spins'.",
      "p5_max_win_ante_buy": "Page 5/9. MAX WIN (5,000x bet, round ends immediately and forfeits remaining features at the cap), ANTE BET (25x vs 20x bet multiplier, disables Buy Free Spins), BUY FREE SPINS (100x standard / 250x VIP) — captured verbatim in 'technical_summary'.",
      "p6_rtp_lines_limits": "Page 6/9 'GAME RULES / LOW VOLATILITY'. General win rules, both BASE GAME (1-20) and FREE SPINS (1-40) payline diagrams, all four RTP values, MINIMUM/MAXIMUM BET, SPACE/ENTER keys, 'Malfunction voids all pays and plays.'",
      "p7_how_to_play": "Page 7/9 'HOW TO PLAY'. Explains +/- bet buttons and bet menu, SPIN button, MAIN GAME INTERFACE icon glossary (settings/spin-speed-cycle/sound/info/CREDIT-BET toggle/spin/autoplay).",
      "p8_settings_menu": "Page 8/9 'SETTINGS MENU'. Describes INTRO SCREEN, AMBIENT, SOUND FX, GAME HISTORY toggles; INFORMATION SCREEN nav; BET MENU (COINS PER LINE / COIN VALUE fields); repeats the 5,000x max-win cap text.",
      "p9_autoplay": "rules_p9.png — Page 9/9 (last page of the booklet, bottom of the scroll confirmed by the 'Page 9/9' footer). Header 'AUTOPLAY'. Explains starting Autoplay via spin-count buttons ('Click on the buttons showing the number of possible auto-spins to start Autoplay') and the SKIP SCREENS option (auto-skips feature intro/end screens after a short delay). Body of the modal below the header/subtitle is otherwise empty on this last page (reels dimmed behind the dark panel, no additional list content, no navigation beyond the same green triangle-left/X/triangle-right row as every other rules page).",
      "color_notes": "Body text is white on a black semi-transparent panel; headers white/gold; RTP/volatility line highlighted in gold."
    },

    "settings": {
      "type": "settings",
      "title": "SYSTEM SETTINGS",
      "panel_style": "Centered black semi-transparent panel, closed via a white X top-right.",
      "left_side": "'GAME HISTORY' link (external-link icon, greyed/disabled-looking in this demo) and a 'TOTAL BET' stepper: white '-' circle, '$2.00' dark field, green '+' circle.",
      "right_side_toggles": "Five labelled on/off pill toggles, all shown ON (green) except BATTERY SAVER (OFF, grey): 'BATTERY SAVER' (save battery by reducing animation speed), 'AMBIENT MUSIC' (turn game music on/off), 'SOUND FX' (turn game sounds on/off), 'INTRO SCREEN' (show the intro screen before starting the game — confirms the promo carousel splash is a real, toggleable feature of this build), 'SLOTS PROMOTIONS' (display promo badge).",
      "color_blind_notes": "Toggle state is shown by BOTH switch position (left=off/right=on) AND the printed track icon (pause-bar icon differs from checkmark-less green fill) — not color alone."
    },

    "autoplay": {
      "type": "autoplay",
      "title": "AUTOPLAY SETTINGS",
      "layout": "Dark panel over the dimmed reels, white X close top-right.",
      "options": "Three checkboxes in a row: 'TURBO SPIN' (unchecked), 'QUICK SPIN' (unchecked), 'SKIP SCREENS' (checked, green fill with white checkmark).",
      "autospins_selector": "'NUMBER OF AUTOSPINS' label above a horizontal slider (green filled track, round handle) showing the value '100'.",
      "action": "Large green 'START AUTOPLAY (100)' button at the bottom.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Checkbox state uses a check-mark glyph, not color alone."
    },

    "bonus_buy_dialog": {
      "type": "bonus",
      "content": "Two glowing wood-and-gold tiles side by side over dimmed reels: left, dark-purple tile '$200.00 STANDARD' with a green 'BONUS BUY' button; right, dark-red tile '$500.00 VIP BONUS' with a green 'KING KRAKEN BONUS BUY' button. A red X-cancel pill button centered below both.",
      "footer": "TOTAL BET stepper ('-', '$2.00', '+') shown at the bottom-center instead of the usual CREDIT/BET labels."
    },

    "bonus_gamble_offer_and_pick": {
      "type": "bonus",
      "content": "See features.free_spins.pre_round_mini_game for the full mechanic; screens show a parchment 'KRAKEN OFFER' scroll with green ACCEPT / red REJECT buttons over a background of 16 wood treasure chests (gold octopus-emblem lock plates) in two 4x2 columns, plus a table of the 16 possible spins/multiplier combinations below the scroll.",
      "color_blind_notes": "ACCEPT/REJECT are both color- AND text-differentiated ('Start the Free Spins' vs. 'Remove More Chests') and use different shapes/icons (diamond bullet points)."
    },

    "free_spins_trigger": {
      "type": "free_spins",
      "content": "Large carved dark-teal stone plaque: 'CONGRATULATIONS' (orange/gold 3D), 'YOU HAVE WON' (light blue), '<N> FREE SPINS' (white with gold number), 'WITH x<M> MULTIPLIER' (white with gold number), 'PRESS ANYWHERE TO CONTINUE' (gold). Bottom bar still shows CREDIT/BET and a 'FREE SPINS LEFT <N>' counter.",
      "instances": "10 spins/x6 (standard buy), 20 spins/x10 (VIP buy), 6 spins/x1 (natural trigger #1)."
    },

    "free_spins_gameplay": {
      "type": "free_spins",
      "reels": "Same 5x4 grid on a colder, rain-streaked blue background (visually distinct from the base game).",
      "hud_badges": "Top-left: dark-red plaque 'N Paylines Active' (40) and a dark-purple plaque 'ALL WINS x<M>' showing the current round multiplier.",
      "win_readout": "'WIN $X.XX' and 'WINNER' text at the bottom during a winning spin.",
      "big_win_overlay": "On a large win, a hexagonal wood/gold banner (e.g. 'MONSTROUS') with the win amount appears center-screen with falling gold coins, partially covering the reels underneath.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Feature state signalled by BOTH a palette shift (rain/cold-blue vs. base game) AND explicit text badges ('Paylines Active', 'ALL WINS x_', 'FREE SPINS LEFT') — not color alone."
    },

    "win_screen": {
      "type": "win_screen",
      "content": "Same carved dark-teal plaque family as the trigger screen: 'CONGRATULATIONS / YOU HAVE WON / $<amount> / IN <N> FREE SPINS / PRESS ANYWHERE TO CONTINUE'. Bottom bar shows 'WIN $<amount>' in large white/gold text.",
      "instances": "$327.60 (standard buy, 10 spins), $1,218.80 (VIP buy, 20 spins), $7.40 (natural trigger #1, 6 spins)."
    },

    "base_game_stacked_wilds": {
      "type": "base_game",
      "content": "A full 4-symbol WILD column landed on reel 1 AND reel 2 simultaneously (2 full stacked columns = 8 WILD tiles), remaining reels showing normal royals/eel/pufferfish. Bottom bar: 'WIN $9.67' and 'WINNER' caption. Left side still shows the BUY FEATURE / Ante toggle stack (Ante OFF, $2.50 shown as the ante-cost preview even though ante is off)."
    },

    "base_game_win_evidence": {
      "type": "base_game",
      "content": "Clean single-line win used to verify the payout basis: reel 2 shows two stacked WILD tiles plus a K on reel 3, forming '3x K Line 10 pays $0.60' text at the bottom, WIN $0.60, at BET $2.00. This is the frame used to derive payout_basis=total_bet."
    }
  },

  "accessibility_observations": {
    "screen_reader": "Stable control positions across the whole game: menu/sound/info icon row is always bottom-left, bet +/- always flank the central spin button, autoplay is always directly below spin. The rules/paytable booklet is a single linear 9-page sequence (triangle-left/X/triangle-right to navigate/close), and every page prints its own 'Page n/9' indicator.",
    "motor": "Large circular touch/click targets; the central SPIN button is the largest element on screen. SPACE/ENTER are keyboard-operable spin controls, and holding SPACE engages turbo spin without needing to change a setting. Autoplay (up to 100 spins with SKIP SCREENS) reduces the number of required interactions substantially.",
    "color_blind": "Most state is conveyed redundantly: toggle switches use position plus icon in addition to color; ACCEPT/REJECT in the gamble mini-game differ in both text and icon shape as well as color; free-spins state is signalled by a background-palette shift AND explicit text badges ('Paylines Active', 'ALL WINS x_', 'FREE SPINS LEFT'), not color alone; the WILD/BONUS symbols are identified by their printed word ('WILD'/'BONUS') as well as their distinct artwork, so color-blind players are not dependent on the pink-vs-gold WILD distinction (base vs. golden free-spins wild) — that distinction is reinforced by context (base game vs. free spins) and by the +1x multiplier text appearing when a golden wild contributes.",
    "deaf_hard_of_hearing": "No audio-only information observed; SOUND FX and AMBIENT MUSIC are purely decorative toggles in SYSTEM SETTINGS. All game state (wins, spins left, multiplier, offers) is conveyed via on-screen text/numbers."
  },

  "unreadable_or_uncertain": [
    "base_game_wild_respin: rule text is fully legible (rules_p2.png), but the feature was NOT captured as a distinct, unambiguously-identified live event over roughly 320 base-game spins (no on-screen 'RESPIN' banner/text seen). It may be visually indistinguishable from a normal spin plus the ordinary win-then-next-spin sequence without a dedicated banner.",
    "base_game_guaranteed_win (Kraken 20x-60x takeover on a losing spin): rule text is fully legible (rules_p2.png), but NOT captured as a distinct live event over roughly 320 base-game spins.",
    "VIP free-spins round: the only confirmed multiplier value is x10 (vip_free_spins_trigger.png and vip_free_spins_gameplay.png); no screenshot shows the multiplier at a higher value, so no growth beyond x10 is claimed for this round.",
    "Natural free-spins trigger #2 (8 spins, x4 multiplier, $44.20 win): reported only in the capture log/manifest note; no screenshot file exists for this second occurrence, so it cannot be independently verified from an image.",
    "base_game_stacked_wilds.png: no explicit on-screen multiplier readout was visible for the 2-column shifting-stacked-wild win beyond the final 'WIN $9.67' figure, so the per-position multiplier described in the rules text could not be cross-checked numerically against this particular frame.",
    "Series / sequel relationship: the name 'Release the Kraken 2' strongly implies a sequel to an earlier 'Release the Kraken', but no in-game text (9 rules pages, 3 promo slides) states this explicitly — treated as a naming observation only, not a confirmed in-game series claim.",
    "Game/RNG version number: not printed anywhere in the rules booklet or the live SYSTEM SETTINGS panel."
  ]
}