Santa Hopper

{
  "game": {
    "name": "Santa Hopper",
    "provider": "Push Gaming",
    "provider_ref": "santahopper-96",
    "game_kind": "video_slot",
    "series_engine_note": "Built on the same frame/engine as Push Gaming's 'Dragon Hopper' (7x7 cluster-pays grid, an animal/character 'hopper' Wild that leaves behind a multiplier token, and an Instant Prize coin symbol). Symbol names, exact payout figures, RTP figures, tier ladder and the presence of a Push Bet with THREE separate tiers are specific to THIS game and were read from THIS game's frames only, not carried over from the sister title.",
    "theme": "Christmas / winter holiday: Santa Claus, gift-wrapped presents, a brick fireplace with hanging stockings, snow-covered pine trees, baubles and candy canes, set on an icy, snow-covered landscape with a small wooden cabin and string lights.",
    "art_style": "Flat-shaded 2D vector cartoon with thick dark outlines and glossy cel-shaded highlights (typical mobile-casual match-3/cluster slot look). Bright, saturated daytime palette (icy teals, candy reds, greens, golds) with no photorealistic lighting or gradients beyond simple rim-light glows on wild/feature symbols. Character design (Santa) is chibi-proportioned and rounded, not realistic. Camera is a static top-down/front-on view of the reel grid, no perspective or isometric tilt. Overall mood is cheerful and family-friendly, not dramatic or cinematic."
  },
  "provider_ref_evidence": {
    "how": "top-level DOM: src of the cross-domain launcher iframe (P-U01/P-U03)",
    "value": "rgsGameId=santahopper-96 read from the iframe src on the pushgaming.com/games/play/santa-hopper.html wrapper page; stable across sessions/tokens",
    "note": "The storefront slug 'santa-hopper' does NOT match the code 'santahopper-96' (P-U01: slug and provider code are different things at this provider)."
  },
  "studio_evidence": {
    "text": "PUSH GAMING",
    "frame": "preview.png",
    "location": "watermark text under a shield/hexagon outline logo, centered near bottom of the loading screen",
    "note": "Same wordmark watermark repeats bottom-center on free_spins_total_win.png."
  },
  "grid_and_mechanic": {
    "layout": "7 columns x 7 rows (49 cells), rectangular grid",
    "mechanic": "cluster_pays",
    "declared_source": "rules_p1.png text: 'Santa Hopper is a 7-row, 7-column matching symbol game.' Confirmed by counting cells on base_game.png.",
    "cluster_rule": "A Cluster Win is formed by 5 or more of the SAME symbol adjacent to each other horizontally or vertically (NOT diagonally). Symbols can contribute to multiple Cluster Wins simultaneously. Quote (rules_p1/rules_p2): 'Cluster Wins are achieved by matching 5 or more adjacent symbols, horizontally or vertically. Symbols can contribute to multiple Cluster Wins.' 'The highest cluster win value is always awarded in a single cluster.'",
    "cascading": "Cascading/Collapsing mechanic. Quote (rules_p2): 'At the start of a game, all symbols from the previous game are removed from the board and new symbols Cascade in from the top of the screen. When Cluster Wins occur, symbols that contribute to any Cluster Win are removed, and all remaining symbols on the board Collapse downwards. Also, new symbols drop from the top of the screen to fill all available positions on the board.' A single spin can therefore chain several cascades until no more wins are formed.",
    "ways_or_lines": null,
    "ways_or_lines_note": "Cluster-pays game: no ways/lines number is printed anywhere in the buildbook (paytable or rules)."
  },
  "payout_basis": {
    "value": "total_bet",
    "how_verified": "Measured on cluster_win_evidence.png: a 9-symbol cluster of the purple teardrop ornament was highlighted mid-cascade; printed WIN was 0.30 fun while Total Bet on the same frame was 0.50 fun, the same as the paytable's stated anchor bet. paytable_p2.png lists the 9-symbol tier for the purple/teal/blue ornaments as 0.30 fun at the 0.50 fun anchor -- exact match, no rescaling needed. This confirms symbol payouts print as currency VALID FOR THE CURRENT BET, i.e. they scale with (and represent) the TOTAL bet, not a per-line or per-way stake.",
    "paytable_bet_anchor": 0.5,
    "paytable_bet_anchor_note": "paytable_p1.png header: 'All wins shown are in fun and valid for the current bet of 0.50 fun.' All paytable pages were captured at this same 0.50 fun bet."
  },
  "symbols": {
    "note_on_values": "Paytable prints currency values valid at the 0.50 fun anchor bet. The multiplier-of-total-bet column below is that currency value divided by 0.50 (verified against the independent cluster_win_evidence measurement above).",
    "regular_paying_symbols": [
      {
        "name": "Red Christmas stocking",
        "appearance": "A pink/red knitted Christmas stocking with a white fur cuff and a zig-zag knit pattern down the leg; a small orange-wrapped gift with a pink bow and a red-and-white striped candy cane poke out of the top.",
        "rank": "highest-paying regular symbol",
        "payouts_fun_at_0.50_bet": {"17+": 25.00, "14-16": 10.00, "12-13": 5.00, "10-11": 2.50, "9": 1.25, "8": 1.00, "7": 0.75, "6": 0.60, "5": 0.50},
        "payouts_x_total_bet": {"17+": 50, "14-16": 20, "12-13": 10, "10-11": 5, "9": 2.5, "8": 2, "7": 1.5, "6": 1.2, "5": 1}
      },
      {
        "name": "Gold bell",
        "appearance": "A gold/yellow hand-bell with a small dark clapper and a red ribbon bow tied around the neck.",
        "rank": "2nd-highest regular symbol",
        "payouts_fun_at_0.50_bet": {"17+": 20.00, "14-16": 7.50, "12-13": 4.00, "10-11": 2.00, "9": 1.00, "8": 0.75, "7": 0.60, "6": 0.50, "5": 0.40},
        "payouts_x_total_bet": {"17+": 40, "14-16": 15, "12-13": 8, "10-11": 4, "9": 2, "8": 1.5, "7": 1.2, "6": 1, "5": 0.8}
      },
      {
        "name": "Pink swirled candy / peppermint",
        "appearance": "A round pink-and-white striped hard candy wrapped in cellophane, twisted at both ends.",
        "rank": "mid-tier, tied with Tree",
        "payouts_fun_at_0.50_bet": {"17+": 5.00, "14-16": 3.00, "12-13": 2.00, "10-11": 1.00, "9": 0.75, "8": 0.50, "7": 0.30, "6": 0.20, "5": 0.15},
        "payouts_x_total_bet": {"17+": 10, "14-16": 6, "12-13": 4, "10-11": 2, "9": 1.5, "8": 1, "7": 0.6, "6": 0.4, "5": 0.3}
      },
      {
        "name": "Green pine tree",
        "appearance": "A small stylised green Christmas tree with a rounded conical shape and a short brown trunk, dusted with a little snow.",
        "rank": "mid-tier, tied with Candy",
        "payouts_fun_at_0.50_bet": {"17+": 5.00, "14-16": 3.00, "12-13": 2.00, "10-11": 1.00, "9": 0.75, "8": 0.50, "7": 0.30, "6": 0.20, "5": 0.15},
        "payouts_x_total_bet": {"17+": 10, "14-16": 6, "12-13": 4, "10-11": 2, "9": 1.5, "8": 1, "7": 0.6, "6": 0.4, "5": 0.3}
      },
      {
        "name": "Purple ornament (teardrop bauble)",
        "appearance": "A glossy purple teardrop-shaped Christmas bauble with a small silver cap and hanging loop.",
        "rank": "lowest tier, identical payouts to Teal and Blue ornaments",
        "payouts_fun_at_0.50_bet": {"17+": 1.00, "14-16": 0.75, "12-13": 0.50, "10-11": 0.40, "9": 0.30, "8": 0.25, "7": 0.15, "6": 0.10, "5": 0.05},
        "payouts_x_total_bet": {"17+": 2, "14-16": 1.5, "12-13": 1, "10-11": 0.8, "9": 0.6, "8": 0.5, "7": 0.3, "6": 0.2, "5": 0.1}
      },
      {
        "name": "Teal ornament (round bauble)",
        "appearance": "A glossy teal/cyan round Christmas bauble with a lighter swirl highlight pattern and a small silver cap.",
        "rank": "lowest tier, identical payouts to Purple and Blue ornaments",
        "payouts_fun_at_0.50_bet": {"17+": 1.00, "14-16": 0.75, "12-13": 0.50, "10-11": 0.40, "9": 0.30, "8": 0.25, "7": 0.15, "6": 0.10, "5": 0.05},
        "payouts_x_total_bet": {"17+": 2, "14-16": 1.5, "12-13": 1, "10-11": 0.8, "9": 0.6, "8": 0.5, "7": 0.3, "6": 0.2, "5": 0.1}
      },
      {
        "name": "Blue ornament (teardrop bauble)",
        "appearance": "A glossy medium-blue teardrop-shaped Christmas bauble with a small silver cap and hanging loop, visually the same shape as the purple ornament but a different colour.",
        "rank": "lowest tier, identical payouts to Purple and Teal ornaments",
        "payouts_fun_at_0.50_bet": {"17+": 1.00, "14-16": 0.75, "12-13": 0.50, "10-11": 0.40, "9": 0.30, "8": 0.25, "7": 0.15, "6": 0.10, "5": 0.05},
        "payouts_x_total_bet": {"17+": 2, "14-16": 1.5, "12-13": 1, "10-11": 0.8, "9": 0.6, "8": 0.5, "7": 0.3, "6": 0.2, "5": 0.1}
      }
    ],
    "colorblind_note": "The three lowest-tier ornaments (purple, teal, blue) share IDENTICAL payouts but differ only by colour and are otherwise the same teardrop/round bauble shape; a colour-blind player relying only on shape cannot tell them apart, but since their payouts are identical it does not affect the outcome. The two higher symbols that could be confused by a red-green colour-blind viewer (pink candy vs red stocking) differ clearly in SHAPE (round twisted candy vs boot-shaped stocking) and CONTENT (candy has no gift/candy-cane detail), so shape disambiguates them."
  },
  "wild_symbols": [
    {
      "name": "Santa Symbol (Wild)",
      "appearance": "A round chibi-style Santa Claus head-and-shoulders portrait wearing a red hat with white pompom and white fur trim, white beard, rosy cheeks, holding/wearing a small coloured present tile at chest height that displays the symbol's current multiplier as 'xN' in white text on a coloured tag (seen as pink 'x5', blue 'x2', blue 'x8' on different frames). A cyan/teal glow halo surrounds the character when it is an active Wild.",
      "substitutes_for": "All other symbols EXCEPT the Chimney Symbol and the Bonus Symbol.",
      "initial_multiplier_values": "One of: x1, x2, x3, x4, x5, x10 (chosen when the symbol lands).",
      "multiplier_growth": "The multiplier value increases by 1 each time the Santa Symbol hops to a new Chimney during the Santa Feature.",
      "stacking_rule": "If more than one Wild Symbol instance contributes to the same Cluster, the multipliers from each Wild instance are ADDED TOGETHER before being applied to the Cluster Win.",
      "frame": "paytable_p3.png, base_game/feature frames (santa_feature_trigger.png, santa_feature_jump.png)"
    },
    {
      "name": "Golden Present Symbol (Wild)",
      "appearance": "A gold gift box with a large gold bow on top, displaying its own multiplier as 'xN' in dark bold digits on its front face (seen as x7, x4, x3 on different frames).",
      "substitutes_for": "All other symbols EXCEPT the Chimney Symbol and the Bonus Symbol.",
      "creation": "Left behind on the grid at the Santa Symbol's PREVIOUS position whenever the Santa Symbol hops to a Chimney during the Santa Feature; it keeps the multiplier value the Santa Symbol had at that moment.",
      "frame": "paytable_p3.png, santa_feature_golden_present.png"
    }
  ],
  "non_paying_special_symbols": [
    {
      "name": "Chimney Symbol",
      "appearance": "A brown brick fireplace with a small orange/yellow fire glowing inside the hearth opening, with a red and a green Christmas stocking hanging from the mantel.",
      "role": "Non-paying trigger symbol. When a Chimney Symbol is in view together with the Santa Symbol, the Santa Feature is triggered.",
      "frame": "paytable_p4.png, base_game.png (lower-left cell), santa_feature_trigger.png"
    }
  ],
  "instant_prize_symbols": {
    "name": "Instant Prize Symbols",
    "appearance": "Round coin/medallion tokens in four visual tiers -- bronze/copper, gold, silver, and a purple 'snowflake-medallion' top tier -- each printed with its multiplier value as a bold number (e.g. 2, 50, 10, 1000).",
    "role": "A bet multiplier. When Instant Prize Symbols form a cluster of at least 5, a win is paid out equal to the SUM of the values of the symbols in that cluster, each value being a multiplier of the total bet.",
    "possible_values_x_total_bet": [1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000],
    "wild_interaction": "If a Wild Symbol (Santa/Golden Present) participates in the same win as Instant Prize symbols, the Instant Prize sum is multiplied by that Wild's multiplier (per manifest observation of gameplay: purchased 'Jingle Drop Feature with Instant Prize GUARANTEED' round grew from an intermediate WIN of 0.15 fun to a final 59.55 fun through several Instant Prize clusters combined with Golden Present/Santa multipliers).",
    "frame": "paytable_p5.png/p6.png; base_game (bottom row of coin tokens during play), instant_prize_collect.png, jingle_drop_instant_result.png"
  },
  "bonus_symbol": {
    "name": "Bonus Symbol",
    "appearance": "A red drawstring sack tied with a gold cord, printed with 'BONUS' in yellow block letters on a red ribbon banner across the front, with candy canes and small gift shapes poking out the top.",
    "role": "Scatter symbol. When 3 or more Bonus Symbols land anywhere on the grid, the Free Spins Feature is triggered.",
    "frame": "paytable_p6.png, free_spins_trigger.png (shows 3 Bonus sacks simultaneously on the grid)"
  },
  "special_features": [
    {
      "name": "Santa Feature",
      "trigger": "A Santa Symbol (Wild) is in view together with a Chimney Symbol.",
      "how_it_works": "The Santa Symbol hops to the NEAREST Chimney Symbol, leaving a Golden Present Symbol behind on its previous position carrying its multiplier value. The multiplier value of the Santa Symbol increases by 1 with each hop.",
      "note_from_splash": "Splash screen quote (preview_features.png): 'WILD MULTIPLIER INCREASES AFTER HOPPING ON THE CHIMNEY.'",
      "captured_evidence": "santa_feature_trigger.png (three Chimney symbols + Santa symbol simultaneously in view), santa_feature_jump.png (mid-hop animation trail), santa_feature_golden_present.png (Golden Present symbols left behind with multipliers)"
    },
    {
      "name": "Jingle Drop Feature",
      "trigger": "Can be randomly triggered on a non-winning cascade/collapse (i.e. when a spin resolves with no cluster win).",
      "how_it_works": "Between 1 and 2 'Mystic Symbols' (sized 2x2, 3x3, or 4x4 cells) are randomly added to the grid, shown as a wrapped present with a floating balloon and a large '?' on its face. Once landed, each Mystic Symbol disappears and reveals 1x1 symbols underneath, which can be Regular Paying Symbols, Instant Prize Symbols, Bonus Symbols, or even a Santa Symbol.",
      "captured_evidence": "paytable_p6.png/p7.png (rules text + illustration), jingle_drop_gameplay.png (purchased round in progress, revealed Instant Prize coins and Bonus sacks), jingle_drop_celebration.png (mystery-box reveal animation with rainbow gift boxes and balloons)"
    },
    {
      "name": "Free Spins Feature",
      "trigger": "3 or more Bonus Symbols land anywhere on the grid.",
      "award_observed": "6 Free Spins (free_spins_award.png: 'YOU HAVE BEEN AWARDED 6 FREE SPINS')",
      "carry_over": "The Santa Symbol, Golden Present Symbols, Chimney Symbols, and Instant Prize Symbols present in the Base Game at the moment of triggering STAY IN THE SAME POSITION and carry their values over into the Free Spins Feature.",
      "cluster_link_mechanic": "During the Free Spins Feature, every empty grid position spins through and lands on one of: Chimney Symbol, Instant Prize Symbol, Extra Spin Symbol, or Blank Symbol. Each Instant Prize Symbol that lands stays fixed in its position for the rest of the Feature; ALL Instant Prize clusters across the whole grid are evaluated together only at the END of the Free Spins Feature (not spin-by-spin).",
      "extra_spin_symbol": "Appearance: a dark-green wreath tile printed with '+N' in gold digits (observed '+1', '+2', '+3'), adding that many extra spins to the counter when revealed.",
      "locked_cell_visual": "Positions not yet revealed are shown as dark blue-grey faceted 'frozen cube' placeholder tiles until they spin through to a final symbol.",
      "captured_evidence": "free_spins_trigger.png, free_spins_award.png, free_spins_intro.png (counter 'Free Spins: 0/6', locked frozen-cube cells, persistent Santa multiplier badge top-right), free_spins_gameplay.png, free_spins_cluster_link.png (multiple Chimneys and Extra Spin '+3' tile visible together)"
    },
    {
      "name": "Bubble Feature",
      "scope": "Active only during the Free Spins Feature.",
      "appearance": "Circular tokens printed with a numeric value (1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, or 500), placed in random positions on the grid before the first Free Spin.",
      "how_it_works": "Bubble Symbols are non-paying. They move UP one grid position with each spin, either vertically or diagonally, and can land as single symbols or stacks of up to 5. A Bubble Symbol activates when it lands on/beneath a Golden Present Symbol (adds its value to that Wild's multiplier), a Chimney Symbol (leaves its value behind on the Chimney, which the hopping Santa Symbol then adds to its own multiplier), or an Instant Prize Symbol (adds its value to that Instant Prize's value). All Bubble Symbols disappear after the last Free Spin of the Feature.",
      "value_kind_uncertain": "The buildbook does not state explicitly whether the printed Bubble value is a currency amount or a bet multiplier (unlike the Instant Prize Symbol, whose text explicitly says 'a bet multiplier'); recorded here as an unlabeled numeric 'value' per the game's own wording.",
      "frame": "paytable_p8.png/p9.png"
    }
  ],
  "bet_system": {
    "base_bet_range_fun": {"min": 0.10, "max": 100.00},
    "bet_range_verification": "Measured by scrolling the BET SELECT panel with the cursor moved into the panel first (P-U07 wheel-swallow behaviour applies to this provider) to both extremes; confirmed with a second still frame at each end (_bet_select_verytop.png / _bet_select_bottom.png).",
    "push_bet": {
      "definition": "An ante-like increased-stake mechanic offered as THREE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE tiles in the BET SELECT panel (not a single toggle). Only one, or none, can be active at a time.",
      "field_note": "ante_bet_cost intentionally left unfilled: three distinct prices exist and picking one would be choosing on the player's behalf (P-U06). Each tier is described here instead, with its own RTP.",
      "tiers": [
        {
          "label": "Wild Santa Symbol",
          "effect": "GUARANTEES the Santa Symbol will land with a random multiplier in every base spin.",
          "cost_pct_of_base_bet": "+100%",
          "cost_fun_at_0.50_base": 1.00,
          "cost_x_base_bet": 2.0,
          "rtp": 96.28,
          "frame": "rules_p11.png / rules_p12.png"
        },
        {
          "label": "Scatter Symbol",
          "effect": "Increases the chance of landing the Scatter (Bonus) Symbol in every base spin.",
          "cost_pct_of_base_bet": "+40%",
          "cost_fun_at_0.50_base": 0.70,
          "cost_x_base_bet": 1.4,
          "rtp": 96.37,
          "frame": "rules_p11.png / rules_p13.png"
        },
        {
          "label": "Wild Santa and Scatter Symbol",
          "effect": "GUARANTEES the Wild Santa Symbol with a random multiplier AND increases the chance of landing the Scatter Symbol, in every base spin.",
          "cost_pct_of_base_bet": "+150%",
          "cost_fun_at_0.50_base": 1.25,
          "cost_x_base_bet": 2.5,
          "rtp": 96.35,
          "frame": "rules_p11.png / rules_p13.png"
        }
      ],
      "payout_basis_while_active": "Quote (rules_p12.png): 'When using the Push Bet, wins are evaluated respectively of the Base Bet amount and not the Total Bet amount.' -- i.e. symbol payouts stay pegged to the Base Bet even though the amount actually staked is higher.",
      "activation_ui": "Toggled by clicking/tapping the Push Bet option above the list of available bets; the option and the available bets list highlight when Push Bet is active. Can only be deactivated at the end of a game round; if Autoplay is running, Autoplay must be switched off first before Push Bet can be deactivated (rules_p11.png/p12.png)."
    },
    "rtp_no_push_bet": {"value": 96.35, "frame": "rules_p13.png"}
  },
  "bonus_buy": {
    "access": "Star icon top-right of the game screen ('Bonus Buy' label on the loading screen) opens a BONUS BUY panel listing four purchasable options plus a Base Bet stepper (-/+) at the bottom of the panel.",
    "options": [
      {
        "name": "Jingle Drop Feature",
        "category": "Base Game Feature purchase",
        "effect": "Guarantees a game round with the Jingle Drop Feature triggered; the round continues until there are no wins anywhere in view.",
        "cost_x_base_bet": 20,
        "cost_fun_at_0.50_base": 10.00,
        "rtp": 96.26,
        "captured": true,
        "evidence": "bonus_buy_dialog_0.png (price tile), jingle_drop_gameplay.png (gameplay), cluster_win_evidence.png (measurement frame), jingle_drop_1_result.png (result: balance went 997.60 -> 987.60 after the 10.00 fun purchase, then to 988.05 after a 0.45 fun round win)"
      },
      {
        "name": "Jingle Drop Feature with Instant Prizes GUARANTEED",
        "category": "Base Game Feature purchase",
        "effect": "Same as Jingle Drop Feature, but at least one Instant Prize Symbol cluster is guaranteed.",
        "cost_x_base_bet": 75,
        "cost_fun_at_0.50_base": 37.50,
        "rtp": 96.38,
        "captured": true,
        "evidence": "bonus_buy_dialog_0.png, jingle_drop_instant_gameplay.png (balance 950.55 after the 37.50 fun purchase), instant_prize_collect.png, jingle_drop_instant_result.png (round WIN grew to 59.55 fun via multiple Instant Prize clusters plus Golden Present/Santa multipliers)"
      },
      {
        "name": "Random Bonus Symbol",
        "category": "Free Spins Feature purchase",
        "effect": "Guarantees a game round with entry into the Free Spins Feature.",
        "cost_x_base_bet": 100,
        "cost_fun_at_0.50_base": 50.00,
        "rtp": 96.40,
        "captured": true,
        "evidence": "bonus_buy_dialog_1.png (balance 997.60 -> 950.00 fun after purchase), free_spins_trigger.png (3 Bonus Symbols landed naturally within the purchased round), free_spins_award.png (6 Free Spins awarded), free_spins_intro.png/free_spins_gameplay.png/free_spins_cluster_link.png (full 6/6 play-through), free_spins_win_and_balance.png + free_spins_total_win.png (final result: 'CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON 5.00 DURING FREE SPINS')"
      },
      {
        "name": "Random Bonus Symbol with Chimney",
        "full_rule_text": "Random Bonus Symbols with a random number of Chimney Symbols landing in the first 3 spins (rules_p10.png)",
        "category": "Free Spins Feature purchase",
        "cost_x_base_bet": 350,
        "cost_fun_at_0.50_base": 175.00,
        "rtp": 96.36,
        "captured": false,
        "evidence_for_price_only": "bonus_buy_dialog_1.png (price tile, confirmed by direct visual read at full resolution -- '175.00 fun'), rules_p10.png (350x / 96.36% in the printed Bonus Buy table)",
        "note": "Gameplay was NOT observed. See not_captured below."
      }
    ]
  },
  "rtp": {
    "base_no_push_bet": {"value": 96.35, "frame": "rules_p13.png"},
    "wild_santa_push_bet": {"value": 96.28, "frame": "rules_p12.png"},
    "scatter_push_bet": {"value": 96.37, "frame": "rules_p13.png"},
    "both_push_bets": {"value": 96.35, "frame": "rules_p13.png"},
    "bonus_buy_jingle_drop": {"value": 96.26, "cost_x_base_bet": 20, "frame": "rules_p10.png"},
    "bonus_buy_jingle_drop_instant": {"value": 96.38, "cost_x_base_bet": 75, "frame": "rules_p10.png"},
    "bonus_buy_random_bonus_symbols": {"value": 96.40, "cost_x_base_bet": 100, "frame": "rules_p10.png"},
    "bonus_buy_random_bonus_symbols_chimney": {"value": 96.36, "cost_x_base_bet": 350, "frame": "rules_p10.png"},
    "loading_screen": {"value": 96.35, "frame": "preview.png", "note": "Matches the 'without Push Bet' figure printed in the rules buildbook (P-U02)."}
  },
  "max_win": {
    "value_x_bet": 10000,
    "how_printed_three_times_three_phrasings": [
      {"where": "paytable, MAX WIN banner", "frame": "paytable_p2.png", "quote": "The maximum payout per game round is 10,000x the current Base Bet amount."},
      {"where": "rules, Win Cap section", "frame": "rules_p2.png", "quote": "This game has a win cap of 10,000x the current bet amount per game round."},
      {"where": "rules, Additional Information (end of buildbook)", "frame": "rules_p13.png", "quote": "This game has a maximum win of 10,000x and as a result, some hypothetically possible results have been prevented. This restriction has been included in RTP calculations."}
    ],
    "note": "Wording is inconsistent between 'current Base Bet amount' and 'current bet amount' across the three locations -- both quotes preserved verbatim above rather than reconciled, since this game has an active-bet-raising Push Bet mechanic where the two amounts can differ."
  },
  "additional_rules_text": {
    "incomplete_games": "Incomplete games will be automatically resolved after 48 hours. Any winnings resulting from automatic resolve shall be paid to the player's account. Where an incomplete game cannot be resolved, the stake will be returned to the player.",
    "malfunction_clause": "MALFUNCTION VOIDS ALL PAYS AND PLAYS.",
    "reel_config_disclaimer": "Different reel configurations are used, depending on the progression in the Base Game and in the Free Spins Feature.",
    "how_to_play": "To select a bet, press the coin-stack button and select a bet among the Available Bets. To start a game round, press the Spin button. Alternatively, press the keyboard space bar.",
    "autoplay_instructions": "To play a number of game rounds in succession, press the Autoplay button and select the number of game rounds to play. To start playing press the Spin button. The Spin button displays the number of Autoplays remaining and cancels Autoplay when pressed.",
    "quick_play": "To skip certain animations during a game round, press anywhere on the screen or the keyboard space bar."
  },
  "version": {
    "value": "Server Version: 1.0.1; Client Version: 1.26.8 12-06-2026",
    "frame": "rules_p13.png",
    "note": "RNG version is not printed separately anywhere in the buildbook or settings; Client Version carries a build date (12-06-2026) that is not necessarily the game's release date."
  },
  "ui_screens": [
    {
      "screen": "preview (loading screen)",
      "frame": "preview.png",
      "description": "Dark charcoal-grey background. Top-left: a grey outlined shield icon next to white text 'RTP 96.35%'. Top-right: white text 'Bonus Buy' next to a dark circular button containing a white 5-pointed star outline. Center: the game logo -- 'Santa' in glossy red 3D beveled letters with a white/red Santa hat perched on the 'a', flanked by two red-and-white candy canes and two small green gift boxes with pink ribbons, sitting on top of 'HOPPER' in green ice/snow-textured bubble letters with a light-blue frosted top edge -- all on a soft teal radial glow with a blurred snowy village silhouette behind it. Below the logo: a horizontal loading bar, red fill on a dark grey track, shown partway filled. Bottom-center: a grey outline logo mark (stylised 'G'/shield shape) above the grey text 'PUSH GAMING'."
    },
    {
      "screen": "preview_features (second splash, after Enable Sounds dialog)",
      "frame": "preview_features.png",
      "description": "Teal/blue icy background with blurred snow hills, small pine trees and cabins on both sides. Top-left corner shows a thin black bar with 'Santa Hopper' text (browser-tab-like debug label, not part of game art) and a timestamp top-right. Centered logo (smaller version of the loading-screen logo). Below it, three glassy teal info panels side by side, each with a header banner and a short caption: (1) 'INSTANT PRIZES' -- 'LAND 5 OR MORE IN A CLUSTER TO WIN INSTANT PRIZES', showing 6 round coin tokens (2, 50, 50, 10, Santa-with-x2-tag, 2); (2) 'SANTA FEATURE' -- 'WILD MULTIPLIER INCREASES AFTER HOPPING ON THE CHIMNEY', showing the Santa character with an 'x2' present tag between two brick chimneys; (3) 'FREE SPINS FEATURE' -- 'CHAIN TO BUILD HUGE VALUE WINS', showing a gold '+1' wreath tile, grey rock/blank tiles, a '50' coin, a '10' coin and a chimney icon. Bottom-center: white text 'CLICK TO CONTINUE'."
    },
    {
      "screen": "base_game",
      "frame": "base_game.png",
      "description": "Main play screen. Left side: the in-game 'Santa Hopper' logo badge (smaller red/green wordmark). Center: the 7x7 reel grid inside a light-blue frosted ice-crystal frame, sitting on a darker teal cell background in a checkerboard shading pattern. Right side vertical control column, top to bottom: a speaker/mute icon (white outline), a hamburger menu icon (3 horizontal lines in a circle), a red circular button with a white star outline (Bonus Buy), a circular clockwise-arrows icon (Autoplay), a stacked-coins icon (Bet Select), and at the bottom a large white/grey circular Spin button with two curved arrows forming a refresh/loop icon. Bottom-left: dark semi-transparent panel with white text 'Balance: 1,000.00 fun'. Bottom-right: matching panel with white text 'Total Bet: 0.50 fun'. Background beyond the reel frame: a snow-covered landscape with an ice floe, a small brown wooden cabin with string lights, snow-dusted pine trees, and a sled-track path curving through the snow in the lower-left corner."
    },
    {
      "screen": "paytable (10 pages, paytable_p1..p10)",
      "description": "Right-hand dark panel titled 'PAYTABLE' overlaying the dimmed/blurred game field, with a white 'x' close button top-right. Sections in order: Symbols (two rows of payout tables, tier column 17+ down to 5, then each of the 7 regular symbols with its own column of 9 values), MAX WIN (red-glow banner image of Santa's sleigh full of gold coins with '10000X' in gold text, plus the max-win paragraph), Wild Symbols (Santa + Golden Present illustration and full rules text), Chimney Symbol, Santa Feature (illustrated grid diagram), Instant Prize Symbols, Bonus Symbol, Jingle Drop Feature, Free Spins Feature (illustrated grid diagram with numbered coin tiles), Bubble Feature. Bottom nav bar (present on every panel) has 4 icons: paytable/grid icon, question-mark circle (rules), gear (settings), shield (RTP/responsible-gaming). Page 10 duplicates the tail of page 9, confirming the panel bottom (exhausted=true)."
    },
    {
      "screen": "rules / GAME INFO (13 pages, rules_p1..p13)",
      "description": "Same right-hand dark panel layout, titled 'GAME INFO'. Order: intro sentence (7x7 grid), How to Play, Autoplay, Quick Play, Payout Rules (cluster definition), Cascading and Collapsing, Win Cap, Wild Symbols, Chimney Symbol/Santa Feature/Instant Prize/Bonus Symbol/Jingle Drop Feature (text-only restatement of the paytable sections), Free Spins Feature, Bubble Feature, Paytable note ('The paytable reflects the current bet configuration, based on the Base bet.'), Bonus Buy (full purchase table with all 4 options, prices and RTPs), Base Bet, Push Bet (all 3 tiers explained), Additional Information (incomplete-games policy, malfunction clause, all 4 RTP figures, max-win restatement, reel-configuration disclaimer, Server/Client version strings) at the very bottom."
    },
    {
      "screen": "settings",
      "frame": "settings.png",
      "description": "Right-hand panel titled 'SETTINGS' with three rows: 'All Sounds', 'Sound Effects', 'Music', each followed by a speaker icon with a small 'x' beside it (mute/toggle control) on the far right. Panel fits on one screen, no scrolling needed."
    },
    {
      "screen": "autoplay dialog",
      "frame": "autoplay.png",
      "description": "Centered dark modal titled 'AUTOPLAYS' with a white 'x' close button. A vertical list of selectable rows: 'Off' (highlighted white/selected), '10', '20', '50', '100', '250', '500', '1000', each on its own dark slate-blue rounded rectangle. A red 'OK' button spans the bottom of the modal. Game field is visible but not blurred behind it."
    },
    {
      "screen": "bonus buy dialog",
      "frames": ["bonus_buy_dialog_0.png", "bonus_buy_dialog_1.png"],
      "description": "Right-hand panel titled 'BONUS BUY' listing 4 white purchase cards, each with a bold black title, the price in large black text with a smaller 'fun' currency label, a red 'BUY' button, and a themed square thumbnail image on the right (a gold gift box with a '?' for the two Jingle Drop options, a red Bonus sack with '?' marks for Random Bonus Symbol, and a red Bonus sack sitting between two lit chimneys for the Chimney variant). Bottom of the panel has a persistent 'BASE BET' stepper row with '-' and '+' circular buttons flanking the current base bet value (0.50 fun)."
    },
    {
      "screen": "free spins intro / gameplay",
      "frames": ["free_spins_award.png", "free_spins_intro.png", "free_spins_gameplay.png", "free_spins_cluster_link.png"],
      "description": "Award screen: dark modal with the game logo, 'YOU HAVE BEEN AWARDED' banner text, a large gold '6' with a red/purple starburst glow, 'FREE SPINS' text, gift sacks left and right, 'CLICK TO CONTINUE' at the bottom. In-round: the reel frame turns a colder icy-blue, most cells show dark blue-grey faceted 'frozen' placeholder tiles until revealed, a small glowing Santa badge with its multiplier sits top-right of the frame, and a bottom-center counter reads 'Free Spins: N / 6'. Total Bet is shown but no stake is deducted per spin during the feature."
    },
    {
      "screen": "win screens",
      "frames": ["free_spins_total_win.png", "jingle_drop_1_result.png"],
      "description": "Full-screen dark celebratory overlay with the game logo at top, a horizontal-rule-framed banner reading 'CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON', a large gold embossed number (observed '5.00'), and 'DURING FREE SPINS' beneath it, flanked by two snow-dusted pine trees and wrapped gifts at the base; 'PUSH GAMING' watermark faintly visible bottom-center."
    }
  ],
  "colors_overview_words_only": {
    "primary_ui_accent": "red (Push Gaming's default button/CTA colour: BUY buttons, OK button, loading bar, Santa's outfit)",
    "background": "cold teal/cyan icy blues across all in-game screens; near-black/charcoal grey on the pure loading screen",
    "panels": "dark charcoal/near-black semi-transparent panels for paytable, rules, settings, bonus buy, autoplay",
    "gold_accent": "used for multiplier tags, coin/Instant Prize tokens, the bell symbol, and celebratory win text",
    "symbol_palette": "reds/pinks (stocking, candy), gold/yellow (bell), green (tree), purple/teal/blue (three low ornaments), brown (chimney bricks)"
  },
  "accessibility_notes": {
    "screen_reader": "All numeric information (bets, balance, win amounts, RTP, feature counters) is rendered as canvas text, not real DOM text; a screen-reader overlay would need to source these values from game state rather than the canvas.",
    "colorblind": "Symbol identity is mostly disambiguated by SHAPE and internal graphic content (stocking boot shape + candy cane detail, bell shape, tree conical shape, candy round-twist shape) in addition to colour, EXCEPT for the three lowest-tier ornaments (purple/teal/blue) which share an identical payout table, so colour confusion between them has no gameplay consequence. Wild multiplier tags are always readable as printed 'xN' digits, not colour-coded.",
    "motor": "Spin can be triggered by mouse/tap on the Spin button OR by the keyboard space bar (rules_p1.png); Quick Play (skip animation) also responds to space bar or a tap anywhere on screen, offering an alternative input path for users with limited pointing precision.",
    "audio": "Sound Effects and Music can be muted independently in Settings; no feature information is conveyed by audio alone -- all feature triggers (Santa Feature, Jingle Drop, Free Spins) have full on-screen text/visual confirmation."
  },
  "not_captured": [
    {
      "claim": "Bonus Buy option 'Random Bonus Symbol with Chimney' (175.00 fun / 350x base bet, 96.36% RTP) was not purchased and its gameplay/outcome was not observed.",
      "what_is_known": "Price (175.00 fun) and RTP (96.36%) are documented from bonus_buy_dialog_1.png and rules_p10.png.",
      "what_is_missing": "The actual gameplay of this variant (how the random Chimney Symbols land in the first 3 spins, and the resulting round outcome) was never captured.",
      "reason": "The demo failed to load in a dedicated re-capture attempt: across two separate sessions and eleven reload attempts total, the loading screen (Santa Hopper logo, RTP 96.35% badge, Bonus Buy button, loading bar) froze at roughly 95% progress and never reached the playable game, even though the launcher iframe kept returning HTTP 200 with a fresh session token on every attempt.",
      "instruction_compliance": "Per instruction, the gameplay of this variant is NOT described by analogy with the sister title 'Dragon Hopper' -- it is left undocumented."
    }
  ],
  "unreadable_or_uncertain": [
    {
      "item": "One symbol on base_game.png (two grid cells, e.g. around column 6/row 1 and row 5) shows a circular silver/tan medallion with a snowflake glyph and a visible motion-blur split (top half bluish, bottom half tan), most likely a regular paying or filler symbol caught mid-cascade animation rather than a distinct symbol type.",
      "why_uncertain": "This exact medallion is not shown as a static tile in any paytable page; it most plausibly represents motion blur on an already-catalogued symbol during the cascade/collapse animation rather than a new symbol. Not asserted as a separate symbol."
    },
    {
      "item": "Whether the Bubble Feature's printed value (1/2/5/10/25/50/100/500) is a currency amount or a bet multiplier.",
      "why_uncertain": "paytable_p9.png/rules text describes it only as a 'value' without the explicit 'bet multiplier' wording used for the Instant Prize Symbol; not inferred either way."
    },
    {
      "item": "Volatility rating.",
      "why_uncertain": "Not printed anywhere in the build (checked all paytable and rules pages, settings, info, autoplay). Per provider-defects P-U05, this is not substituted from the storefront in this document; it is a card-level field decided separately during enrichment, not part of this in-game technical documentation."
    },
    {
      "item": "Release date.",
      "why_uncertain": "Not printed anywhere in the captured build."
    }
  ],
  "anomalies": [
    "Session lost connection twice with 'Session missing or expired' during capture (P-U03/P-U10 family); resolved by reload without loss of capturer progress, only in-game balance reset to the demo default of 1,000.00 fun.",
    "A background session_server process was killed once by the host during a long free-spins poll and was restarted on the same port without losing already-saved frames.",
    "scroll_capture.py raised two false 'gap_suspected' flags on the rules p12/p13 and info p1/p2 page boundaries; manually confirmed by reading the text that content is continuous, no real gap.",
    "A duplicate loading-screen frame (_loading_screen_rtp.png), byte-identical to preview.png, was intentionally excluded from the shot list by the TL at GATE-1 and is not referenced anywhere in this document.",
    "In a later, separate re-capture attempt aimed only at the 4th Bonus Buy option, the demo failed to load past ~95% on six consecutive attempts across a fresh session -- broader/longer-lived than the earlier successful session that captured 3 of 4 Bonus Buy variants. See not_captured."
  ]
}