Savage Buffalo Spirit MEGAWAYS™

{
  "game": {
    "name": "Savage Buffalo Spirit MEGAWAYS",
    "provider": "BGaming",
    "mechanic_brand": "MEGAWAYS (licensed from Big Time Gaming, credited on the paytable header and both splash slides as 'MEGAWAYS™ UNDER LICENSE FROM' next to a red circular BTG logo)",
    "theme": "North American wilderness / desert-mountain scene populated by a white 'spirit' buffalo and native wildlife (grizzly bear, bald eagle, cougar/mountain lion, grey wolf, deer). Warm daytime desert palette in the base game; the same landscape silhouette recolored to a cool midnight-blue starry night during the Free Spins feature.",
    "documentation_purpose": "Exhaustive accessibility documentation (blind/low-vision screen-reader users, deaf/hard-of-hearing, color-blind users of all types, motor-impaired users) built from 28 desktop screenshots (1280x800) + OCR + zoomed/vision review of every captured frame.",
    "method_notes": "Every symbol, payout table page, rules page and dialog was opened and read directly (vision), not inferred from filenames or capturer notes. Numeric values are taken verbatim from on-screen text. Megaways grid structure independently confirmed twice by multiplying observed reel heights and matching the product to the printed WAYS counter. Payout multipliers were computed by dividing the printed currency value by the paytable's own bet anchor (0.30 FUN), which is displayed on every paytable/rules page footer.",
    "language": "English"
  },

  "reel_mechanics": {
    "grid": "6 reels of variable height (Megaways) PLUS one extra, narrower top reel that sits above reels 2, 3, 4 and 5 only (not above reels 1 and 6). The extra reel always shows exactly one symbol per spin.",
    "max_ways": 200704,
    "max_ways_source": "Printed 'MAX WAYS 200 704' on splash slide 1 (preview.png); matches 7×8×8×8×8×7.",
    "max_configuration": "Reels 1 and 6 can show up to 7 symbols each (no extra reel); reels 2-5 can show up to 8 symbols each (their normal column height plus 1 symbol contributed by the extra top reel).",
    "arithmetic_verification": [
      {"frame": "base_game.png", "heights": [2,6,3,4,6,2], "product": 1728, "printed_ways": 1728, "match": true},
      {"frame": "base_game_wild_extra_reel.png", "heights": [3,5,5,5,4,2], "product": 3000, "printed_ways": 3000, "match": true}
    ],
    "note_no_fixed_rows": "There is no single 'rows' value for this game — the visible height of every reel is re-randomized on every single spin (confirmed by the different WAYS counters and different reel heights across base_game.png=1728, base_game_wild_extra_reel.png=3000, base_game_win.png=2160, bet_min.png/bet_max.png/ante_chance_active.png=1620, free_spins frames=2160→3600→9600). For a screen-reader user this variability is a structural property of the playing field itself, not a cosmetic detail — the number of active symbol positions changes every spin.",
    "min_height_note": "The minimum observed reel height in these captures was 2 symbols (both on the extra-reel columns and the plain columns). The exact allowed minimum/maximum range per reel position is not printed anywhere in the game; only the MAX WAYS figure (200704) and the individual spin samples above are directly evidenced.",
    "refilling_cascade": {
      "name": "REFILLING",
      "rule_text_verbatim": "After every spin winning combinations pay 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 have the same size as the initial symbols of the spin. Refill will continue until no more winning combinations appear as a result of a Refill.",
      "source": "rules_p1.png / rules_p2.png (FEATURES > REFILLING)",
      "illustration": "rules_p3.png and rules_p4.png show a static illustration of the reel grid mid-cascade: 3 winning symbol positions in the lower-left area are shown as glowing white blank tiles with a downward-pointing chevron/triangle beneath each, indicating symbols are about to fall into those emptied slots from above.",
      "win_basis_during_cascade": "Not explicitly stated whether cascaded wins keep the original spin's bet/ways basis or recompute ways — the rule text only says refill continues 'until no more winning combinations appear'. Not documented further in the booklet; treat as uncertain beyond the quoted text."
    },
    "bet_ways_rule": {
      "name": "Bet Ways",
      "rule_text_verbatim": "Betting ways win in case the same symbols appear in any place on the adjoining reels left-to-right.",
      "source": "rules_p8.png, rules_p9.png, rules_p10.png, rules_p11.png",
      "diagram": "Two 4-column x 7-row grids are shown side by side. Left grid (headed by a white checkmark ✔) shows a VALID example: one highlighted yellow tile on reel 1, two highlighted yellow tiles on reel 2, and one highlighted yellow tile on reel 4 (reel 3 has no highlighted tile) — wait, per the actual pixels: yellow tiles appear on reel 1 (bottom area), reel 2 (two tiles) and reel 4 (one tile), illustrating that a way is valid as long as EVERY adjoining reel from the left has at least one matching symbol somewhere in its column, regardless of exact row position. Right grid (headed by a white X ✖) shows an INVALID example where the highlighted tiles skip a reel (a gap appears in one of the adjoining reels), breaking the left-to-right chain.",
      "plain_language": "Wins pay when the same symbol appears on consecutive reels starting from reel 1, in ANY vertical position within each reel (not on fixed lines); only the reels immediately adjacent to each other count — a symbol on a reel further right does not count if a reel in between has none of that symbol."
    }
  },

  "payout_basis": {
    "value": "total_bet (multiplier of the total bet shown at the bottom bar, NOT a per-line or per-coin value)",
    "bet_anchor_used_by_paytable": "0.30 FUN (printed on every paytable/rules page footer as 'Total bet: 0.30 FUN')",
    "how_multiplier_was_computed": "symbol multiplier = printed currency payout ÷ 0.30",
    "evidence": "base_game_win.png: a 3-symbol win of the letter Q (positions on reels 1, 2-extra-reel and 3) at Total bet 0.30 FUN paid 0.09 FUN. The paytable's own '3: 0.09 FUN' row for Q (paytable_p2/p3/p4) matches exactly, confirming the payout basis and the bet anchor.",
    "scatter_basis_check": "The SCATTER (rock monument) payout table is printed on the SAME paytable page (paytable_p1.png) with the SAME 'Total bet: 0.30 FUN' footer as every other symbol, and its values (6:15.00 / 5:6.00 / 4:3.00 / 3:1.50) divide evenly by 0.30 into round multipliers (50x/20x/10x/5x), consistent with the same total-bet basis used by the ways-paying symbols. No screenshot captured an actual live Scatter win amount to cross-check against a real spin (only the paytable page and the post-trigger Free Spins reveal screens, which show the round's cumulative win rather than an isolated scatter payout) — flagged in unreadable_or_uncertain as not independently verified by a live win frame, though the shared bet-anchor footer is strong paytable-level evidence."
  },

  "symbols": {
    "note": "All values read directly from paytable_p1.png through paytable_p4.png and rules_p1.png (continuation). Multiplier = value / 0.30 bet anchor.",
    "wild": {
      "name": "WILD",
      "appearance": "A pale grey/white bison (buffalo) head and shoulders, dark curved horns, on a lavender/purple-tinted card; gold text banner reading '•WILD•' at the bottom of the card.",
      "rule_text_verbatim": "Substitutes all the symbols in a winning combination except Scatter symbols. Appears only on reels 2-5 and extra (top) reel. Always doubles the win amount of the winning combination it participates in.",
      "payouts": "No fixed-tier payout table for Wild itself (it substitutes and doubles wins instead of paying its own tiers).",
      "source": "paytable_p1.png"
    },
    "scatter": {
      "name": "SCATTER",
      "appearance": "A tall red/orange sandstone butte or monument rock formation (Monument-Valley style) against a purple dusk sky, on a card with a gold text banner reading 'SCATTER' at the bottom.",
      "rule_text_verbatim": "Can appear on any reels. 3 and more Scatter symbols trigger Free Spins.",
      "payouts": {"6": "15.00 FUN (50x)", "5": "6.00 FUN (20x)", "4": "3.00 FUN (10x)", "3": "1.50 FUN (5x)"},
      "source": "paytable_p1.png"
    },
    "high_value_animals": [
      {"name": "Grizzly bear", "appearance": "Brown grizzly bear with a lighter tan/white chest ruff, mouth open, on a warm red/orange gradient card.", "payouts": {"6": "3.00 FUN (10x)", "5": "1.50 FUN (5x)", "4": "0.60 FUN (2x)", "3": "0.30 FUN (1x)"}, "rank": "highest-paying regular symbol"},
      {"name": "Bald eagle", "appearance": "White-headed bald eagle perched, brown body, on a pale blue sky card.", "payouts": {"6": "1.50 FUN (5x)", "5": "0.60 FUN (2x)", "4": "0.30 FUN (1x)", "3": "0.15 FUN (0.5x)"}},
      {"name": "Cougar / mountain lion", "appearance": "Tan/golden mountain lion crouched on a rock, on a warm orange desert-sunset card.", "payouts": {"6": "0.90 FUN (3x)", "5": "0.30 FUN (1x)", "4": "0.18 FUN (0.6x)", "3": "0.12 FUN (0.4x)"}},
      {"name": "Grey wolf", "appearance": "Grey wolf standing, on a purple starry-night card.", "payouts": {"6": "0.60 FUN (2x)", "5": "0.24 FUN (0.8x)", "4": "0.15 FUN (0.5x)", "3": "0.09 FUN (0.3x)"}},
      {"name": "Deer / buck", "appearance": "Brown deer with antlers, on a green forest card.", "payouts": {"6": "0.30 FUN (1x)", "5": "0.18 FUN (0.6x)", "4": "0.12 FUN (0.4x)", "3": "0.06 FUN (0.2x)"}}
    ],
    "letters_low_value": [
      {"name": "A", "color": "orange/red fill with gold outline", "payouts": {"6": "0.24 FUN (0.8x)", "5": "0.15 FUN (0.5x)", "4": "0.09 FUN (0.3x)", "3": "0.03 FUN (0.1x)"}},
      {"name": "K", "color": "mustard-gold fill with dark outline", "payouts": {"6": "0.24 FUN (0.8x)", "5": "0.15 FUN (0.5x)", "4": "0.09 FUN (0.3x)", "3": "0.03 FUN (0.1x)"}},
      {"name": "Q", "color": "blue fill with gold outline", "payouts": {"6": "0.24 FUN (0.8x)", "5": "0.15 FUN (0.5x)", "4": "0.09 FUN (0.3x)", "3": "0.03 FUN (0.1x)"}},
      {"name": "J", "color": "purple/violet fill with gold outline", "payouts": {"6": "0.15 FUN (0.5x)", "5": "0.09 FUN (0.3x)", "4": "0.06 FUN (0.2x)", "3": "0.03 FUN (0.1x)"}},
      {"name": "10 (shown as 'IO')", "color": "teal/green fill with gold outline", "payouts": {"6": "0.15 FUN (0.5x)", "5": "0.09 FUN (0.3x)", "4": "0.06 FUN (0.2x)", "3": "0.03 FUN (0.1x)"}},
      {"name": "9", "color": "salmon/pink fill with gold outline", "payouts": {"6": "0.15 FUN (0.5x)", "5": "0.09 FUN (0.3x)", "4": "0.06 FUN (0.2x)", "3": "0.03 FUN (0.1x)"}}
    ],
    "duplicate_value_note": "A, K and Q share identical payout numbers; J, 10 and 9 share a separate identical set. This is NOT a merged/glued symbol (D-49 case) — each is displayed as its own distinct icon with its own letterform and color in its own paytable cell (verified on paytable_p4.png); the shared numbers are simply how this build tiered its low-value symbols.",
    "colorblind_note": "Letters are differentiated primarily by GLYPH (A/K/Q/J/10/9 letterforms), not by color alone, since several share near-identical background card styling. Wild and Scatter are additionally labeled with printed text ('WILD' / 'SCATTER') on their cards, so identity does not depend on color perception."
  },

  "color_palette": {
    "base_game_background": "Pale blue daytime sky fading to a lighter horizon, silhouetted purple-blue mountain range, green desert shrubs/cacti at the lower edges, warm tan sand at the very bottom.",
    "free_spins_background": "The same landscape silhouette recolored to a deep midnight-blue/indigo night sky scattered with small white stars — the palette shift itself is a non-textual signal that the Free Spins feature is active.",
    "reel_frame": "Dark brown/mahogany wood-plank rails top and bottom of both the main reel grid and the smaller extra top reel.",
    "reel_cells": "Muted slate-blue/grey semi-transparent tiles with thin darker dividers.",
    "bottom_ui_bar": "Solid dark brown wood-grain panel spanning the full width; text in cream/white and gold.",
    "left_side_panel": "Translucent dark rounded panel (BUY BONUS button + CHANCE x2 toggle) with small gold chevron/triangle ornaments above and below the price text.",
    "logo": "'SAVAGE BUFFALO' in gold 3D beveled letters; 'Spirit' in white cursive script on a purple ribbon banner; 'MEGAWAYS™' in gold block letters below.",
    "accent_colors": "Gold (headings, currency values, WAYS counter), purple (ribbon banners, night-scene tint, Free Spins reveal wheel), yellow/orange (BGaming brand badge, Buy Bonus text), white (win amounts, dialog titles)."
  },

  "top_left_badge": {
    "element": "A yellow rounded-square icon containing a black letter 'B' in the top-left corner of every screen.",
    "identity": "This is the BGaming provider brand badge, a permanent in-game UI element (not a capture artifact). It is present unchanged across preview, base game, paytable, rules, settings, autoplay, bonus buy and free spins screens."
  },

  "technical_summary": {
    "max_win_multiplier": "6000x total bet",
    "max_win_source": "Splash slide 1 (preview.png): '6000x MAX WIN'; reconfirmed in the Free Spins rule text (rules_p6.png/p7.png): 'The winning limit in the Free Spins round is 6000x of the bet. When it is achieved, the round stops and the win is paid to the player.'",
    "bet_min": "0.10 FUN",
    "bet_max": "35.00 FUN",
    "bet_source": "bet_min.png (down-arrow greyed out/disabled at 0.10) and bet_max.png (up-arrow greyed out/disabled at 35.00), reached by repeatedly pressing the bet +/- buttons to their hard stop.",
    "demo_default_bet": "0.30 FUN (the paytable's own bet anchor, also the value shown in base_game.png)",
    "demo_credit_examples": "1,000.00 FUN observed at session start (base_game.png); balance decreases/increases across subsequent captured spins as expected.",
    "reels": "6 variable-height Megaways reels plus 1 extra top reel above reels 2-5 only; see reel_mechanics for full detail. No fixed row count.",
    "max_ways": 200704,
    "bet_mechanic": "megaways (BTG-licensed brand, printed 'MEGAWAYS™ UNDER LICENSE FROM' with the Big Time Gaming logo on paytable header and both splash slides)",
    "rtp_percent": null,
    "volatility": null,
    "rtp_volatility_note": "RTP and volatility are NOT printed anywhere in this build. Checked exhaustively: both splash slides (preview.png, preview_2.png), all 4 paytable pages, all 11 rules pages (the single continuous scrolling booklet, confirmed exhausted/bottom reached on rules_p11.png), the settings panel, the autoplay panel, and the Buy Free Spins dialog. This is a genuine absence in the game build, not a gap in the screenshot set.",
    "bonus_buy": {
      "available": true,
      "label": "BUY BONUS (left side panel, base game) / BUY FREE SPINS (dialog title)",
      "cost_multiplier": "90x the base total bet (before any Chance x2 surcharge)",
      "evidence": [
        {"bet": "0.10 FUN", "price": "9.00 FUN", "ratio": 90},
        {"bet": "0.30 FUN", "price": "27.00 FUN", "ratio": 90},
        {"bet": "35.00 FUN", "price": "3150.00 FUN", "ratio": 90}
      ],
      "price_pegged_to_base_bet_note": "In ante_chance_active.png, Chance x2 is toggled ON and the bottom-bar 'Total bet' reads 0.15 FUN (0.10 base + 0.05 surcharge), yet the BUY BONUS price still reads 9.00 FUN — which is 90x the 0.10 BASE bet, not 90x the 0.15 inflated total bet (90x0.15 would be 13.50). The Buy Bonus price tracks the base bet only, independent of the Chance x2 surcharge."
    },
    "ante_bet": {
      "name": "CHANCE x2",
      "surcharge": "+50% of the base bet",
      "evidence": [
        {"base_bet": "0.10 FUN", "surcharge_shown": "+0.05 FUN", "ratio": "50%"},
        {"base_bet": "0.30 FUN", "surcharge_shown": "+0.15 FUN", "ratio": "50%"},
        {"base_bet": "35.00 FUN", "surcharge_shown": "+17.50 FUN", "ratio": "50%"}
      ],
      "effect_when_active": "Confirmed directly: the bottom-bar 'Total bet' value increases by the surcharge amount (e.g. 0.10 FUN base becomes 0.15 FUN total in ante_chance_active.png), and the small toggle control to the right of the CHANCE panel changes its icon from a plain right-pointing arrow (inactive state, dark background) to a five-point star (active state, on a highlighted blue/purple pill background).",
      "gameplay_effect_uncertain": "The rules booklet (all 11 pages, fully reviewed) does not contain a dedicated section describing what Chance x2 mechanically changes about the spin (e.g. increased Scatter probability). Only the bet increase and the icon/visual state change are directly evidenced from screenshots; any claim about a specific probability boost would be speculation and is therefore NOT included as fact.",
      "not_named_ante_in_game": "The in-game label is 'CHANCE *2'; this documentation uses 'ante bet' only descriptively for the wider feature-purchase-adjacent mechanic category — the game itself never uses the word 'ante'."
    },
    "keyboard": "Not directly evidenced from screenshots beyond the settings toggle 'Spacebar to spin' (checked/on in settings.png), implying the spacebar starts a spin when enabled.",
    "currency_view": "All captured screens use 'FUN' demo currency; no coins/cash toggle was observed (unlike some other BGaming/PP titles)."
  },

  "features": {
    "free_spins": {
      "trigger": "3 or more SCATTER symbols (the red rock monument) anywhere on the reels.",
      "spins_awarded": "A random number of Free Spins from 5 to 15.",
      "multiplier_awarded": "A random multiplier from x2 to x25, applied to every winning combination for the whole Free Spins round.",
      "reveal_mechanic": "An hourglass/diamond-shaped reveal widget appears labeled 'FREE SPINS' at the top and 'MULTIPLIER' at the bottom, with two horizontal rows of scrolling candidate values (spin counts on top, multiplier values on bottom) that settle with the winning value centered and highlighted inside the diamond frame. Captured example: 10 spins / x15 multiplier (free_spins_intro_result.png, free_spins_intro.png).",
      "retrigger": "3 or more Scatter symbols landing DURING Free Spins retrigger the feature. Each retrigger awards a new random number of Free Spins AND a new random multiplier, and these new values are SUMMED with the current (still-remaining) values rather than replacing them. The number of retriggers is unlimited.",
      "round_cap": "6000x of the bet. When the cumulative Free Spins round win reaches this cap, the round stops immediately and the win is paid.",
      "rule_text_verbatim": "3 and more Scatter symbols trigger Free Spins round. Before the round starts a random number of Free Spins (from 5 to 15) and a multiplier (from x2 to x25) are determined for all the winning combinations during the round. If 3 and more Scatter symbols drop during Free Spins, the feature is retriggered. Every retrigger a random number of Free Spins and a random multiplier, the values of which are summed up with the current values, are awarded anew. The number of retriggers is unlimited. The winning limit in the Free Spins round is 6000x of the bet. When it is achieved, the round stops and the win is paid to the player.",
      "source": "rules_p5.png, rules_p6.png, rules_p7.png",
      "ready_screen": "After the reveal, a screen shows 'Push Spin to start free spins' in the bottom bar and 'Free spins: 10' counter on the right; the left BUY BONUS button is replaced by a 'BONUS ACTIVE' badge showing the amount paid for the round (27.00 FUN in the captured bought round). Background has already switched to the night palette.",
      "gameplay_screen": "During play, the active multiplier (e.g. 'x15') is shown in a highlighted box above the reels at all times; the bottom bar shows 'Win:' (per-spin), 'Total win:' (round cumulative), and 'Free spins: 3/10' style progress counter. The Megaways WAYS counter continues to vary per spin during the feature exactly as in the base game (observed 2160 → 3600 → 9600 across the captured sequence).",
      "captured_purchase_result": "Bought for 27.00 FUN at 0.30 FUN bet (90x), landed on 10 Free Spins with an x15 multiplier, round completed with Total Win 2.40 FUN, explicitly labeled '8x BET' on the summary screen (2.40 / 0.30 = 8)."
    },
    "wild_double": {
      "name": "Wilds Double Wins (called out separately on splash slide 1: 'WILDS DOUBLE WINS')",
      "rule": "Every Wild symbol participating in a winning combination doubles that combination's win amount (see symbols.wild for the full paytable text)."
    }
  },

  "screens": {
    "preview_slide_1": {
      "type": "preview",
      "page": "1 of 2 (dot indicator at bottom: first of 3 dots lit)",
      "content": "Splash/loading screen. Game logo 'SAVAGE BUFFALO Spirit MEGAWAYS™' centered top. Left: '6000x MAX WIN'. Right: '200 704 MAX WAYS'. Center: a stepped/pyramid arrangement of reel-like columns showing sample symbols (9, deer, Wild bison, deer on the top row; various animals/letters below), with a gold 'X2' badge to the right of the grid (a static preview of the Wild double-win multiplier, not a live game value). Below the grid: 'WILDS DOUBLE WINS'. A crescent moon in the upper right sky. Cactus/desert foreground. Bottom-center: 'START THE GAME' button (dark wood-brown rounded rectangle, gold text). Bottom-right: 'MEGAWAYS™ UNDER LICENSE FROM' plus the red circular Big Time Gaming (BIG) logo.",
      "top_bar": "Yellow 'B' badge top-left; speaker/volume icon and a timer readout '06:58' top-right (elapsed session or loading countdown, not otherwise explained on-screen)."
    },
    "preview_slide_2": {
      "type": "preview",
      "page": "2 of 2",
      "content": "Same logo/background/START THE GAME button/BTG license footer as slide 1. Center content replaced with the Free Spins promo: 'UP TO 15 FREE SPINS' heading; a horizontal hourglass-shaped reveal-wheel graphic with two rows of values (top row spin counts, partially visible: 0,7,15,9,6 with '15' centered/highlighted in a white diamond frame; bottom row multipliers x17, x25, x23, x2 with 'x25' centered/highlighted); below: 'WITH UP TO X25 MULTIPLIER'. Same 6000x MAX WIN and 200 704 MAX WAYS callouts remain visible flanking the header."
    },
    "base_game": {
      "type": "base_game",
      "overall_layout": "6-column variable-height Megaways grid centered on screen, topped by a shorter extra reel spanning only columns 2-5, all inside a dark wood-plank frame.",
      "top_banner": "Left of the extra reel: small game logo lockup 'SAVAGE BUFFALO Spirit MEGAWAYS™'. Right of the reels: gold 'WAYS' counter showing the current spin's total ways (e.g. '1728 WAYS').",
      "left_side_panel": "From top to bottom: small chevron/triangle ornament row; 'BUY BONUS' button (dark brown) with its FUN price beneath; another chevron ornament row; 'CHANCE *2' label in gold with the surcharge amount (e.g. '+0.15') beneath it and 'FUN' below that; a small toggle control (dark rounded rectangle with a right-pointing arrow icon when inactive).",
      "right_edge": "Faint grey vertical watermark text reading 'SAVAGE BUFFALO SPIRIT MEGAWAYS', rotated 90°, running top to bottom near the right edge of the frame.",
      "bottom_bar": "Dark wood-grain bar. Left group: round 'i' info button and round gear/settings button, then 'Balance' value. Center: 'Total bet' value with small up/down triangle arrows to its right for adjusting bet. During an active win, a 'Total win:' field also appears center-right. Far right: round 'A' autoplay button and a round spin button (two curved arrows forming a circle).",
      "reel_cell_symbols_note": "The exact per-cell content changes every spin (random) and is intentionally not enumerated cell-by-cell; only the fixed symbol identities/payouts and the grid mechanics are documented.",
      "color_blind_notes": "WAYS counter, Buy Bonus price, Chance surcharge and Total bet/Total win are all printed as text/numerals, not color-coded. The toggle control's on/off state is additionally conveyed by icon shape (arrow vs star) and background highlight, not color alone."
    },
    "paytable": {
      "type": "paytable",
      "pages": "4 pages within a single continuously scrolling info booklet (no separate 'Page N/M' indicator on this game — confirmed via scroll_capture: 1 panel, 15 total booklet pages, pages 1-4 contain paytable content, pages 5-11 [as rules] contain feature/mechanic text).",
      "page_1": "Game logo header. Left: WILD (bison) card with full substitution/doubling rule text. Right: SCATTER (rock monument) card with its 6/5/4/3-of-a-kind payouts and trigger rule.",
      "page_2": "Scroll continuation showing the Scatter payouts again at the top (still visible as the page transitions) plus the start of the 5 high-value animal icons (bear, eagle, cougar, wolf, deer) with only their '6:' value visible before the page cuts off.",
      "page_3": "Full animal payout table (6/5/4/3-of-a-kind for bear, eagle, cougar, wolf, deer) plus the start of the letter row (A K Q J 10 9 icons, values not yet visible).",
      "page_4": "Full animal payout table repeated (same values as page 3) plus the FULL letter payout table (6/5/4/3-of-a-kind for A, K, Q, J, 10, 9).",
      "background": "Solid near-black panel (not the in-game desert scene) with the game logo pinned at the top and a persistent 'Total bet: 0.30 FUN' control at the bottom-left and spin/autoplay controls preserved at bottom-right, implying the paytable overlays the live game rather than replacing it.",
      "navigation": "A single vertical scrollbar track on the right edge (visible as a short white bar) is the only navigation control; a white 'X' close button sits at the top-right of the panel.",
      "color_blind_notes": "All payout values are printed numerals in a consistent gold color on a dark background — high contrast, not reliant on hue discrimination."
    },
    "rules": {
      "type": "rules",
      "pages": "Pages 5-11 of the same continuous booklet (independently page-numbered 1-11 within the 'rules' type in the manifest).",
      "p1_p2_refilling_start": "Tail end of the letter paytable, then 'FEATURES' section header, then 'REFILLING' sub-header with the cascade rule text (see reel_mechanics.refilling_cascade).",
      "p3_p4_refilling_illustration": "Static diagram of the reel grid with 3 tile positions shown as glowing blank/white tiles with downward chevrons beneath them, illustrating symbols about to refill from above after a win clears.",
      "p5_p6_p7_free_spins": "'WITH UP TO X25 MULTIPLIER' / 'UP TO 15 FREE SPINS' headers, the same hourglass reveal-wheel graphic as the splash screen, and the full Free Spins rule paragraph (trigger, spin/multiplier range, retrigger summation rule, unlimited retriggers, 6000x round cap) — see features.free_spins for the verbatim text.",
      "p8_p9_p10_p11_bet_ways": "'Bet Ways' section header, the rule sentence ('Betting ways win in case the same symbols appear in any place on the adjoining reels left-to-right.'), and a two-panel checkmark-vs-cross diagram illustrating valid vs invalid way formations (see reel_mechanics.bet_ways_rule). Page 11 is the confirmed bottom of the booklet (scrollbar reaches its lowest travel, no further content below the diagram).",
      "color_blind_notes": "Valid/invalid diagram uses a white checkmark (✔) and white X (✖) glyphs as the primary distinguishing cue, with yellow highlight tiles as a secondary (non-essential) visual aid — shape-based, safe for color-blind users."
    },
    "settings": {
      "type": "settings",
      "title": "'Settings' (white text, centered header of a dark semi-transparent rounded panel over the dimmed base game).",
      "options": "'Quick spin' checkbox (unchecked/off, label dimmed grey). 'Spacebar to spin' checkbox (checked/on, black checkbox with white checkmark). 'Audio' sub-header. 'Volume' horizontal slider (grey track, round white handle positioned near the right/high end). 'Music' checkbox (checked/on). 'Sound FX' checkbox (checked/on).",
      "close_control": "White 'X' circular button, top-right of the panel.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Checkbox state conveyed by checkmark glyph presence/absence plus label brightness (dim=off, bright=on) — not by color alone."
    },
    "autoplay": {
      "type": "autoplay",
      "title": "'Autospin settings' with an 'Advanced' tab toggle (chevron pointing up, indicating the advanced panel is currently expanded) in the top-right of the panel.",
      "options": "'Enable quick spin' checkbox (unchecked/off). 'Numbers of rounds' header above two rows of preset buttons: 10, 25, 50, 100, 250 (row 1) and 500, 750, 1000, ∞ (infinity symbol) (row 2).",
      "color_blind_notes": "Round-count options are printed numerals/symbol (∞), not color-differentiated."
    },
    "bonus_buy_dialog": {
      "type": "bonus",
      "title": "'BUY FREE SPINS' in bold white letters, centered over a glowing blue/purple radial burst background, overlaying the dimmed base game reels.",
      "bet_selector": "'BET:' label above a horizontal control showing the current bet value ('0.30 FUN') flanked by a yellow circular minus button (rectangle icon) on the left and a yellow circular plus button (cross icon) on the right, allowing the bet to be adjusted before purchase.",
      "price_display": "Large gold numeral price (e.g. '27.00') with 'FUN' beside it, directly below the bet selector.",
      "action_button": "Dark wood-brown rectangular 'BUY' button with gold text, bottom-center.",
        "close_control": "White circular 'X' button, top-right.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Bet adjust buttons are differentiated by icon glyph (rectangle/minus vs cross/plus), not color."
    },
    "free_spins_reveal": {
      "type": "bonus",
      "content": "An hourglass/diamond-shaped white-outlined frame labeled 'FREE SPINS' above and 'MULTIPLIER' below. Two horizontal rows of candidate values scroll and settle: top row = spin-count candidates (partial view: 8, 12, 10, 5, 3, with '10' centered and highlighted inside the diamond), bottom row = multiplier candidates (24, x10, x15, x13, x2, with 'x15' centered and highlighted). The dimmed reel grid and 'Total win: 1.50 FUN' (the win from the triggering spin) remain visible behind/below the overlay.",
      "sequence": "free_spins_intro_result.png captures the widget mid-settle (values still partly in motion/overlapping); free_spins_intro.png captures the final settled state with '10' and 'x15' fully centered in the diamond frame."
    },
    "free_spins_ready": {
      "type": "free_spins",
      "content": "Transition screen: reels already show the night-palette Free Spins background with 3 SCATTER (rock monument) tiles still visible among the triggering combination, plus various letter/animal symbols. Bottom bar center text: 'Push Spin to start free spins'. Right side: 'Free spins: 10' counter. Left panel: 'BUY BONUS' has been replaced by a 'BONUS ACTIVE' badge showing '27.00 FUN' (the amount paid for the purchased round)."
    },
    "free_spins_gameplay": {
      "type": "free_spins",
      "content": "Same night-palette reels. A highlighted box reading 'x15' (the round's active multiplier) sits above the top-left of the reel grid at all times. Left panel still shows 'BONUS ACTIVE / 27.00 FUN'. Top-right WAYS counter continues to vary per spin (observed 3600 WAYS in this capture). Bottom bar: 'Win:' (this spin, blank at the captured instant), 'Total win: 1.50 FUN' (round cumulative so far), 'Free spins: 3/10' (spins used / spins remaining-of-total).",
      "color_blind_notes": "Feature state is signalled by the palette shift to night colors AND by explicit text ('BONUS ACTIVE', 'Free spins: n/n') — not by color alone."
    },
    "win_screen": {
      "type": "win_screen",
      "content": "End-of-Free-Spins-round summary over a blurred/dimmed reel background. White header 'TOTAL WIN'. Large gold numeral amount ('2.40') with 'FUN' beneath in smaller white text. A translucent bar below reads '8× BET' (explicit multiplier-of-bet label). Prompt text 'click to continue' at the very bottom of the glowing overlay. Underlying dimmed bar still shows 'Total win: 2.40 FUN' and 'Free spins: 10/10' (round fully complete).",
      "color_blind_notes": "Win amount and '8x BET' multiplier are both large high-contrast text, independent of color."
    }
  },

  "accessibility_observations": {
    "screen_reader": "Control layout is stable across all base-game-adjacent screens: info(i)/settings(gear) at bottom-left, Balance/Total bet center-left, Autoplay(A)/Spin at bottom-right, Buy Bonus/Chance toggle in a fixed left-side vertical panel. The paytable/rules booklet is a single linear scroll (no page-jump control observed beyond the scrollbar), covering 15 pages total split as 4 paytable + 11 rules pages in this manifest's labeling.",
    "motor": "Bet +/- controls and the round spin button are large touch targets. Autoplay preset buttons (10/25/50/100/250/500/750/1000/∞) reduce the number of clicks needed for extended play. The Chance x2 surcharge and Buy Bonus purchase are both single-click/toggle actions.",
    "color_blind": "Nearly all state is duplicated by shape, glyph, position or printed text: letter symbols by letterform, Wild/Scatter by printed card labels, toggle on/off by icon shape (arrow vs star) plus highlight position, checkboxes by checkmark presence, valid/invalid Bet Ways diagram by check/X glyphs, Free Spins state by explicit counters and badge text in addition to the night-palette background shift.",
    "deaf_hard_of_hearing": "No audio-only information was observed in any captured screen; Music and Sound FX are decorative toggles in Settings. All game state (wins, bet, ways, spins remaining, multiplier, bonus active) is conveyed through on-screen text and numerals."
  },

  "unreadable_or_uncertain": [
    "RTP percentage and named volatility level: confirmed genuinely absent from this build (splash x2, paytable x4, rules x11, settings, autoplay, bonus buy dialog all checked) — not a screenshot gap, listed here only for completeness since these are commonly-expected fields.",
    "Scatter symbol payout basis was cross-checked only against the shared paytable bet-anchor footer (0.30 FUN, same as the verified non-scatter Q-symbol win); no individual live Scatter payout amount was captured on its own frame to arithmetically confirm the 15.00/6.00/3.00/1.50 FUN tiers against a real spin.",
    "The precise minimum and maximum symbol count allowed per individual reel (as opposed to the overall MAX WAYS=200704 figure and the specific spin samples recorded) is not printed anywhere in the game.",
    "What the CHANCE x2 ante bet actually changes about spin outcomes (e.g. whether it raises Scatter frequency) is not stated in the rules booklet; only the bet surcharge (+50%) and the toggle's visual state change are directly evidenced.",
    "Whether wins created by a Refilling cascade are still governed by the SAME 'ways' count/frame as the initial spin, or whether ways can change mid-cascade, is not clarified beyond the quoted rule text.",
    "The two number rows partially visible on the Free Spins reveal widget (spin-count and multiplier candidates) are only partially legible at the frame edges (e.g. '0,7,__15__,9,6' and '7,x17,__x25__,x23,x2'); these are decorative wheel segments from a cyclic reveal graphic, not a documented fixed list, so they are reported as observed pixels only, not as an exhaustive value set.",
    "Exact keyboard shortcuts beyond the Settings 'Spacebar to spin' toggle (e.g. whether Enter also spins) were not directly observed on any captured screen."
  ]
}