Totally Hot X-mas

{
  "game": {
    "name": "Totally Hot X-mas",
    "provider": "BGaming",
    "base_title": "Totally Hot",
    "edition_type": "seasonal (Christmas) reskin of the base title, applied by a skin flag on the same game engine, NOT a separate slot with different math",
    "theme": "Classic fire-themed fruit-machine slot given a Christmas dressing: a Santa hat perched on the wordmark and candy-cane poles with red satin bows framing the reel window, on top of the base game's flaming-purple fruit-machine look.",
    "documentation_purpose": "Exhaustive accessibility documentation (blind/low-vision screen-reader users, deaf/hard-of-hearing, color-blind of all types, motor-impaired) from 29 curated desktop screenshots (1280x800) + OCR/pixel verification + zoomed crops.",
    "method_notes": "Numbers verified directly on-screen (RTP text, bet-limit readouts, paytable tiers, floating win bubbles). The payout basis was proven arithmetically from a live win frame, not assumed from the rules text. Items that remained unclear are listed in 'unreadable_or_uncertain' and not invented.",
    "language": "English (locale=en, currency=FUN demo credits)"
  },

  "edition_identity": {
    "code": "TotallyHot",
    "applied_skin": "xmas",
    "available_skins_seen": ["basic", "xmas"],
    "evidence": [
      "window.__OPTIONS__.ui.applied_skin == 'xmas' read live from the game, on a freshly-opened launch token with &skin=xmas appended to the resolved demo URL",
      "pixels: candy-cane striped poles with red bows bracket the reel frame's top-left and bottom-right corners (see base_game.png, settings.png, autoplay.png, and every bet-limit/win frame -- present on every in-game screenshot)",
      "pixels: a small white Santa hat sits tilted on the 'O' of the 'HOT' half of the wordmark, both on the preview splash and on the small in-game header logo repeated at the top of every paytable/rules page"
    ],
    "note": "The Christmas dressing is purely cosmetic: RTP, line count, grid, max win and bet range all read identical to the base title (Totally Hot) per the in-game Help/Payments panels of this build. No seasonal-only mechanic (no extra wild, no extra symbol, no altered paytable) was found anywhere in the exhausted Payments/Help panels."
  },

  "reel_and_mechanic": {
    "grid": "5 reels x 3 rows, fixed (no reel-height variation observed)",
    "mechanic": "fixed paylines",
    "lines": 10,
    "lines_source": "payments_p9.png through payments_p11.png: a dedicated 'Lines' section diagrams Line 1 through Line 10, one small 5x3 grid per line with the winning cells highlighted in green on a grey background; page 11 shows all ten diagrams fully and is the scrolled-to-bottom page of the Payments panel.",
    "win_direction": "Win both ways -- every symbol pays both left-to-right and right-to-left on an active line; only the higher of the two directions is paid per line (help_p5.png / help_p6.png, payments_p7.png-p8.png).",
    "win_start_rule": "'Wins are counted from any (not necessarily the first) reel' -- i.e. a matching run does not have to start on reel 1 (payments_p6.png, help_p5.png).",
    "coinciding_wins": "Wins on multiple simultaneously-active paylines are added together, not just the best one (help_p5.png: 'Coinciding wins on several active win lines are added')."
  },

  "payout_basis": {
    "value": "total_bet",
    "measurement": {
      "frame": "_hunt_058.png",
      "bet_at_capture": "3.00 FUN (Total bet)",
      "winning_combo": "3 consecutive Plum symbols on the middle row (reels 3-4-5), i.e. Line 1 (the diagrammed middle-row line)",
      "paytable_tier_for_3_plum": "3x = 1 (multiplier), from payments_p2.png/p4.png Plum row: 5x15 / 4x3 / 3x1",
      "floating_payout_bubble_over_the_combo": "3.00",
      "arithmetic": "tier value 1 x total_bet 3.00 = 3.00, which matches the floating bubble exactly. A per-line-bet basis would have required 1 x (3.00/10 lines) = 0.30, which does NOT match.",
      "bottom_bar_readout_on_the_same_frame": "'Line 1 pays' next to 'Total win: 12.00 FUN' -- this 12.00 is the ROUND total across every line that paid on that spin (win-both-ways duplicates several lines), not the 3.00 value of the single highlighted combo; the two numbers must not be confused."
    },
    "conclusion": "Symbol payouts in this documentation are multipliers of the TOTAL bet, not of a per-line bet fraction."
  },

  "anomaly_rules_text_vs_measured_behaviour": {
    "printed_claim": "'Payline wins are multiplied by the bet per line value.' (help_p5.png / help_p6.png, bullet list under 'Spin Results')",
    "measured_behaviour": "Directly contradicted -- see payout_basis above. The printed win (3.00) matches a TOTAL-BET multiplier, not a per-line-bet multiplier.",
    "handling": "This is recorded as a genuine discrepancy between the game's boilerplate rules text and the actual build behaviour, not smoothed over. The measured, reproducible on-screen arithmetic is treated as authoritative for documentation purposes; the printed sentence is quoted verbatim above so a reader can see the conflict for themselves."
  },

  "symbols": {
    "note": "All identities and payout tiers read directly off the fully-exhausted Payments panel (payments_p1.png and payments_p2.png show the complete grid twice, at two slightly different scroll offsets, both fully legible). Payouts are multipliers of the TOTAL bet (see payout_basis).",
    "wild": {
      "name": "WILD",
      "appearance": "A square gold-bordered tile with a bright green background (green like a spring/kiwi green, distinctly cooler and more saturated than any other symbol's palette) and the word 'WILD' spelled in bold gold 3-D letters across it.",
      "rules": "Substitutes for any symbol in a line to complete a winning combination. Appears ONLY on the 3rd (middle) reel. Can occupy one or more of that reel's 3 cells on a given spin (a live capture, _hunt_125.png, shows 2 of the 3rd-reel's 3 cells as WILD tiles simultaneously).",
      "source": "payments_p1.png (dedicated Wild entry with full-size icon and description text) and help_p4.png/p5.png (rules text)."
    },
    "high_value": [
      {"name": "Totally Hot logo symbol", "appearance": "The game's own wordmark rendered as a small fiery icon -- orange/red 3-D letters wrapped in animated flame, on a dark tile, no Santa hat on this small in-reel version (the Santa hat only appears on the large header wordmark above the reels).", "payouts": {"5": 250, "4": 50, "3": 10}, "rank": "top-paying symbol"},
      {"name": "Red 7 ('lucky seven')", "appearance": "A single glossy red numeral 7 with a thick gold outline and a bright white highlight/sparkle, on a dark purple tile.", "payouts": {"5": 50, "4": 20, "3": 6}},
      {"name": "Gold star", "appearance": "A solid five-point gold/yellow star with a soft golden glow, on a dark purple tile.", "payouts": {"5": 40, "4": 10, "3": 5}},
      {"name": "Gold bell", "appearance": "A solid gold hand-bell (church-bell shape) with a small ring loop at the top, shown at a slight angle so its round striker is visible inside the open mouth of the bell.", "payouts": {"5": 40, "4": 10, "3": 5}}
    ],
    "low_value_fruit": [
      {"name": "Watermelon (slice)", "appearance": "A triangular wedge of watermelon: bright red flesh studded with small black seeds, thin white rind band, dark green rind on the outer edge.", "payouts": {"5": 20, "4": 5, "3": 2}},
      {"name": "Grapes", "appearance": "A bunch of round purple/violet grapes with a single green leaf and thin brown stem at the top.", "payouts": {"5": 20, "4": 5, "3": 2}},
      {"name": "Orange", "appearance": "A whole round orange fruit, bright orange rind, one green leaf and short stem at the top.", "payouts": {"5": 15, "4": 3, "3": 1}},
      {"name": "Plum", "appearance": "A single round plum, deep purple/magenta skin with a lighter blue-ish highlight, one green leaf and stem at the top.", "payouts": {"5": 15, "4": 3, "3": 1}},
      {"name": "Cherries", "appearance": "A pair of glossy red cherries joined by green stems to one small green leaf.", "payouts": {"5": 15, "4": 3, "3": 1}}
    ],
    "payout_table_layout": "Payments panel arranges the 9 paying symbols (excluding WILD) in a 3x3 grid, each cell showing the icon on the left and its three payout tiers (5x/4x/3x, top to bottom) as plain numbers on the right, in descending value order top-to-bottom, left-to-right: row1 = Totally Hot logo / Red 7 / Gold star; row2 = Gold bell / Watermelon / Grapes; row3 = Orange / Plum / Cherries. WILD is shown separately, above this grid, with its own rules text instead of a payout row (it has no fixed payout of its own; it enables other symbols' combos)."
  },

  "features": {
    "expanding_wild_3rd_reel": {
      "summary": "The game's only bonus-style mechanic. On any base-game spin, the WILD symbol can naturally land on 1, 2 or 3 of the 3rd reel's cells (illustrated in the Payments panel as covering the entire 3rd reel, payments_p6.png-p7.png), substituting for other symbols to complete paylines.",
      "trigger": "Purely random per spin -- no purchase, no separate trigger symbol; it is one of the 9 possible symbols that can land on reel 3 only.",
      "live_evidence": {
        "gameplay_frame": "_hunt_125.png -- bet 3.00 FUN, reel 3 shows 2 of its 3 cells as green 'WILD' tiles (the topmost cell is partly hidden behind a floating '3.00' payout bubble but is legible as a third Wild-colored tile edge); bottom bar reads 'Line 5 pays', 'Total win' building toward 24.00 FUN.",
        "settlement_frame": "_hunt_126.png -- 'Last win: 24.00 FUN' confirms the round settled at 24.00 FUN."
      },
      "bonus_buy": "Does not exist for this feature or for anything else in the game -- see bonus_buy section below.",
      "hunt_note": "Caught live at spin ~125 of a feature hunt (bet raised to 3.00 FUN to make wins easier to read); well inside the project's non-buyable-feature search ceiling."
    },
    "win_both_ways": {
      "summary": "Structural payout rule, not a triggerable feature: all 9 paying symbols pay both left-to-right and right-to-left on each active line; only the higher-paying direction counts per line.",
      "source": "payments_p7.png-p8.png (paytable illustration + text), help_p3.png-p5.png (rules text)."
    }
  },

  "bonus_buy": {
    "present": false,
    "evidence": [
      "pixels: base_game.png and every other captured UI frame (settings.png, autoplay.png, bet_limits_max.png/min.png, all _hunt_*.png spin frames) show only the standard control set -- info(i)/settings(gear), bet stepper, autoplay(A), spin -- no separate buy-feature control anywhere on screen",
      "text: the fully-exhausted Help section (10 pages, About/How to play/Autospins/Features/Spin Results/Settings/Return to Player/RNG/Additional information end-to-end) never mentions any buy/purchase mechanic"
    ]
  },

  "technical_summary": {
    "rtp_percent": 97.21,
    "rtp_source": "help_p8.png and help_p9.png/p10.png (repeated, identical bottom-of-panel text): 'The overall theoretical Return to Player (RTP) is 97.21%.'",
    "volatility": null,
    "volatility_note": "No volatility badge, flame-icon scale or wording of any kind was found anywhere in the fully-exhausted Payments (11 pages) or Help (10 pages) panels for this edition. Left unmeasured rather than assumed.",
    "grid": "5x3, 10 fixed paylines",
    "bet_min": "0.10 FUN",
    "bet_max": "100.00 FUN",
    "bet_source": "Measured directly by driving the bet stepper to both ends: bet_limits_min.png shows 'Total bet 0.10 FUN' with the down-arrow visibly greyed/disabled; bet_limits_max.png shows 'Total bet 100.00 FUN' with the up-arrow visibly greyed/disabled.",
    "default_demo_bet": "2.00 FUN",
    "demo_starting_balance": "1,000.00 FUN",
    "max_win": "x2500 of the bet",
    "max_win_source": "help_p5.png/p6.png: 'The maximum winning amount is x2500 of the bet.'",
    "free_spins": "None. This game has no free-spins feature; do not assume one exists.",
    "keyboard": "Spacebar can be used to trigger Spin instead of clicking (toggle in Settings, 'Spacebar to spin', on by default per settings.png).",
    "rule_version": "Game rule version 1.0, dated November 2025; Game Version 1.0.0 (help_p9.png/p10.png, 'Additional information' section)."
  },

  "scroll_panels": [
    {
      "panel": "payments (paytable)",
      "pages_captured": 11,
      "exhausted": true,
      "content_summary": "p1-p2: full symbol payout grid + WILD entry (both pages independently show the complete 9-symbol grid at slightly different scroll offsets, fully cross-legible). p3-p4: 'Features' heading + illustration of the reels ablaze with 'Totally Hot' logo symbols forming diagonal win lines. p5-p6: text 'Wins are counted from any (not necessarily the first) reel' + illustration of the 3rd reel fully expanded to WILD. p7-p8: 'Win both ways' text and rule. p9-p11: 'Lines' section, diagrams of Line 1 through Line 10 (10 small 5x3 grids with green highlighted cells), page 11 is the true bottom (scroll stopped moving here, all 10 diagrams visible)."
    },
    {
      "panel": "help (rules)",
      "pages_captured": 10,
      "exhausted": true,
      "content_summary": "p1: 'About the game' intro + start of 'How to play' + start of 'Autospins'. p2-p3: rest of Autospins (Stop-of-Autospins conditions: on any win / if single win exceeds / if balance increases by / if balance decreases by) + 'Features' heading (Win both ways, Wild symbol). p4-p6: 'Spin Results' bullet rules (wins counted from any reel, both directions, coinciding wins added, payouts per paytable, 'payline wins multiplied by the bet per line value' [see anomaly], only highest win per line paid, max win x2500) + 'Settings' section start. p7-p8: rest of Settings (quick spin, spacebar, volume/music/SFX) + 'Return to Player' (RTP 97.21%) + start of 'RNG'. p9-p10: RNG text (certified RNG, BGaming site reference) + 'Additional information' (malfunction voids plays/pays, unfinished rounds terminated every 24h, Collect behaviour, no-risk-action assumption, rule version 1.0 dated November 2025, Game Version 1.0.0); page 10 repeats page 9's bottom content identically, confirming the panel is scrolled to its true bottom."
    }
  ],

  "screens": {
    "preview": {
      "type": "preview",
      "content": "Loading/splash screen shown before the game engine hands off to the live table. Solid black background. Center: the 'TOTALLY HOT' wordmark in large gold 3-D block letters wrapped in an animated orange/red flame silhouette; a small white Santa hat with a red band and white pompom sits tilted on the 'O' of 'HOT' (the edition's seasonal marker). Flanking the wordmark at the base of the flame: an orange (left), a bunch of grapes, a watermelon wedge, and a bunch of grapes again with cherries (right) -- the same fruit icons used as paytable symbols, arranged decoratively rather than as a matched pair. Below, in smaller widely letter-spaced white/gold capitals on a dark strip: 'BGAMING', with a small gold-on-black 'B' square logo tile to its left.",
      "note": "This frame was substituted by the tech-lead for the file that used to sit at this name (a duplicate of the already-loaded base game); this description is of the CURRENT preview.png, the genuine loading splash captured in an early burst."
    },
    "base_game": {
      "type": "base_game",
      "layout": "5x3 reel grid centered on screen, framed by a candy-cane-striped border (diagonal red-and-white stripes) with a full 3-D candy-cane pole and red satin bow decoration at the top-left corner and a matching one at the bottom-right corner. Outside that, the whole screen is engulfed in an animated orange/red flame background/vignette.",
      "header": "Small 'TOTALLY HOT' wordmark with the same Santa-hat accent, centered directly above the reel frame, partly overlapping the top border.",
      "top_bar": "Top-left: a small square gold-on-black 'B' logo tile (studio mark). Top-right: a speaker/volume icon next to a running session-time readout (e.g. '14:36', minutes:seconds), and the game name 'TOTALLY HOT' printed vertically along the far right edge of the frame.",
      "reel_cells": "Each of the 15 cells is a dark purple/near-black tile; symbols float on it with a soft colored glow matching their own dominant color (e.g. blue-ish glow behind the plum, gold glow behind the star/bell).",
      "bottom_bar": "Dark translucent strip under the reels. Far left: a round white 'i' info button and a round white gear/settings icon beneath or beside it. Center-left: 'Balance 1,000.00 FUN'. Center: 'Total bet' label with the current value (e.g. '2.00 FUN') and, to its right, a small up-arrow/down-arrow stepper pair (triangle glyphs) to raise/lower the bet. Far right: a round 'A' autoplay button and a round spin button (two curved white arrows forming a circle).",
      "color_blind_notes": "All controls are white glyphs on dark circular buttons, distinguished by icon shape (i / gear / A / circular-arrows / triangle up-down), not by color. Symbols are additionally distinguishable by shape and printed multiplier text in the paytable, not color alone (fruit shapes differ; 7 vs star vs bell are all distinct silhouettes)."
    },
    "paytable": {
      "type": "paytable",
      "pages": "1-11 of 11 (Payments section of the info panel)",
      "summary": "See scroll_panels.payments above for the full page-by-page breakdown and the symbols section above for every payout figure.",
      "navigation": "Panel opened via the round 'i' info button; a left-hand vertical icon rail (visible at bottom-left of every page: a coin/ticket icon for Payments, a clock icon for round History, a '?' icon for Help) switches between the three sub-sections. Panel scrolls vertically with the mouse wheel; an 'X' close button sits top-right of the panel on every page.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Line diagrams (payments_p9-p11) mark winning cells in green on a neutral grey/dark background -- position and cell-highlighting communicate the pattern, not color hue alone, though green-on-grey does rely on some contrast a very low-vision user would need screen-reader text for."
    },
    "rules": {
      "type": "rules",
      "pages": "1-10 of 10 (Help section of the info panel)",
      "summary": "See scroll_panels.help above for the full page-by-page breakdown.",
      "navigation": "Same info-panel rail as Payments (click the '?' icon); same scroll/close mechanics.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Body text is plain white/light-grey on a dark background with gold section headers -- high contrast, not color-coded information."
    },
    "settings": {
      "type": "settings",
      "content": "A dark rounded-rectangle dialog centered over the dimmed reels (the candy-cane-framed reels and flame background remain visible behind it). Header 'Settings' with an 'X' close button top-right. Rows, top to bottom: a checkbox for 'Quick spin' (unchecked/greyed in this capture) and a checked checkbox for 'Spacebar to spin'. Below a sub-heading 'Audio': a 'Volume' label with a horizontal slider (grey filled track, round white handle roughly 3/4 to the right); a checked checkbox for 'Music' and a checked checkbox for 'Sound FX'.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Toggle state is shown by an explicit check-mark glyph inside the box (present/absent), not by color alone."
    },
    "autoplay": {
      "type": "autoplay",
      "content": "A dark dialog anchored to the bottom-right of the reel area (reels and flame background still visible behind/around it, partly obscuring the right-hand reels). Header 'Autospin settings' with an 'Advanced' toggle (chevron, expanded) top-right. Rows: an unchecked/greyed 'Enable quick spin' checkbox; a 'Numbers of rounds' label above a 3x3 grid of quick-pick buttons: 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, 750, 1000, and an infinity symbol (unlimited autospins).",
      "note": "This capture shows the un-scrolled/collapsed picker view; the Help text (help_p1.png-p2.png) additionally documents further Advanced stop-conditions (on any win / if single win exceeds / if balance increases by / if balance decreases by) that are reachable by expanding this same dialog further, described in rules text rather than shown in this particular frame.",
      "color_blind_notes": "Quick-pick numbers are plain white text on dark grey buttons -- no color coding used."
    },
    "bet_limits_max": {
      "type": "info",
      "content": "Live base-game frame with 'Total bet' reading '100.00 FUN' and the bet-stepper's up-arrow visibly dimmed/disabled (its down-arrow remains active), captured by holding the increase control until it stopped responding -- proof of the true bet ceiling.",
      "purpose": "Bet-limit verification evidence, see technical_summary.bet_source."
    },
    "bet_limits_min": {
      "type": "info",
      "content": "Live base-game frame with 'Total bet' reading '0.10 FUN' and the bet-stepper's down-arrow visibly dimmed/disabled (its up-arrow remains active), captured by holding the decrease control until it stopped responding -- proof of the true bet floor.",
      "purpose": "Bet-limit verification evidence, see technical_summary.bet_source."
    },
    "win_screen": {
      "type": "win_screen",
      "content": "A live base-game win frame (not a dedicated end-of-round overlay screen -- this build shows wins inline on the reels, with a red connector line drawn through the winning cells and a small oval bubble showing that line's payout value floating over the middle symbol of the combo). Captured frame (_hunt_058.png): 3 consecutive Plum symbols on the middle row (reels 3-4-5) joined by a red horizontal line, a bubble reading '3.00' over the center Plum. Bottom bar shows 'Line 1 pays' and 'Total win: 12.00 FUN' (the full round total, summing every line/direction that paid, not just this one highlighted combo).",
      "purpose": "Primary payout_basis evidence -- see payout_basis section above."
    }
  },

  "accessibility_observations": {
    "screen_reader": "Control positions are stable across screens: info(i)+settings(gear) grouped bottom-left, balance/bet readouts centered, autoplay(A)+spin grouped bottom-right. The info panel is a linear paged sequence within 3 sub-sections (Payments/History/Help) reached by a fixed left-hand icon rail, navigable by consistent scroll gestures.",
    "motor": "Large circular touch targets for spin/autoplay; bet adjustment via small up/down stepper arrows (finer-grained than a slider, but reachable by repeated clicks); Spacebar alternative for Spin reduces required precision.",
    "color_blind": "Most functional information duplicates color with shape or text: paying symbols differ by silhouette (7 / star / bell / distinct fruit shapes) and always carry printed multiplier numbers in the paytable; toggle states use explicit check-mark glyphs; disabled bet-stepper arrows are shown dimmed (brightness/contrast cue) in addition to simply not responding. Residual risk: the WILD tile's identity relies partly on its green color plus the printed word 'WILD' -- the text label is the safe fallback for anyone who cannot rely on the green hue.",
    "deaf_hard_of_hearing": "No information observed to be conveyed by audio alone; all game state (bet, balance, win amounts, feature triggers) is shown as on-screen text and imagery. Music/Sound FX are separately toggleable and purely decorative."
  },

  "not_captured": [],

  "unreadable_or_uncertain": [
    "Volatility rating: not stated anywhere in this edition's fully-exhausted Payments or Help panels (11 + 10 pages). Not assuming it matches the base title's rating without seeing it printed for this build."
  ],

  "provenance": {
    "frames_used": 29,
    "hunt_spins_reviewed": "up to spin #130 of an RNG feature hunt at 3.00 FUN bet; stopped once both a clean single-line win (for payout_basis) and a natural WILD-expansion trigger were captured, well under the project's ~500-spin non-buyable-feature ceiling.",
    "wins_seen_during_hunt": ["15.00 FUN (~spin 6)", "12.00 FUN (~spin 57, used for payout_basis)", "24.00 FUN (~spin 125, coincided with the WILD feature)"]
  }
}