docs.lyr · doc 02
How a paytable reads
Each layer prints its paytable from the same file its game reads. Here is how to read one.
Multiples of the stake
A paytable lists results beside multiples: 2× means double the stake comes back, 0.5× means half of it does. Multiply by your stake to see the return. The reel layers count per line or per column: Overlay splits the stake across ten lines, Parallax across five columns.
Something back is not the same as ahead
Because of that split, a single lit line on Overlay can return less than you staked. The result line under every game gives the plain arithmetic, for example 'Stake 15 px → 6 px back (−9 px)'. We never celebrate a return below the stake.
The same holds elsewhere: on Clockwork a round of 30 to 39 cards returns 0.3×, on Drop Dead a total of 10 to 19 returns 0.5×, and on Squeeze three piles return 0.4×.
The long run
Play enough rounds and any layer gives back a bit less than you put in. That is the shape of every chance game, here and elsewhere, and it is why playing longer never makes a session more likely to finish ahead. With pixels it costs nothing; the habit is still worth watching.
Where choices exist
Squeeze is the one layer with real decisions, and its paytable assumes the best play, which is why the best move is marked for you after every move. Your own way is always allowed.
18+ — for entertainment only. No real money play. No prizes of monetary value.