Added a song, Coastal Pavement in Early Fall.

Game_data/Areas/Mission/Tutorial Meadow/Data.txt

@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 name=Tutorial Meadow
-subtitle=Get the treasure
 description=A tutorial area to help you learn how to play Pikifen!
 tags=Tutorial
+maker=Espyo
+version=1.1.0
+engine_version=0.25.0
+subtitle=Get the treasure
 difficulty=1
 bg_bmp=Grass_dark.jpg
 bg_color=0 0 0
 bg_dist=1.0000
 bg_zoom=1.0000
+song=Coastal Pavement in Early Fall
 weather
 day_time_start=420
 day_time_speed=0
-maker=Espyo
-version=1.1.0
-engine_version=0.25.0
-notes
 spray_amounts
 mission_goal=Collect treasures
 mission_goal_all_mobs=true

Game_data/Audio/Music/Songs/Coastal_Pavement_in_Early_Fall.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+name = Coastal Pavement in Early Fall
+description = A nice, calm song with an accordion lead, and a guitar for flavor.
+
+tags = Area; Calm; Reflective
+maker = Espyo
+version = 1.0.0
+engine_version = 1.0.0
+notes = This song is an original creation for Pikifen.
+
+main_track = Coastal_Pavement_in_Early_Fall.ogg
+mix_tracks {
+    enemy = Coastal_Pavement_in_Early_Fall_enemy.ogg
+}

Manual/content/changelog.html

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ <h2 id="0.26.0">0.26.0</h2>
     <p><b>Gameplay changes</b></p>
 
     <ul>
+      <li><span class="cl-a">Added</span> some songs.</li>
       <li><span class="cl-a">Added</span> some new sounds.</li>
       <li><span class="cl-a">Added</span> boredom, crushed, flailing, and shaking animations to <a href="mob_pikmin.html">Pikmin</a>.</li>
       <li><span class="cl-a">Added</span> a new <a href="area.html">area</a>: Olympian Ruins.</li>

Manual/content/credits.html

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ <h2 id="engine">Engine</h2>
           <li><a href="https://www.audacityteam.org/">Audacity</a></li>
           <li>Chaos Bank V2 Soundfont</li>
           <li><a href="https://www.dskmusic.com">DSK Music</a>'s VSTs</li>
+          <li><a href="https://plugins4free.com/plugin/302/">Accordion</a> VST by Safwan Matni</li>
           <li><a href="https://neovst.com/elementor-13775/">Sound Magic</a>'s Strings One VST</li>
           <li><a href="https://github.com/ocornut/imgui">Dear ImGui</a></li>
           <li><a href="https://codelite.org/">Codelite</a></li>

Manual/content/home.html

@@ -44,7 +44,12 @@
         <li>
           Areas
           <ul>
-            <li><a href="area.html">Making areas</a> to play on</li>
+            <li>
+              <a href="area.html">Making areas</a> to play on
+              <ul>
+                <li><a href="area_tips.html">Area tips</a></li>
+              </ul>
+            </li>
           </ul>
         </li>
         <li>

Manual/content/music.html

@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ <h4 id="props-common">Common</h3>
         All of the <a href="making.html#content-props">common content properties</a>. In the notes, you should write down where this song originates from, if it's the direct song, a remix, or an original creation by you, who the artist is, who composed it, and so on. As for the tags, try these examples:
         <ul>
           <li>Use: Menu, Area, Sunset, Battle, Cutscene</li>
-          <li>General characteristics: Simple, Long, Specific, Gimmick, Lyrics</li>
-          <li>Theme that it goes well with: Forest, Beach, Snow, Cave, Man-Made, Swamp</li>
-          <li>Mood: Cheerful, Gloomy, Mysterious, Calm, Energetic</li>
+          <li>General characteristics: Short, Long, Specific, Gimmick, Lyrics</li>
+          <li>Theme that it goes well with: Forest, Beach, Snow, Cave, Man-made, Swamp</li>
+          <li>Mood: Cheerful, Gloomy, Mysterious, Calm, Energetic, Reflective</li>
           <li>Genre: Jazz, Rock, Blues, Bossa Nova</li>
         </ul>
       </li>

Source/documents/Misc. info.txt

@@ -94,7 +94,20 @@ Tips for when you're making content
 
 Technical prowesses
     Edge offset effects
-
+
+
+When adding a song
+    Export as OGG, "sinc best" interpolation
+    Add its LMMS project to the source code -- .mmp, not .mmpz
+    Credit the instruments used in the credits page
+    Edit the file's metadata
+        Title (add something like "(enemy track)" if needed)
+        Artist: André 'Espyo' Silva
+        Composer: André 'Espyo' Silva
+        BPM
+        Year
+        Comment (trim as necessary): Original composition for Pikifen. This is an extra track overlaid on top of the main track.
+
 
 Bag of notes (useful stuff)
     If mobs start moving so fast that they can clip through walls

Source/documents/Todo.txt

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Next tasks (roughly sorted most important first)
     If an object is on-camera and a child object is not, or vice-versa, they'll desync. Especially notable with the electric wire (thanks Helodity)
     If you're on an elevator platform, you won't be able to throw Winged Pikmin
     Winged Pikmin are too high to be hit by a bomb rock explosion (thanks Arcadius)
+    "quick bug i found with the shadow fix, ding particles now render under them" --Helodity
 
     --- 0.26 ---
     https://github.com/Helodity/Pikifen/tree/throwing-improvements
@@ -740,6 +741,7 @@ Misc things (so I don't forget)
             You can pick a mob's focused mob, you can pick a mob from the entire area that matches a certain filter of type/category/variable value, you can pick the mob's parent mob, etc.
         Global script variables
         An else_if action
+        An action that returns to the previous state. Useful for creating utility states that mimic functions
         More ideas of actions from Game Builder Garage's Nodon
         New events
             [NEEDS BRAINSTORMING] on_carrying_lift and on_carrying_drop events?

Source/source/game_states/main_menu.cpp

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include "../functions.h"
 #include "../game.h"
 #include "../load.h"
+#include "../utils/allegro_utils.h"
 #include "../utils/string_utils.h"
 
 
@@ -71,9 +72,9 @@ void main_menu_state::do_drawing() {
 
     draw_text(
         "Pikifen and contents are fan works. Pikmin is (c) Nintendo.",
-        game.sys_assets.fnt_standard,
+        game.sys_assets.fnt_slim,
         point(8, game.win_h  - 8),
-        point(game.win_w * 0.45f, game.win_h * 0.02f), COLOR_WHITE,
+        point(game.win_w * 0.45f, game.win_h * 0.02f), map_alpha(192),
         ALLEGRO_ALIGN_LEFT, V_ALIGN_MODE_BOTTOM
     );
     string version_text;
@@ -87,9 +88,9 @@ void main_menu_state::do_drawing() {
     version_text +=
         "Pikifen " + get_engine_version_string();
     draw_text(
-        version_text, game.sys_assets.fnt_standard,
+        version_text, game.sys_assets.fnt_slim,
         point(game.win_w - 8, game.win_h  - 8),
-        point(game.win_w * 0.45f, game.win_h * 0.02f), COLOR_WHITE,
+        point(game.win_w * 0.45f, game.win_h * 0.02f), map_alpha(192),
         ALLEGRO_ALIGN_RIGHT, V_ALIGN_MODE_BOTTOM
     );