From d5c0f1ab2a04279fd973f4bd8bad5cfbd210f1ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ash Ketchum <no-reply@sl0p.foo>
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 01:12:25 +0200
Subject: intro: brief POKeMON SL0P EDITION splash on the fastboot path

New SlopSplash (engine/slop_intro.asm) clears the screen, draws the two centered
lines, pushes to VRAM and holds ~2s, then MainMenu's autoload continues into the
game. Replaces the vanilla intro/title for the fast-boot-into-save flow.
---
 engine/menus/main_menu.asm |  7 +++++--
 engine/slop_intro.asm      | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 main.asm                   |  1 +
 3 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 engine/slop_intro.asm

diff --git a/engine/menus/main_menu.asm b/engine/menus/main_menu.asm
index c41a7d10..2875290e 100644
--- a/engine/menus/main_menu.asm
+++ b/engine/menus/main_menu.asm
@@ -10,10 +10,13 @@ MainMenu:
 
 	predef TryLoadSaveFile
 
-; FASTBOOT: if the save loaded cleanly (status 2), skip the menu and continue
+; FASTBOOT: if the save loaded cleanly (status 2), show the SL0P splash then
+; skip the menu and continue straight into the game
 	ld a, [wSaveFileStatus]
 	cp 2
-	jp z, SpecialEnterMap
+	jr nz, .mainMenuLoop
+	farcall SlopSplash
+	jp SpecialEnterMap
 
 .mainMenuLoop
 	ld c, 20
diff --git a/engine/slop_intro.asm b/engine/slop_intro.asm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..84bbc53f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/slop_intro.asm
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+; Brief custom boot splash shown on the fastboot path (before the save is
+; loaded). Reuses the same display setup as the menu/text system.
+
+SECTION "Slop Intro", ROMX
+
+SlopSplash::
+	call ClearScreen
+	call LoadFontTilePatterns
+	call RunDefaultPaletteCommand
+	hlcoord 6, 7
+	ld de, .line1
+	call PlaceString
+	hlcoord 4, 9
+	ld de, .line2
+	call PlaceString
+	ld b, HIGH(vBGMap1)
+	call CopyScreenTileBufferToVRAM
+	xor a
+	ldh [hWY], a
+	ld a, $01
+	ldh [hAutoBGTransferEnabled], a
+	ld c, 120                          ; ~2 seconds
+	call DelayFrames
+	ret
+
+.line1: db "POKéMON@"
+.line2: db "SL0P EDITION@"
diff --git a/main.asm b/main.asm
index fb970f95..cd466490 100644
--- a/main.asm
+++ b/main.asm
@@ -425,3 +425,4 @@ INCLUDE "engine/pikachu/pikachu_movement.asm"
 INCLUDE "engine/pikachu/pikachu_pic_animation.asm"
 INCLUDE "engine/debug/debug_menu.asm"
 INCLUDE "engine/warp_menu.asm"
+INCLUDE "engine/slop_intro.asm"
-- 
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