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.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md

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-**Game and version**
+## Game and version
+<name of game, version of game>
 
+## Version of spice2x
+<version of spice, this can be seen in the About tab, and in log.txt>
 
-**Version of spice2x**
+## Laptop
+<Are you running this on a laptop? Does it have a hybrid iGPU+ dGPU configuration?>
 
+## Attached log.txt file, if available
+> [!WARNING]
+> Please make sure you remove any personally identifiable information from the log file.
 
-**Attached log.txt file, if available**
-
-
-**Describe the issue**
+## Describe the issue
+<what's the issue?>

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/patch-submission.md

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+---
+name: Patch submission
+about: Submit code changes for review
+title: ''
+labels: patch
+assignees: ''
+
+---
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> Before submitting code changes... 
+> * Please do note that this is a GPL v3.0 open source project.
+> * Maintainers reserve the right to reject or modify your submission without reason.
+> * If accepted, your github user name will be credited on the main web page, and then archived in the [past versions wiki page](https://github.com/spice2x/spice2x.github.io/wiki/Past-versions-and-change-log)
+> 
+> Feel free to remove this section after you have read it.
+
+## Description of change
+<what does this code do?>
+
+## Testing
+<how was the code tested?>
+
+## Patch file
+<what patch format are you using? Unix Patch format? Git Patch?>

README.md

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-spice2x is a fork of SpiceTools, focused on addressing bugs, usability, and quality-of-life improvements
+<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>
 
-Please visit the homepage: **[https://spice2x.github.io/](https://spice2x.github.io/)**
+# This is the GitHub page for code development. If you just want to download the latest spice2x EXE, visit the homepage instead:
+
+# 🌶️🌶️ [https://spice2x.github.io/](https://spice2x.github.io/) 🌶️🌶️
+
+<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>
+
+# spice2x
+
+## Overview
+
+spice2x is a fork of SpiceTools, focused on addressing bugs, usability, and quality-of-life improvements.
 
 We do not use GitHub for source control, but we do use the [issue tracker](https://github.com/spice2x/spice2x.github.io/issues) and [the wiki](https://github.com/spice2x/spice2x.github.io/wiki). Source is distributed in the release package.
 
-Before you file a new issue in the issue tracker:
+spice2x team does not provide any tools to circumvent software copy protection, nor distribute any copyright-protected game data.
 
-* Check the [known issues](https://github.com/spice2x/spice2x.github.io/wiki/Known-issues) page first.
-* Make sure you are on the latest version.
-* In SpiceCfg, if you hover over (?) icon next to each option, a helpful mouseover text will appear that will most likely answer your questions.
+[Features](https://github.com/spice2x/spice2x.github.io/wiki/spice2x-features)
+
+[List of supported games](https://github.com/spice2x/spice2x.github.io/wiki/List-of-supported-games)
+
+## Submitting to the Issue Tracker
+Rules for filing a new issue or adding comments to existing issues in the tracker:
+
+* Check the [known issues](https://github.com/spice2x/spice2x.github.io/wiki/Known-issues) page first before reporting a new issue.
 * Use the search function and see if there is an existing issue. 
-* Make sure to post the log file (log.txt) as an attachment, and remove any personally identifiable information.
 * This is not the place to ask about other projects, especially EA servers. Bad servers can (and will) crash your game.
+* **Do not link to external websites that distribute game data!**
 
 New GitHub accounts are prevented from creating new issues to prevent spam.
 
 Maintainers of this project reserve the right to close or delete any low effort issues.
+
+## Contributing
+**We encourage the community to submit patches via the issue tracker for any bug fixes or feature enhancements.** If you want to resolve any reported (or not reported) bugs, implement features, add support for new games, or fix a [known issue](https://github.com/spice2x/spice2x.github.io/wiki/Known-issues) - feel free to reach out via the Issue tracker.
+
+Baseline rules for adding support for games:
+
+* No BomberGirl, as long as the Free To Play service is still alive.
+* No support for that one touch screen game that dispenses plushies of mouse character (`O26`).
+* No support for eaCloud ("Konasute") games.
+* For a new game that was never supported (not a new version of a game, but rather a new series): please wait 1 year after official AC release in Japan.
+* For new version of an already supported game: proceed with caution and use generally-accepted community guidelines.
+* Make sure you compile with the included Docker script and ensure you do not introduce any new compiler warnings or build breaks; otherwise, your patch will not be accepted. The Docker script is the standard build environment, your custom Linux build environment or MSVC do not count.

src/SOURCE_FILES.md

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+As always, this project is **distributed with source per GPLv3 license**. Check the [Releases](https://github.com/spice2x/spice2x.github.io/releases) page.
+
+spice2x team does not use GitHub for source control.