25 files changed, 242 insertions, 83 deletions

diff --git a/contributing.md b/contributing.md
index 77a2908..0a90e86 100644
--- a/contributing.md
+++ b/contributing.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ that you can click on to open them.
   working/compiling version of the project
 - Pull requests for new code include either automated tests for the new code or
   an explanation as to why the code can not (reliably) be tested
+
 <!--
 - TODO: tagging / versions
 -->
@@ -495,6 +496,12 @@ that you can click on to open them.
   </td></tr></table></details>
 - <details><summary>
   Ensure const-correctness
+
+  > [!IMPORTANT]
+  > C-style APIs that work on (possibly internal) references to structs can be
+  > called from const member functions in C++. If the compiler allows you to
+  > mark a function as `const` even though it has side effects, it should
+  > **not** be marked as `const`.
   </summary><table><tr><th>Good</th><th>Bad</th></tr><tr><td>
 
   ```cpp
@@ -795,6 +802,23 @@ that you can click on to open them.
   ```
   </td></tr></table></details>
 - Do not implement new classes as singletons
+- <details><summary>
+  Retrieving the first or last indices for iterators with a known or expected
+  size should be done using <code>.front()</code> or <code>.back()</code>
+  instead of by index
+  </summary><table><tr><th>Good</th><th>Bad</th></tr><tr><td>
+
+  ```cpp
+  vector<int> foo = { 1, 2, 3 };
+  int bar = foo.first();
+  ```
+  </td><td>
+
+  ```cpp
+  vector<int> foo = { 1, 2, 3 };
+  int bar = foo[0];
+  ```
+  </td></tr></table></details>
 
 ## CMakeLists-specific
 
diff --git a/src/crepe/api/CMakeLists.txt b/src/crepe/api/CMakeLists.txt
index 7a3ab48..a2e21fa 100644
--- a/src/crepe/api/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/crepe/api/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ target_sources(crepe PUBLIC
 	SaveManager.cpp
 	Config.cpp
 	Metadata.cpp
-	Scene.cpp
 	SceneManager.cpp
 	Camera.cpp
 	Animator.cpp
diff --git a/src/crepe/api/Config.h b/src/crepe/api/Config.h
index 13eabd1..0c9d116 100644
--- a/src/crepe/api/Config.h
+++ b/src/crepe/api/Config.h
@@ -11,19 +11,18 @@ namespace crepe {
  * modified *before* execution is handed over from the game programmer to the engine (i.e. the
  * main loop is started).
  */
-class Config {
+class Config final {
 public:
 	//! Retrieve handle to global Config instance
 	static Config & get_instance();
 
 private:
 	Config() = default;
-
-	// singleton
-	Config(const Config &) = delete;
-	Config(Config &&) = delete;
-	Config & operator=(const Config &) = delete;
-	Config & operator=(Config &&) = delete;
+	~Config() = default;
+	Config(const Config &) = default;
+	Config(Config &&) = default;
+	Config & operator=(const Config &) = default;
+	Config & operator=(Config &&) = default;
 
 public:
 	//! Logging-related settings
diff --git a/src/crepe/api/LoopManager.cpp b/src/crepe/api/LoopManager.cpp
index a64366f..7edf4d1 100644
--- a/src/crepe/api/LoopManager.cpp
+++ b/src/crepe/api/LoopManager.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ void LoopManager::loop() {
 void LoopManager::setup() {
 	this->game_running = true;
 	LoopTimer::get_instance().start();
-	LoopTimer::get_instance().set_fps(60);
+	LoopTimer::get_instance().set_fps(200);
 }
 
 void LoopManager::render() {
diff --git a/src/crepe/api/LoopTimer.cpp b/src/crepe/api/LoopTimer.cpp
index a9800b7..15a0e3a 100644
--- a/src/crepe/api/LoopTimer.cpp
+++ b/src/crepe/api/LoopTimer.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ double LoopTimer::get_fixed_delta_time() const { return this->fixed_delta_time.c
 void LoopTimer::set_fps(int fps) {
 	this->fps = fps;
 	// target time per frame in seconds
-	this->frame_target_time = std::chrono::seconds(1) / fps;
+	this->frame_target_time = std::chrono::duration<double>(1.0) / fps;
 }
 
 int LoopTimer::get_fps() const { return this->fps; }
diff --git a/src/crepe/api/LoopTimer.h b/src/crepe/api/LoopTimer.h
index f277d7b..9393439 100644
--- a/src/crepe/api/LoopTimer.h
+++ b/src/crepe/api/LoopTimer.h
@@ -130,9 +130,9 @@ private:
 	//! Delta time for the current frame in seconds
 	std::chrono::duration<double> delta_time{0.0};
 	//! Target time per frame in seconds
-	std::chrono::duration<double> frame_target_time = std::chrono::seconds(1) / fps;
+	std::chrono::duration<double> frame_target_time = std::chrono::duration<double>(1.0) / fps;
 	//! Fixed delta time for fixed updates in seconds
-	std::chrono::duration<double> fixed_delta_time = std::chrono::seconds(1) / 50;
+	std::chrono::duration<double> fixed_delta_time = std::chrono::duration<double>(1.0) / 50.0;
 	//! Total elapsed game time in seconds
 	std::chrono::duration<double> elapsed_time{0.0};
 	//! Total elapsed time for fixed updates in seconds
diff --git a/src/crepe/api/Scene.cpp b/src/crepe/api/Scene.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 849945e..0000000
--- a/src/crepe/api/Scene.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#include "Scene.h"
-
-using namespace crepe;
-
-Scene::Scene(ComponentManager & mgr) : component_manager(mgr) {}
diff --git a/src/crepe/api/Scene.h b/src/crepe/api/Scene.h
index 869bf6f..f6fdb2a 100644
--- a/src/crepe/api/Scene.h
+++ b/src/crepe/api/Scene.h
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 #include <string>
 
+#include "../util/OptionalRef.h"
+
 namespace crepe {
 
 class SceneManager;
@@ -15,11 +17,8 @@ class ComponentManager;
  */
 class Scene {
 protected:
-	//TODO: Use Loek's custom reference class to set ComponentManger via SceneManager instead of via constructor
-	/**
-	 * \param mgr  Reference to the ComponentManager
-	 */
-	Scene(ComponentManager & mgr);
+	// NOTE: This must be the only constructor on Scene, see "Late references" below
+	Scene() = default;
 	//! SceneManager instances Scene
 	friend class SceneManager;
 
@@ -36,8 +35,20 @@ public:
 	virtual std::string get_name() const = 0;
 
 protected:
+	/**
+	 * \name Late references
+	 * 
+	 * These references are set by SceneManager immediately after calling the constructor of Scene.
+	 *
+	 * \note Scene must have a constructor without arguments so the game programmer doesn't need to
+	 * manually add `using Scene::Scene` to their concrete scene class, if they want to add a
+	 * constructor with arguments (e.g. for passing references to their own concrete Scene classes).
+	 *
+	 * \{
+	 */
 	//! Reference to the ComponentManager
-	ComponentManager & component_manager;
+	OptionalRef<ComponentManager> component_manager;
+	//! \}
 };
 
 } // namespace crepe
diff --git a/src/crepe/api/SceneManager.h b/src/crepe/api/SceneManager.h
index 45ba668..f6f62cd 100644
--- a/src/crepe/api/SceneManager.h
+++ b/src/crepe/api/SceneManager.h
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ public:
 	 *
 	 * \tparam T  Type of concrete scene
 	 */
-	template <typename T>
-	void add_scene();
+	template <typename T, typename... Args>
+	void add_scene(Args &&... args);
 	/**
 	 * \brief Set the next scene
 	 *
diff --git a/src/crepe/api/SceneManager.hpp b/src/crepe/api/SceneManager.hpp
index 94e5946..5c8e417 100644
--- a/src/crepe/api/SceneManager.hpp
+++ b/src/crepe/api/SceneManager.hpp
@@ -4,13 +4,17 @@
 
 namespace crepe {
 
-template <typename T>
-void SceneManager::add_scene() {
+template <typename T, typename... Args>
+void SceneManager::add_scene(Args &&... args) {
 	using namespace std;
 	static_assert(is_base_of<Scene, T>::value, "T must be derived from Scene");
 
-	Scene * scene = new T(this->component_manager);
-	this->scenes.emplace_back(unique_ptr<Scene>(scene));
+	Scene * scene = new T(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+	unique_ptr<Scene> unique_scene(scene);
+
+	unique_scene->component_manager = this->component_manager;
+
+	this->scenes.emplace_back(std::move(unique_scene));
 
 	// The first scene added, is the one that will be loaded at the beginning
 	if (next_scene.empty()) {
diff --git a/src/crepe/api/Script.h b/src/crepe/api/Script.h
index f0b9c73..a0870cb 100644
--- a/src/crepe/api/Script.h
+++ b/src/crepe/api/Script.h
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ class ComponentManager;
  * \info Additional *events* (like Unity's OnDisable and OnEnable) should be implemented as
  * member or lambda methods in derivative user script classes and registered in \c init().
  *
+ * \warning Concrete scripts are allowed do create a custom constructor, but the utility
+ * functions should not be called inside the constructor as they rely on late references that
+ * are only available after the constructor returns.
+ *
  * \see feature_script
  */
 class Script {
@@ -63,8 +67,7 @@ protected:
 	 *
 	 * \returns Reference to component
 	 *
-	 * \throws std::runtime_error if this game object does not have a component matching type \c
-	 * T
+	 * \throws std::runtime_error if this game object does not have a component with type \c T
 	 */
 	template <typename T>
 	T & get_component() const;
diff --git a/src/crepe/api/Texture.cpp b/src/crepe/api/Texture.cpp
index 9be9421..264d7b1 100644
--- a/src/crepe/api/Texture.cpp
+++ b/src/crepe/api/Texture.cpp
@@ -9,14 +9,9 @@
 using namespace crepe;
 using namespace std;
 
-Texture::Texture(unique_ptr<Asset> res) {
+Texture::Texture(const Asset & src) {
 	dbg_trace();
-	this->load(std::move(res));
-}
-
-Texture::Texture(const char * src) {
-	dbg_trace();
-	this->load(make_unique<Asset>(src));
+	this->load(src);
 }
 
 Texture::~Texture() {
@@ -24,9 +19,9 @@ Texture::~Texture() {
 	this->texture.reset();
 }
 
-void Texture::load(unique_ptr<Asset> res) {
+void Texture::load(const Asset & res) {
 	SDLContext & ctx = SDLContext::get_instance();
-	this->texture = std::move(ctx.texture_from_path(res->get_path()));
+	this->texture = ctx.texture_from_path(res.get_path());
 }
 
 int Texture::get_width() const {
diff --git a/src/crepe/api/Texture.h b/src/crepe/api/Texture.h
index 6965223..b4f7d07 100644
--- a/src/crepe/api/Texture.h
+++ b/src/crepe/api/Texture.h
@@ -25,16 +25,10 @@ class Texture {
 
 public:
 	/**
-	 * \brief Constructs a Texture from a file path.
-	 * \param src Path to the image file to be loaded as a texture.
-	 */
-	Texture(const char * src);
-
-	/**
 	 * \brief Constructs a Texture from an Asset resource.
-	 * \param res Unique pointer to an Asset resource containing texture data.
+	 * \param src Asset with texture data to load.
 	 */
-	Texture(std::unique_ptr<Asset> res);
+	Texture(const Asset & src);
 
 	/**
 	 * \brief Destroys the Texture instance, freeing associated resources.
@@ -59,7 +53,7 @@ private:
 	 * \brief Loads the texture from an Asset resource.
 	 * \param res Unique pointer to an Asset resource to load the texture from.
 	 */
-	void load(std::unique_ptr<Asset> res);
+	void load(const Asset & res);
 
 private:
 	//! The texture of the class from the library
diff --git a/src/doc/feature/scene.dox b/src/doc/feature/scene.dox
index eedc69a..d81df4c 100644
--- a/src/doc/feature/scene.dox
+++ b/src/doc/feature/scene.dox
@@ -36,16 +36,14 @@ concrete scene to be added.
 #include <crepe/api/LoopManager.h>
 #include <crepe/api/GameObject.h>
 #include <crepe/api/Scene.h>
-#include <crepe/api/Vector2.h>
+#include <crepe/types.h>
 
 using namespace crepe;
 
 class MyScene : public Scene {
 public:
-	using Scene::Scene;
-
 	void load_scene() {
-		auto & mgr = this->component_manager;
+		ComponentManager & mgr = this->component_manager;
 		GameObject object1 = mgr.new_object("object1", "tag_my_scene", vec2{0, 0}, 0, 1);
 		GameObject object2 = mgr.new_object("object2", "tag_my_scene", vec2{1, 0}, 0, 1);
 	}
diff --git a/src/doc/internal/component.dox b/src/doc/internal/component.dox
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0dd4cb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/doc/internal/component.dox
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+// vim:ft=doxygen
+namespace crepe {
+/**
+
+\defgroup internal_component Components
+\ingroup internal
+\brief ECS Components
+
+Components are attached to GameObject instances and are composed by the game
+programmer to create specific entities in the game world. While they are
+implemented as C++ classes, components should be treated as C-style structs,
+meaning all members are public and they do not contain functions.
+
+A basic component has the following structure:
+```cpp
+#include <crepe/Component.h>
+
+class MyComponent : public crepe::Component {
+public:
+	// Add your custom component's ininitializer properties after the `id`
+	// parameter. The first parameter is controlled by GameObject::add_component,
+	// while all other parameters are forwarded using std::forward.
+	MyComponent(game_object_id_t id, ...);
+
+	// Optionally define the `get_instances_max` method to limit the amount of
+	// instances of this component per GameObject. The default implementation for
+	// this function returns -1, which means the instance count does not have an
+	// upper limit:
+	virtual int get_instances_max() const { return -1; }
+
+	// Properties
+	// ...
+};
+```
+
+Generally, components are "handled" by \ref internal_system "systems", which may
+optionally change the components' state. Components' state may also be
+controlled by the game programmer through \ref feature_script "scripts".
+
+*/
+}
diff --git a/src/doc/internal/resource.dox b/src/doc/internal/resource.dox
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56f1de0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/doc/internal/resource.dox
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// vim:ft=doxygen
+namespace crepe {
+/**
+
+\defgroup internal_resource Resources
+\ingroup internal
+\brief Concrete resources
+
+\todo This section is incomplete
+
+*/
+}
diff --git a/src/doc/internal/style.dox b/src/doc/internal/style.dox
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dad2df0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/doc/internal/style.dox
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// vim:ft=doxygen
+/**
+
+\defgroup internal_style Code style
+\ingroup internal
+\brief Coding conventions
+\include{doc} contributing.md
+
+*/
diff --git a/src/doc/internal/system.dox b/src/doc/internal/system.dox
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17a101e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/doc/internal/system.dox
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// vim:ft=doxygen
+namespace crepe {
+/**
+
+\defgroup internal_system Systems
+\ingroup internal
+\brief ECS Systems
+
+\todo This section is incomplete
+
+A system is responsible for processing the data stored in \ref
+internal_component "components".
+
+A basic system has the following structure:
+```cpp
+#include <crepe/system/System.h>
+
+class MySystem : public System {
+public:
+	using System::System;
+	void update() override;
+};
+```
+
+*/
+}
diff --git a/src/doc/internals.dox b/src/doc/internals.dox
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d2ca56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/doc/internals.dox
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// vim:ft=doxygen
+/**
+
+\defgroup internal Internals
+\brief Internal engine structure and other conventions
+
+\todo This page is incomplete
+\todo Anything about Contexts?
+
+*/
diff --git a/src/doc/layout.xml b/src/doc/layout.xml
index 7f514d4..fb4cc0c 100644
--- a/src/doc/layout.xml
+++ b/src/doc/layout.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <doxygenlayout version="1.0">
 	<navindex>
-		<tab type="mainpage" visible="yes" title=""/>
+		<tab type="mainpage" visible="yes" title="Intro"/>
+		<tab type="user" url="@ref install" title="Installation"/>
+		<tab type="user" url="@ref feature" title="Features"/>
+		<tab type="user" url="@ref internal" title="Internals"/>
 		<tab type="pages" visible="no" title="" intro=""/>
-		<tab type="topics" visible="yes" title="" intro=""/>
-		<tab type="modules" visible="yes" title="" intro="">
+		<tab type="topics" visible="no" title="" intro=""/>
+		<tab type="modules" visible="no" title="" intro="">
 			<tab type="modulelist" visible="yes" title="" intro=""/>
 			<tab type="modulemembers" visible="yes" title="" intro=""/>
 		</tab>
@@ -12,9 +15,9 @@
 			<tab type="namespacelist" visible="yes" title="" intro=""/>
 			<tab type="namespacemembers" visible="yes" title="" intro=""/>
 		</tab>
-		<tab type="concepts" visible="yes" title="">
+		<tab type="concepts" visible="no" title="">
 		</tab>
-		<tab type="interfaces" visible="yes" title="">
+		<tab type="interfaces" visible="no" title="">
 			<tab type="interfacelist" visible="yes" title="" intro=""/>
 			<tab type="interfaceindex" visible="$ALPHABETICAL_INDEX" title=""/>
 			<tab type="interfacehierarchy" visible="yes" title="" intro=""/>
@@ -25,20 +28,20 @@
 			<tab type="hierarchy" visible="yes" title="" intro=""/>
 			<tab type="classmembers" visible="yes" title="" intro=""/>
 		</tab>
-		<tab type="structs" visible="yes" title="">
+		<tab type="structs" visible="no" title="">
 			<tab type="structlist" visible="yes" title="" intro=""/>
 			<tab type="structindex" visible="$ALPHABETICAL_INDEX" title=""/>
 		</tab>
-		<tab type="exceptions" visible="yes" title="">
+		<tab type="exceptions" visible="no" title="">
 			<tab type="exceptionlist" visible="yes" title="" intro=""/>
 			<tab type="exceptionindex" visible="$ALPHABETICAL_INDEX" title=""/>
 			<tab type="exceptionhierarchy" visible="yes" title="" intro=""/>
 		</tab>
-		<tab type="files" visible="yes" title="">
+		<tab type="files" visible="no" title="">
 			<tab type="filelist" visible="yes" title="" intro=""/>
 			<tab type="globals" visible="yes" title="" intro=""/>
 		</tab>
-		<tab type="examples" visible="yes" title="" intro=""/>
+		<tab type="examples" visible="no" title="" intro=""/>
 	</navindex>
 	<class>
 		<briefdescription visible="yes"/>
diff --git a/src/doc/style.css b/src/doc/style.css
index 08bc9f5..daabd39 100644
--- a/src/doc/style.css
+++ b/src/doc/style.css
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@
 address {
 	display: none;
 }
+
+h2.groupheader { margin-top: revert; }
diff --git a/src/test/AssetTest.cpp b/src/test/AssetTest.cpp
index 8aa7629..93fd6a9 100644
--- a/src/test/AssetTest.cpp
+++ b/src/test/AssetTest.cpp
@@ -7,17 +7,12 @@ using namespace std;
 using namespace crepe;
 using namespace testing;
 
-class AssetTest : public Test {
-public:
-	Config & cfg = Config::get_instance();
-	void SetUp() override { this->cfg.asset.root_pattern = ".crepe-root"; }
-};
-
-TEST_F(AssetTest, Existant) { ASSERT_NO_THROW(Asset{"asset/texture/img.png"}); }
+TEST(AssetTest, Existant) { ASSERT_NO_THROW(Asset{"asset/texture/img.png"}); }
 
-TEST_F(AssetTest, Nonexistant) { ASSERT_ANY_THROW(Asset{"asset/nonexistant"}); }
+TEST(AssetTest, Nonexistant) { ASSERT_ANY_THROW(Asset{"asset/nonexistant"}); }
 
-TEST_F(AssetTest, Rootless) {
+TEST(AssetTest, Rootless) {
+	Config & cfg = Config::get_instance();
 	cfg.asset.root_pattern.clear();
 
 	string arbitrary = "\\/this is / /../passed through as-is";
diff --git a/src/test/RenderSystemTest.cpp b/src/test/RenderSystemTest.cpp
index ac479d3..f37fb56 100644
--- a/src/test/RenderSystemTest.cpp
+++ b/src/test/RenderSystemTest.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public:
 
 	void SetUp() override {
 		auto & sprite1
-			= entity1.add_component<Sprite>(make_shared<Texture>("../asset/texture/img.png"),
+			= entity1.add_component<Sprite>(make_shared<Texture>("asset/texture/img.png"),
 											Color(0, 0, 0, 0), FlipSettings{false, false});
 		ASSERT_NE(sprite1.sprite_image.get(), nullptr);
 		sprite1.order_in_layer = 5;
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public:
 		EXPECT_EQ(sprite1.order_in_layer, 5);
 		EXPECT_EQ(sprite1.sorting_in_layer, 5);
 		auto & sprite2
-			= entity2.add_component<Sprite>(make_shared<Texture>("../asset/texture/img.png"),
+			= entity2.add_component<Sprite>(make_shared<Texture>("asset/texture/img.png"),
 											Color(0, 0, 0, 0), FlipSettings{false, false});
 		ASSERT_NE(sprite2.sprite_image.get(), nullptr);
 		sprite2.sorting_in_layer = 2;
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public:
 		EXPECT_EQ(sprite2.order_in_layer, 1);
 
 		auto & sprite3
-			= entity3.add_component<Sprite>(make_shared<Texture>("../asset/texture/img.png"),
+			= entity3.add_component<Sprite>(make_shared<Texture>("asset/texture/img.png"),
 											Color(0, 0, 0, 0), FlipSettings{false, false});
 		ASSERT_NE(sprite3.sprite_image.get(), nullptr);
 		sprite3.sorting_in_layer = 1;
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public:
 		EXPECT_EQ(sprite3.order_in_layer, 2);
 
 		auto & sprite4
-			= entity4.add_component<Sprite>(make_shared<Texture>("../asset/texture/img.png"),
+			= entity4.add_component<Sprite>(make_shared<Texture>("asset/texture/img.png"),
 											Color(0, 0, 0, 0), FlipSettings{false, false});
 		ASSERT_NE(sprite4.sprite_image.get(), nullptr);
 		sprite4.sorting_in_layer = 1;
diff --git a/src/test/SceneManagerTest.cpp b/src/test/SceneManagerTest.cpp
index f3d2387..62b7d33 100644
--- a/src/test/SceneManagerTest.cpp
+++ b/src/test/SceneManagerTest.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include "types.h"
 #include <crepe/ComponentManager.h>
 #include <crepe/api/GameObject.h>
 #include <crepe/api/Metadata.h>
@@ -12,10 +13,8 @@ using namespace crepe;
 
 class ConcreteScene1 : public Scene {
 public:
-	using Scene::Scene;
-
 	void load_scene() {
-		auto & mgr = this->component_manager;
+		ComponentManager & mgr = this->component_manager;
 		GameObject object1 = mgr.new_object("scene_1", "tag_scene_1", vec2{0, 0}, 0, 1);
 		GameObject object2 = mgr.new_object("scene_1", "tag_scene_1", vec2{1, 0}, 0, 1);
 		GameObject object3 = mgr.new_object("scene_1", "tag_scene_1", vec2{2, 0}, 0, 1);
@@ -26,10 +25,8 @@ public:
 
 class ConcreteScene2 : public Scene {
 public:
-	using Scene::Scene;
-
 	void load_scene() {
-		auto & mgr = this->component_manager;
+		ComponentManager & mgr = this->component_manager;
 		GameObject object1 = mgr.new_object("scene_2", "tag_scene_2", vec2{0, 0}, 0, 1);
 		GameObject object2 = mgr.new_object("scene_2", "tag_scene_2", vec2{0, 1}, 0, 1);
 		GameObject object3 = mgr.new_object("scene_2", "tag_scene_2", vec2{0, 2}, 0, 1);
@@ -39,6 +36,21 @@ public:
 	string get_name() const { return "scene2"; }
 };
 
+class ConcreteScene3 : public Scene {
+public:
+	ConcreteScene3(const string & name) : name(name) {}
+
+	void load_scene() {
+		ComponentManager & mgr = this->component_manager;
+		GameObject object1 = mgr.new_object("scene_3", "tag_scene_3", vec2{0, 0}, 0, 1);
+	}
+
+	string get_name() const { return name; }
+
+private:
+	const string name;
+};
+
 class SceneManagerTest : public ::testing::Test {
 public:
 	ComponentManager component_mgr{};
@@ -124,3 +136,25 @@ TEST_F(SceneManagerTest, loadScene) {
 	EXPECT_EQ(transform[3].get().position.x, 0);
 	EXPECT_EQ(transform[3].get().position.y, 3);
 }
+
+TEST_F(SceneManagerTest, perfectForwarding) {
+	scene_mgr.add_scene<ConcreteScene3>("scene3");
+
+	scene_mgr.load_next_scene();
+
+	vector<reference_wrapper<Metadata>> metadata
+		= component_mgr.get_components_by_type<Metadata>();
+	vector<reference_wrapper<Transform>> transform
+		= component_mgr.get_components_by_type<Transform>();
+
+	EXPECT_EQ(metadata.size(), 1);
+	EXPECT_EQ(transform.size(), 1);
+
+	EXPECT_EQ(metadata[0].get().game_object_id, 0);
+	EXPECT_EQ(metadata[0].get().name, "scene_3");
+	EXPECT_EQ(metadata[0].get().tag, "tag_scene_3");
+	EXPECT_EQ(metadata[0].get().parent, -1);
+	EXPECT_EQ(metadata[0].get().children.size(), 0);
+	EXPECT_EQ(transform[0].get().position.x, 0);
+	EXPECT_EQ(transform[0].get().position.y, 0);
+}
diff --git a/src/test/main.cpp b/src/test/main.cpp
index 19a8d6e..e03a989 100644
--- a/src/test/main.cpp
+++ b/src/test/main.cpp
@@ -1,16 +1,21 @@
-#include <crepe/api/Config.h>
-
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
+#define protected public
+#define private public
+
+#include <crepe/api/Config.h>
+
 using namespace crepe;
 using namespace testing;
 
 class GlobalConfigReset : public EmptyTestEventListener {
 public:
 	Config & cfg = Config::get_instance();
+	Config cfg_default = Config();
 
 	// This function is called before each test
 	void OnTestStart(const TestInfo &) override {
+		cfg = cfg_default;
 		cfg.log.level = Log::Level::WARNING;
 	}
 };