Chicuelo Theme

eenricc

@chicuelo It's possible to adapt the theme to monitors with 4:3 or 5:4 resolution? Thanks!!

chicuelo

@cosmo0
Thanks! I will look how to do this, I am not so good with gitHub yet!
I have only some guidelines to add new systems, for the character, it should be one background and a character of a game, the most iconic. And it has to be standed on the ground (not floating). For example in Ports, there are four backgrounds and the logo in the middle. the best option will be using one game and the character to match all other systems.
For the controller, I will try to make that mouse more reallistic, between a render and a fine illustration. Following that your changes will be gorgeous and perfect integrated on the theme!
Thanks for your help!

chicuelo

@eenricc
I tried using this theme on different resolutions, screens and aspect ratios and retropie solved well the display, there was only a little offset on the in-game screenshot in RCA displays with smaller resolution. But it was a little detail, otherwise the theme looked good in every screen I tested so Im not planning to adapt the theme yet

cosmo0

@chicuelo Yeah I tried to find the most iconic port but I really didn't know what to choose. Doom guy maybe? Yeah in retrospect, I should probably have gone with that...

No need to thank me, you have done all the hard work ;)

cosmo0

@chicuelo
Hi! I have updated the pull request by changing the "ports" images:

The "character" is now Doom Guy. I even added a shadow under his feets to "ground" him :) I hope it's not too bloody?
In case you wish to change it a little, the source of the image is the Doom wikia

The "controller" has been changed to a Logitech mouse (I just removed the logo). It's a photo (source) but I think it looks fine along the others. What do you think?

chicuelo

@cosmo0
Great! I accepted the pull request and it merged successfully (I think!). The changes are visible now on the repo!

cosmo0

@chicuelo said in Chicuelo Theme:

@cosmo0
Great! I accepted the pull request and it merged successfully (I think!). The changes are visible now on the repo!

You may have missed something because I don't see it accepted, but it's a good thing, I made some more updates just now :D

the "ports" controller is now a keyboard : it's more easily readable, and integrates better with the other controllers, since it's "up front". The mouse was not "from the front" and it was a little weird.
there is a now a PSP system :)

I'm pumped up to make some more systems... maybe :D

cosmo0

Ah I see what you did : you have merged the pull request in a branch. I'm not sure what you clicked exactly, it's been a while since I worked with pull requests.

Maybe my pull request is wrong (I should have created a branch). If you can't just merge it into "master", let me know and I will create a new (correct) one.

chicuelo

@cosmo0
I used the desktop Github App, and make a pull request, that updated my files and now I can see your changes, I don't know if that's enough and I have to do anything else to complete the pull

cosmo0

And now I have added a "video" layout for the theme :)

When a video exists for the game, it replaces the game image/screenshot with the video, and replaces the system description with the game marquee (title/logo).

cosmo0

@chicuelo said in Chicuelo Theme:

@cosmo0
I used the desktop Github App, and make a pull request, that updated my files and now I can see your changes, I don't know if that's enough and I have to do anything else to complete the pull

Ah ok! I think I see.
Make sure you are on the "master" branch in the app. If you are, sync the changes in your local copy to the server: https://help.github.com/desktop/guides/contributing-to-projects/syncing-your-branch/#platform-windows

A more simple way to accept a pull request is to go to your repository on github.com, click "pull requests" on top and click "accept" (or whatever the button is called, I don't remember exactly).

chicuelo

@cosmo0

I think now its working!
I merged right from GitHub

cosmo0

@chicuelo Yes I see it on Github now :)
I have successfully updated the theme on my pi, so everything is working :)

Thank you :)
I'll try to find some time to add or finish a few systems, to help you a bit, if you don't mind :)

chicuelo

@cosmo0

It would be great!

Haqty

Where can I download this theme? When I click on github, the link produces an error of 404.

cosmo0

@haqty said in Chicuelo Theme:

Where can I download this theme? When I click on github, the link produces an error of 404.

On your retropie box, open the settings page > setup script > configuration/tools > esthemes > go aaaall the way down and install Chicuelo.

Or, if you really want to install it manually, the repository is this one : https://github.com/chicueloarcade/es-theme-Chicuelo

chicuelo

@haqty
Updated the link!

mahcneto

Definetly one of the best (if not the best) theme outhere :)

But! Still missing NDS, Atari800, Final Burn Alpha (should be different from MAME) and MSX. Hope those consoles get added soon, keep up the good work!

chicuelo

@mahcneto said in Chicuelo Theme:

Definetly one of the best (if not the best) theme outhere :)
But! Still missing NDS, Atari800, Final Burn Alpha (should be different from MAME) and MSX. Hope those consoles get added soon, keep up t

Thanks! Im planning to add a lot of more systems but I´m short of time. When I find some free time I will complete all the supported themes for sure.

cosmo0

@chicuelo Hi!

Here are some "characters" for some systems that already have a logo:

https://we.tl/SepBVYpcSv

3DO - Gex
Amiga - Zool
Apple II - The Bard's Tale
Atari 800 - Pitfall
Atari 5200 - Ms Pac-Man
Atari 7800 - Joust
Atari Jaguar - Alien vs Predator

I haven't found any suitable image for the controllers, and I'm not good enough to create one or "vectorize" a photo. I think the missing "character" is the most important to fix, anyway.

The computers (Amiga, Apple II, the Ataris, C64...) didn't have mascots, and most of their games were cross-platform games, or without a "real" character (like shooting or racing games, RPGs...), so it was pretty hard to choose a character.

The characters I chose are not always known today, so it was sometimes difficult to find a good quality image that matches the style of the rest of the pack. Sometimes, it was just hard to find an image at all.

I think some are OK, but some are pretty weird compared to the existing systems. I'm not good enough with Photoshop to make them look better, so I included the PSD files in the zip so you can edit them.