Orbital Pi: My Own little Console from the past

[monstermadeofman]

Hi there guys!
New to the forum and new to Raspberry Pi stuff anyway :).

So I've bin building a retropie console for the past 3 weeks, the actual physical build is nearly finished, just waiting on the last few components to make it 100%.

But I've bin dabbling in the splash screens realm and also looking at creating a theme to go alongside my splash screen and name I've given my little console.

I've Named it Orbital Pi as the case I have for it is round, will post pictures later on but I'm posting from my work computer.... Naughty I know.

But I just thought I'd share my splash screen and maybe be bit cheeky with asking people opinions on theme ideas :)

So I hope you Guys like what I've made :)

and here's a link to my actual loading video with sounds :)

Like I said guys if anyone has any ideas or anything they think I should incorporate into the theme please don't hesitate

[Zigurana]

I like the white-green-red color scheme! Very fresh!
Eager to see the physical build!

[monstermadeofman]

@Zigurana Thanks Man :)

The actual build is currently unremarkable. I'm waiting on a new switch board from Mausberry so I can wire up a momentary switch.

Done the intial testing with their same power board but with a rocker switch.

The plan is to also mod the case a tad so that the power cord input and HDMI input sit flush to the casing.

Also sourcing the stuff to either put the "Orbital Logo" even on the casing as a decal or having it engraved into the plastic. Can't decide which would look more sleek.

Also forgot to mention that the current Loading screen I have in place is still a work in progress. The sound are not finished and I'm thinking of animating the logo in some way. A sound engineer friend is also working on some custom loading sounds and scrolling sounds for emulation station :)

and just in case you was wondering here's the current indev case.

https://imgur.com/a/b3M4y

[hiulit]

Nice work!

How and where did you put the video? Does it replace the Emulation Station screen?

[monstermadeofman]

@hiulit

It's just an .MP4 file. stitched it together in some video editing software I have and then loaded into the splash screen folder on the Retropie. I was taking a bit of a gamble on the sound working but it did!

The emulation station screen loads still after the little loading thing I've made. But I'm using a Pi3 Model B which is really fast for loading so it doesn't always show the logo. Sometimes it loads the emulator selection screen right off the bat :)

[hiulit]

@monstermadeofman

Thanks! So just to clarify, the video replaces de RetroPie splash screen?
And how do you know the timing of the video? I mean, does it always play until you see the loading bars? Or it depends on the loading time of the Raspberry?

[monstermadeofman]

@hiulit

Yeah it replaces the Retropie splash screen :)

I myself wasn't too sure on the timing of the splash screen so i made the intial loading screens, then added the loading section to prevent the video looping, as that's what Retropie would do.

I think I made it about 18 seconds just to be safe. But the actual 2 title screens is about 6 seconds.

[hiulit]

@monstermadeofman Thanks! I'll try it myself for the cabinet that I'm building which I'll show some time in the near future around here.

[monstermadeofman]

@hiulit

Awesome man :) Can't wait to see

[BuZz]

nice job!

[monstermadeofman]

@BuZz

Thanks :)
It's bin a bit of a struggle with all the Pi side of it as I have no experience but browsing the forum has helped so much :)

[monstermadeofman]

So for anyone interested I made a second iteration of the loading screen (Actually about the 7th but I keep changing it).

Going for that more playful Nintendo feel