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    • mattrixkM
      mattrixk @Capeman
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      @Capeman Hmm. It's an interesting idea, but I don't know how well it would work in practice. You would have to create an image for each game, then add the <marquee> tag for each game to your gamelist.xml for each system. Then if someone else wanted to use your theme, they would also need to manually add each <marquee> tag to each game for each system. It's a lot of work, both for you and for whoever wants to use your theme.

      An idea: You could have a couple of sprites as part of the background image (the TV and desk and what-not) for each system. Eg: for the NES you could have an old TV sitting on the desk, with Mario on top of the TV jumping up and breaking a block, while Samus and MegaMan are having a shootout on the table in front of the TV and some Ninja Turtles are climbing down the side.

      My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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      • HurricaneFanH
        HurricaneFan @Capeman
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        @Capeman ES doesn't support animated gifs.

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        • HurricaneFanH
          HurricaneFan
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          @Capeman this is sort of similar to Old Room Theme that Nismo is working on.

          https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/8019/oldroom-theme-w-i-p-media-packs

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          • HurricaneFanH
            HurricaneFan @mattrixk
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            @mattrixk Wheel art/marquees images are pretty easy to find online. I've been collecting those for all of my roms along with boxart and video previews. It's been a bit of work but having it all change for each game looks awesome.

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            • mattrixkM
              mattrixk @HurricaneFan
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              @HurricaneFan Yup. I'm making a new theme with video support and I've created custom MIX and Scrape profiles for UXS that scrape videos and screenshots, but also scrape boxart, media art (cartridges), and wheels/logos and MIX them into a single image. It then creates the gamelist.xml with all the metadata and adds the videos into the <video> tag, the screenshots into the <image> tag and the MIX image into the <marquee> tag. It's awesome, but it's not ready yet. Still quite a bit of work to do making images for each system.

              Also, @screech has recently done a major update to UXS and I haven't had a chance to see if the new version will still play nice with my new Profiles or if I'll have to update them.

              I'm tempted to give a sneak peek, but I don't want to derail someone else's thread. It seems rude.

              My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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              • HurricaneFanH
                HurricaneFan @mattrixk
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                @mattrixk said in Old TV Theme Idea:

                UXS

                Does UXS work on mac?

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                • mattrixkM
                  mattrixk @HurricaneFan
                  last edited by

                  @HurricaneFan said in Old TV Theme Idea:

                  Does UXS work on mac?

                  I'm sorry, I don't know the answer to that question. You'd have to ask @screech.

                  My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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                  • CapemanC
                    Capeman @HurricaneFan
                    last edited by

                    @HurricaneFan said in Old TV Theme Idea:

                    @Capeman this is sort of similar to Old Room Theme that Nismo is working on.

                    Yes, another forum member pointed that one out to me - seems like a pretty obvious idea that lots of people would try. I'm planning on making mine much simpler than that, but a little bit more refined and cohesive.

                    @mattrixk said in Old TV Theme Idea:

                    I'm tempted to give a sneak peek, but I don't want to derail someone else's thread. It seems rude.

                    No, please do! I'm here for the sole purpose of seeing other people's work. Always looking for inspiration!

                    Vector Artist, Designer and Maker of Stuff: Laser Cut Atari / Pixel Theme Bartop

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                    • mattrixkM
                      mattrixk @Capeman
                      last edited by

                      @Capeman Fair enough.

                      Indent Theme Sneak Peek:
                      Indent Theme

                      The logo, boxart and cartridge are a single image using the <marquee> tag while the screenshot in the middle is using the <image> tag. If you leave it on a single game for longer than 1 second, the screenshot disappears and the video preview starts playing in its place. That is something built into the Video Preview mod so users can scroll through lists of games without setting off every video in the list as they quickly scroll through.

                      Each system has a different colour based on some colour of the system iteself (eg: the SNES theme is purple because of the purple buttons on top of the console).

                      Still lots of work to do, as I have to draw each system, and need to keep testing the UXS Scrape and MIX Profiles.

                      I'll be asking for help testing once it's closer to done.

                      My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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                      • lilbudL
                        lilbud @mattrixk
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                        @mattrixk Slowly raises hand

                        Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

                        Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                        • HurricaneFanH
                          HurricaneFan @Capeman
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                          @Capeman I'm all for seeing what cool things you come up with. I like your first screenshot. :)

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                          • mattrixkM
                            mattrixk @HurricaneFan
                            last edited by mattrixk

                            @lilbud I also have something special for anyone using @Zigurana's Carousel Mod:

                            Indent Theme Carousel Mod

                            Carousel Mod is still a WIP, but I can't wait until it becomes part of Core.

                            My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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                            • HurricaneFanH
                              HurricaneFan @mattrixk
                              last edited by

                              @mattrixk Oh that is cool!

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                              • lilbudL
                                lilbud @mattrixk
                                last edited by

                                @mattrixk Has @Zigurana announced anything on that recently? Other than that it's a thing that exists.

                                Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

                                Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                                • mattrixkM
                                  mattrixk @lilbud
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                                  @lilbud Not that I'm aware of. I think this thread was the one where he last mentioned it.

                                  My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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                                    tronkyfran
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                                    That layout with the carousel down is pretty cool!!

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                                      Zigurana
                                      last edited by

                                      Heya guys, I'm back from the dead! The carousel is still wip, but I made some progress last night, and will be doing some more work on it tonight.

                                      If tetris has thought me anything, it's that errors pile up and that accomplishments dissappear.

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                                      • CapemanC
                                        Capeman @Zigurana
                                        last edited by

                                        This is the first im hearing about this carousel mod, is it completely customizable and movable? This is a neat idea, do you have any other examples of this mod in action? Are they considering adding it to the main distro?

                                        Vector Artist, Designer and Maker of Stuff: Laser Cut Atari / Pixel Theme Bartop

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                                          dannybuoy
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                                          Best looking theme I've seen so far, I'd love to use this.

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                                          • HurricaneFanH
                                            HurricaneFan
                                            last edited by

                                            @Capeman Let me know once you are ready for testers. I have almost all of my systems set up for video previews and would love to see your theme idea in action.

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