Flat Theme

[jdrassa]

@lilbud fyi, the carousel theme changes have landed, but your theme is using an older version of the theme xml and will probably be broken.

You currently have:

  <infobar name="infobar">
      <color>dddddd00</color>
      <fontColor>000000ff</fontColor>
      <fontPath></fontPath>
      <fontSize>0.035</fontSize>
    </infobar>

You will want to change it to:

  <text name="systemInfo">
      <backgroundColor>dddddd00</backgroundColor>
      <color>000000ff</color>
      <fontPath></fontPath>
      <fontSize>0.035</fontSize>
    </text>

[lilbud]

I'll add Kodi and the Carousel changes in a little bit. The sound will be added too.

[sergioad]

@lilbud cool, thank you very, very much 😀

[A Former User]

@lilbud Is there a way of changing the background to the console itself?

[lilbud]

@itsnitro just add the background image to the system folders and change the path in the .xml

[A Former User]

Thanks!
What I'm thinking of doing is modifying this theme so that the background looks kinda like this. It's like a flat-type theme thing.
@Rookervik has made a bunch of these, and I'm gonna try and contact him to see if he can make more. (I don't want to rush him though.)

[lilbud]

@itsnitro if you need to contact him, might want to jump on the retropie irc channel

[sergioad]

@itsnitro Or maybe the actual flat colors plus a flat or even material design representation of the system

[lilbud]

@sergioad @itsnitro Just do whatever you want, I'm done with this theme until gridview is official.

[sergioad]

@lilbud I will not do anything, I love it as it is

[herb_fargus]

@itsnitro I wouldn't hold your breath on that. He's been busy with work, might be faster for you to check out some Photoshop/gimp/inkscape tutorials on YouTube ;)

[A Former User]

@herb_fargus Alright, I might give this a shot.
It's gonna be harder though with my program, Paint.net.

[A Former User]

@lilbud Also, the IRC chat? How do I get into there?

[lilbud]

@itsnitro https://kiwiirc.com/client

[A Former User]

There's nobody on.

[lilbud]

Started to think of ideas for the carousel, I had this one as I was walking home from school. I think it looks nice.

[thedeathstar]

That looks cool, but the size and font of the "Games Available" section make it look awkward.

[lilbud]

@thedeathstar so, would it be better if it wasn't there? or just different font?

[Keigan]

@lilbud the font for games available needs to be way smaller. It shouldn't be the focal point, it should just be a small accent, providing a bit of information.

The width of 17 Games Available should be no wider than the word SYSTEM.

[lilbud]

@Keigan how about something like this?