New Comic Book Theme!

ruckage

@TMNTturtlguy yeah. That's the bane of our existence, unfortunately.

It is up to you, as the theme is licensed under a non-commercial license, so if you do want to go through the trouble you could ask them to remove the theme from their distribution. Same for RetroPie, which should not be sold. There have been quite a few cases like those in the past and they certainly take a toll on the contributors' motivation. Hope that doesn't affect you much:/

Either way, how's your retro system going? Happy with its current state?

Hope you're doing well!

Yeah, had the same problem. I found a few people on ebay selling SD cards with retropie and my theme on it (big photo of my theme on the auction) being sold fully loaded with roms. I did report them but it seems as if ebay has made it as difficult as possible to report (they have specific reporting categories but none are completely relevant and they only give you a few words to explain.)

It's disheartening as these crooks are making a profit from everyone else's hard work.

TMNTturtlguy

@pjft I am not at all worried or care about the theme, that is inevitable. To bad people try to make money off of this, but it won't sway me from using or creating!

My build is really fun! Still working on it more than playing, but it is enjoyable. I am really excited that you are moving towards getting your work on the main build, and the new transition by @hex is really nice. Just tested that out. I have a pretty good theme concept in mind for that transition now, and the best part, every system will have the same background image!

How is your build going? i know you are very busy with the pr's , hope you get time to enjoy yourself as well. I think you get joy in tinkering, creating and working with others like i do though - never ends!

Brsouza

@TMNTturtlguy Thank you for your explanation, I prefer to create my system logo for my system, I did not know how I created it.
I use this theme for personal use, but I really have seen using your theme for marketing and I consider it totally wrong.

Have a nice day

MikOzzZ

Thank @TMNTturtlguy for explication I will try to do as indicated above otherwise I will content myself or wait that you are a little time or put this logo :)

http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/715803test.jpg

pjft

@TMNTturtlguy yeah, tinkering is usually half the fun :) I also have the goal of building/putting together an arcade cabinet later in the year, so that'll keep me busy and I may ask for tips.

I'm pushing for these PRs for now and then I have a few ideas in the pipeline, which if I end up pursuing and they end up being possible, I may end up asking you to create a few more systems.

Things from the somewhat practical and manageable single "last played" list as an individual system in RetroPie, to the certainly more ambitious and stretch goal of sorting the "most played games by the community in the last month" as well. "Favorites" as a single list also make sense, as well as perhaps an "All" list as well, but one thing at a time. I'm not sure it's even possible yet.

It's always good to have something on the horizon, though. Keeps you engaged and motivated.

And even if I fail miserably at some or all of them, it should still be fun!

Hope you and the family are doing well, and have a great weekend.

TMNTturtlguy

@pjft said in New Comic Book Theme!:

I may end up asking you to create a few more systems.
"last played" list as an individual system in RetroPie, to the certainly more ambitious and stretch goal of sorting the "most played games by the community in the last month" as well. "Favorites" as a single list also make sense, as well as perhaps an "All" list as well

I would be more than happy to help create some logos and backgrounds if you can figure out how to make those work! Interested to see how you will get the run commands to all work in a single "system". Favorites has been asked for by a few, so I now that will be a good addition. Let me know when you start figuring things out and i will gladly test and create art for them.

Have a great weekend.

Hex

@TMNTturtlguy Do you think I should add Themable Icons for Media controls?

Syhles

@Hex
What do you mean by media controls?

Hex

@Syhles I have in my fork added a AudioServer for background media playback. It can be controlled from ES and has an interface. So if a theme has elements pointing to Play Pause Shuffle etc Icons then It can be themed.

Syhles

@Hex
What do you use it for personally?

I understand what it's for I'm just curious.

How do you know which track is playing and what is the interface like while in es?

Sorry for being off topic @TMNTturtlguy

Hex

@Syhles I havent implemented pulling info from server but it does send data with now playing. My setup involves a stripped down version of the server

Full api document : https://github.com/hex007/pifm_server/blob/master/README.md

I have Controls like this :

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TMNTturtlguy

@Hex in regards to themable icons, this has been a hot topic! What are you thinking for icons? Something like the help bar at the bottom? Would certain buttons be set to control them? At this point I am not sure that making them themable is important. Maybe just set them up so that the theme maker can change their colors?

Also, @Hex can we move this topic to its own thread so that my theme can keep its focus on the theme and it updates. Thanks!

Hex

@TMNTturtlguy Icons besides play/stop/skip etc..

I dont think I will be perusing this. As you said, its not that important

Syhles

@Hex
It would be nice if we could theme the help icons and the menu.

Really wish I knew how to code and had the time to.

darkSSide

AWESOME THEME! Big comicbook geek and graffiti artist (not so much anymore)here. I love the layouts and the graffiti style font for the consoles and how colorful it is.
I noticed PSP minis is missing so if you guys can make it that would be great.
Again awesome job TMNT!

serotonin

hey guys , dont have a pi but im using emulator station on windows. any chance of getting the updated version for 16:9 available to download.. i think i found an older version on github.. My wii and gamecube still using the generic pictures instead of the proper ones.

TMNTturtlguy

@serotonin the only version on github are the current versions. Should be named es-theme-comicbook.

Here is the GitHub link: link text

serotonin

What am i doing wrong then??

Are you saying you have not yet added the Wii comic book art? or the game cube? everything else is comic book except the wii and gamecube just have the normal logos instead of the comic book writing

serotonin

@TMNTturtlguy said in New Comic Book Theme!:

@serotonin the only version on github are the current versions. Should be named es-theme-comicbook.

Here is the GitHub link: link text

just went to the github its the same version i have.. and i went into the wii folder and yes there is still the normal wii logo and standard comic book theme picture background instead of a dedicated wii one? maybe you just have not completed those ones yet, if thats the case sorry.. i just thought i might have had an old version or something.. im sure i saw in one of the videos someone posted that wii had a proper comic book logo and picture.. keep up the good work this is awesome

TMNTturtlguy

@serotonin wii, GameCube, and PlayStation 2 logos and backgrounds are not completed. They are generic backgrounds and logos. Those systems don't emulate well on most setups except windows builds, so they are lower priority. Sorry for the confusion, I didn't understand what you were asking. There should not be any videos of the theme with this completed as I have never created them. Stay tuned for future updates as we may get to them eventually. Thanks