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      dmmarti
      last edited by dmmarti

      Update 7/22/2017 - theme is now released.

      The theme has now been released and can be installed via the ES Themes manager.

      It can also be manually downloaded from Github.

      https://github.com/dmmarti/es-theme-showcase

      This is version 1.0 .... I'm hoping I didn't have any lingering bugs ... but if you find any, please let me know.

      Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!


      I've been slowly working on a new theme that I'm (tentatively) calling "Showcase".

      So far, I've got all of the main menu background images done (might still tweak a few though) and I've begun work on the game selection screens. Still lots to do .. but getting there.

      The theme will have a vertical menu selection wheel and will support video snaps and marquees. Each system will have it's console and box art showcased along with a static PNG. For arcade systems, they'll show an arcade cabinet instead. Each system will have a blurb of information about it at the bottom with a some history of release dates, etc.

      Here are two sample images showing the main menu screen.

      0_1500497475417_DEMO001.jpg

      0_1500497491256_DEMO002.jpg

      Here's a Youtube video showing many more of the system background images. There's a few missing from the video, but you'll get the idea of what they would look like.

      Wanted to see what everyone thought about the design concept.

      Thanks!

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      • alphatoanantA
        alphatoanant
        last edited by

        This is looking awesome @dmmarti. Love the custom backgrounds for each system so far. Excited to see more.

        My RetroPie Themes:
        Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
        Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
        TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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        • CybermenC
          Cybermen
          last edited by

          WOW, very nice!!!

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            dmmarti
            last edited by

            Thanks guys...

            Here's the new virtual systems backgrounds.

            0_1500555915465_auto-allgames.jpg

            0_1500555925567_auto-favorites.jpg

            0_1500555933960_auto-lastplayed.jpg

            0_1500555940226_custom-collection.jpg

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            • ExarKunIvE
              ExarKunIv
              last edited by

              look very clean. i love it.

              a question, will your theme have odyssey 2?

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                dmmarti @ExarKunIv
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                @exarkuniv ...Yep! In the theme, it's called "videopac2".

                Here's the current list of theme subfolders it'll have supported with version 1. I've currently got 79 different system backgrounds done.

                3do, amiga, amigacd32, amstradcpc, apple2, arcade, atari2600, atari5200, atari7800, atari800, atarijaguar, atarilynx, atarist, auto-allgames, auto-favorites, auto-lastplayed, c64, colecovision, cps1, cps2, cps3, custom-collections, daphne, dreamcast, famicom, fba, fds, gameandwatch, gamegear, gb, gba, gbc, gc, genesis, intellivision, kodi, mame, mastersystem, megacd, megadrive, megadrive-japan, msx, msx2, n64, nds, neogeo, nes, ngp, ngpc, pc, pcengine, pcenginecd, pcengineduo, pixel, ports, psp, pspminis, psx, retropie, saturn, scummvm, sega32x, segacd, sfc, sg-1000, sgfx, snes, tg16, tg16cd, tgduo, vectrex, vic20, videopac, videopac2, virtualboy, wonderswan, wonderswancolor, zmachine, zxspectrum

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                  ExarKunIv @dmmarti
                  last edited by

                  @dmmarti

                  dam nice list.

                  the only ones missing at version 1 is Oric and ResidualVM that i have installed, but im sure you will get to time at some point. either way very impressive

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                    dmmarti @ExarKunIv
                    last edited by

                    @exarkuniv .. here ya go!

                    0_1500571174455_Oric.jpg
                    0_1500571182902_ResidualVM.jpg

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                    • ExarKunIvE
                      ExarKunIv @dmmarti
                      last edited by ExarKunIv

                      @dmmarti

                      dammmmm.. :0

                      that is dam impressive. was not expecting you to do them now...
                      they look great.

                      cant wait to give it a try

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                        dmmarti
                        last edited by

                        Here are the first concepts for the game selection screen (detail/video).

                        I think I'm finally figuring out where I want this design concept to go.....but I think it still might need some tweaking.

                        box art version
                        0_1500587184650_detailbox.jpg

                        video snap version
                        0_1500587196336_detailsnap.jpg

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                          Cjax08 @dmmarti
                          last edited by

                          @dmmarti awesome theme! I've been wanting a slick theme like this with a discription of each system for a while! Amazing work so far. The only thing I wish it had was a no meta data option for the game selection. But hey I can live with it either way. Crazy how I love the system data but rather not have the game data haha. Can't wait to try this out!

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                            dmmarti
                            last edited by

                            @pjft --- In regards to your future potential of having user defined custom collection menus, would users be able to create more than one? And then assign different theme subfolders to them?

                            I was just playing around with some design concepts for some custom collections and was curious as to what possibilities you have dreamed up.

                            0_1500608107908_batmancollection.jpg

                            0_1500608119528_megamancollection.jpg

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                            • pjftP
                              pjft @dmmarti
                              last edited by

                              @dmmarti These will definitely be supported.

                              The other, more complex, approach is the "Custom Collections" folder one. That will likely be launched after this one.

                              This one is already working at a very rudimentary level on my end. So yeah, definitely invest in that.

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                                dmmarti
                                last edited by dmmarti

                                The theme has now been released (7/22/17).

                                I've updated the Subject line ... but here is the link again.

                                https://github.com/dmmarti/es-theme-showcase

                                Let me know if you find any issues and/or any feedback.

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                                • TMNTturtlguyT
                                  TMNTturtlguy @dmmarti
                                  last edited by

                                  @dmmarti your custom system layouts are awesome! I absolutely love batman and mega man layout.

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                                    dmmarti @TMNTturtlguy
                                    last edited by

                                    @tmntturtlguy said in [New Theme] Showcase (Now Released):

                                    olutely love

                                    Thanks man .... and here's one I'm hoping you'l like!

                                    0_1500742263657_tmnt.jpg

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                                    • CybermenC
                                      Cybermen
                                      last edited by Cybermen

                                      Thanks for this very nice theme. Is perhaps the SNES still in a European version in planning, like this one here:
                                      Bild Text

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                                        dmmarti @Cybermen
                                        last edited by

                                        @cybermen -- There is now!

                                        I just added a new theme subfolder called "snespal". That now contains the background image with this European SNES that you provided.

                                        You'll have to adjust your es_systems.cfg <theme> tag and/or rename the subfolders for it.

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                                        • TMNTturtlguyT
                                          TMNTturtlguy @dmmarti
                                          last edited by

                                          @dmmarti that's awesome!

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                                          • CybermenC
                                            Cybermen
                                            last edited by

                                            Wow, thank you very much. Perfect.

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