Chicuelo Theme

chicuelo

@cosmo0
I used the desktop Github App, and make a pull request, that updated my files and now I can see your changes, I don't know if that's enough and I have to do anything else to complete the pull

cosmo0

And now I have added a "video" layout for the theme :)

When a video exists for the game, it replaces the game image/screenshot with the video, and replaces the system description with the game marquee (title/logo).

cosmo0

@chicuelo said in Chicuelo Theme:

@cosmo0
I used the desktop Github App, and make a pull request, that updated my files and now I can see your changes, I don't know if that's enough and I have to do anything else to complete the pull

Ah ok! I think I see.
Make sure you are on the "master" branch in the app. If you are, sync the changes in your local copy to the server: https://help.github.com/desktop/guides/contributing-to-projects/syncing-your-branch/#platform-windows

A more simple way to accept a pull request is to go to your repository on github.com, click "pull requests" on top and click "accept" (or whatever the button is called, I don't remember exactly).

chicuelo

@cosmo0

I think now its working!
I merged right from GitHub

cosmo0

@chicuelo Yes I see it on Github now :)
I have successfully updated the theme on my pi, so everything is working :)

Thank you :)
I'll try to find some time to add or finish a few systems, to help you a bit, if you don't mind :)

chicuelo

@cosmo0

It would be great!

Haqty

Where can I download this theme? When I click on github, the link produces an error of 404.

cosmo0

@haqty said in Chicuelo Theme:

Where can I download this theme? When I click on github, the link produces an error of 404.

On your retropie box, open the settings page > setup script > configuration/tools > esthemes > go aaaall the way down and install Chicuelo.

Or, if you really want to install it manually, the repository is this one : https://github.com/chicueloarcade/es-theme-Chicuelo

chicuelo

@haqty
Updated the link!

mahcneto

Definetly one of the best (if not the best) theme outhere :)

But! Still missing NDS, Atari800, Final Burn Alpha (should be different from MAME) and MSX. Hope those consoles get added soon, keep up the good work!

chicuelo

@mahcneto said in Chicuelo Theme:

Definetly one of the best (if not the best) theme outhere :)
But! Still missing NDS, Atari800, Final Burn Alpha (should be different from MAME) and MSX. Hope those consoles get added soon, keep up t

Thanks! Im planning to add a lot of more systems but I´m short of time. When I find some free time I will complete all the supported themes for sure.

cosmo0

@chicuelo Hi!

Here are some "characters" for some systems that already have a logo:

https://we.tl/SepBVYpcSv

3DO - Gex
Amiga - Zool
Apple II - The Bard's Tale
Atari 800 - Pitfall
Atari 5200 - Ms Pac-Man
Atari 7800 - Joust
Atari Jaguar - Alien vs Predator

I haven't found any suitable image for the controllers, and I'm not good enough to create one or "vectorize" a photo. I think the missing "character" is the most important to fix, anyway.

The computers (Amiga, Apple II, the Ataris, C64...) didn't have mascots, and most of their games were cross-platform games, or without a "real" character (like shooting or racing games, RPGs...), so it was pretty hard to choose a character.

The characters I chose are not always known today, so it was sometimes difficult to find a good quality image that matches the style of the rest of the pack. Sometimes, it was just hard to find an image at all.

I think some are OK, but some are pretty weird compared to the existing systems. I'm not good enough with Photoshop to make them look better, so I included the PSD files in the zip so you can edit them.

chicuelo

@cosmo0
Great I will take a look tomorrow!

chicuelo

Commodore Amiga and 3DO on the way!

cosmo0

I thought I would help you, but you're re-making them completely! :D And with reason: your versions are so much better than what I could ever manage :D

Does my work even help you ? :D Maybe it's just giving you ideas ? Would it help you enough if I gave you raw images, ideas, character/game names... ?

I'm amazed, how do you create the controllers ? Do you find good quality pictures, do you create them in 3D, do you draw them... ?

chicuelo

@cosmo0 said in Chicuelo Theme:

I thought I would help you, but you're re-making them completely! :D And with reason: your versions are so much better than what I could ever manage :D

Does my work even help you ? :D Maybe it's just giving you ideas ? Would it help you enough if I gave you raw images, ideas, character/game names... ?

I'm amazed, how do you create the controllers ? Do you find good quality pictures, do you create them in 3D, do you draw them... ?

Your help is super helpful! I love the Sega cd art you made so it will remain in the theme and I have to add the credits to you too on the XML, your ideas are great too. I don't know too much about those consoles and you gave me great tips! The vector logos and the xml info of each console also was gorgeous to improve those systems so I am super grateful to you!
Im a designer so I spend a lot of time working on one image, searching for the best character with the best pose, and a background that fits fine, I make a lot of retouch clearing some elements or mixing various ones. For the controllers I find in some cases a good render, but other times there is a flat image and I add shadows, textures and trying to match the image line. That 3do controller was a flat one, so I added some lights and used the genesis direction cross and buttons to make it look realistic

movisman

@chicuelo @cosmo0

Hi there,

@chicuelo - Fantastic theme you have created here, some really great designs and images. Looking forward to more images eventually being created to complete the theme. I appreciate these must take some serious time and effort.

I have made a few improvements to your theme.xml, which will fix/improve the following:

Slight reposition of image/video in gamelist view to be more central within the surrounding space
Change of maximum size to game image and video to stop widescreen videos appearing oversized, causing overshoot (eg. PSP)
Adjust / tweak md_image view type and other video settings, which will fix the following:
Stops the image from hanging around underneath the video if the video is a different size to the image
Shows the screenshot/image for 2 seconds before playing the video if you have scraped both, which looks nicer. However if there is only video metadata, it should play it straight away.

Would you like me to submit a pull request on Github for these? I have tested them on my system and all looks good.

I also would like to report some other minor graphical enhancements which I am hoping you may be able to look into:

The Amiga system image should be changed to a proper picture of a Commodore Amiga (500, 600, or 1200)?
Change the 'Atari' logo for Atari 2600 for one which has '2600' up the side to differentiate it from the other Atari systems (like the 7800 has)
Perhaps consider changing the 'Sinclair' logo to the classic Sinclair ZX Spectrum one with the stripes (although I appreciate Sinclair is more generic for things like ZX81, which FUSE can emulate)
Gamecube to be added to Theme (even just the logo - at the moment it just says 'gc' in plain text) - I run RetroPie x86 so appreciate this isn't high priority, as I know Dolphin doesn't run on Pi. But would be nice to see it added as a system for those who use it. Perhaps use Metroid Prime as an idea for an image if you ever create one?

Not sure if you have plans to create images for the remaining systems, I know they must take up a lot of time, but it would be great to cover Atari 7800, Gamecube, Sega Saturn, ZX Spectrum as other common systems. I'm sure there are others tpo. If you do ZX Spectrum I would definitely consider using the 'Head over Heels' characters as an iconic image.

Let me know if you want me to raise a PR or share the code for the above theme.xml enhancements.

Cheers!

chicuelo

@movisman Hi!
Thanks for your improvements. At first the theme was maded for my own purposes, then I decided to add other systems and share for free. I don't use video snaps and all my preview images are the same size, so I never adjust some parameters.
For example I use the Atari logo for the Atari 2600, because there is no other Atari system on my build, but it would be great if you want to correct it such as the other systems logos.
For some systems I try to use one of the most iconic games, in Amiga I used Turrican, it would fit fine in C64 too but I think on the c64 there are other iconic games that I can find better images.

Im planning on expand the system support. Right now I am about to update virtual boy, so In some days I will try to complete the most used systems.
If you want to collaborate you are more than welcome, just send a pull request with the xml updates and I will sync.
@cosmo0 is also giving a big help with lot of enhancements so I really appreciate your help too

movisman

@chicuelo

Hi! Thanks for the reply.
Very grateful you decided to share your work with everyone, it's clearly very popular and the images you have created are excellent.

At this stage, I may not be too much use on graphics, I used to use Photoshop a long time ago but am a bit out of touch with it these days. If I get time though, I might get it reinstalled and have a look at some of the logos.

Regarding the image sizes, what res are you running and what sizes are your preview images? In the original post I can see the preview images line up perfectly. If you let me have the dimensions of them I might be able to work out if the percentages can be improved in the XML. Certainly capping the maximum horizontal size further might be an idea, otherwise videos in widescreen which are scraped will appear too wide and go off the edge.

For now, I can always submit a PR just for the video improvements while I look into maximum image sizes, as I think some people may benefit from the changes to the video code.

Thanks!

ohmycommodore

Looks nice, is this part of the built-in theme set now? @chicuelo