Chicuelo Theme

movisman

Wow, really good work on these guys. Seriously impressive.
@chicuelo - thanks for adding the Atari 7800 system btw, looks great.

chicuelo

@red2blue
Sorry for not including that! I tried yo use just the basic info

chicuelo

@cosmo0

I search not only in google (big images and if possible in png), also on deviant art but there is a lot of garbage there too
Also I have to clean the images that have a background, if I considere the image is great I take the time to clean the rest and use it.
The bomber man balloon is a composition, I pick a balloon, adjust the color, add some eyes and the mouth, it was impossible to find that image otherwise!

For the pacman I meant to make like a gag, using two white dots like the game, but its a matter of try and error, maybe it looks strange. Its all in your hands!

chicuelo

@movisman
Thank you! The list of pending systems is bigger every day! So Im trying to make the most common and then adding the rest

cosmo0

@chicuelo said in Chicuelo Theme:

I search not only in google (big images and if possible in png), also on deviant art but there is a lot of garbage there too
Also I have to clean the images that have a background, if I considere the image is great I take the time to clean the rest and use it.

Ok, so you don't have a magic method, you're just more patient than I am :D
Thanks :)

@chicuelo said in Chicuelo Theme:

@movisman
Thank you! The list of pending systems is bigger every day! So Im trying to make the most common and then adding the rest

I saw that you have added a LOT of systems lately. Do you have a todo list ? I feels like it's not missing much, you're on your way to be more complete than ComicBook, which was the most complete theme before :D

Well, maybe not more complete, there are a LOT of unknown things in ComicBook... :D did you know the Channel F ? :D I'm not sure it's necessary to include all the weirdness out there...

chicuelo

@cosmo0

Yes, patience and a bit of taste to select the best images

This is my pending list, I don't know if there is any other system that matters to be included, what do you think?

~~Atari ST~~
~~Daphne~~
Game and watch
Colecovision
Intellivision
Kodi
Neo geo Pocket
Neo geo pocket color
Vectrex
Wonder swan
Zxspectrum
MSX
MSX2
Nintendo DS
Sega SG1000
VideoPac (Odyseey2)

Update:
Atari ST and Daphne added

EctoOne

@chicuelo ResidualVM is one system I have. that is not on your list.

@cosmo0 I assume the art for the action genre is based on Resident Evil? If so, I would suggest trying to find an image of the First Aid Spray instead of a standard Kit.

chicuelo

@ectoone
I have scummvm, maybe its the same or its another emulator?

movisman

@chicuelo said in Chicuelo Theme:

@red2blue
Sorry for not including that! I tried yo use just the basic info

I agree - personally I like the clean / minimal look of the theme, it's one of my favourite elements. I think 'less is more' works well. This is just my personal view, as I avoid themes which show too much metadata, plus often it's incomplete.

movisman

@chicuelo

Are you happy if I go through each current supported theme.xml and put in the 'year released' and check the console 'bits' and correct if needed? So for example:

Atari 2600
1977 // 8-BIT CONSOLE

Something like this maybe? The double slashes might look quite nice. I am happy to do this for all systems?

Cheers

chicuelo

@movisman said in Chicuelo Theme:

@chicuelo

Are you happy if I go through each current supported theme.xml and put in the 'year released' and check the console 'bits' and correct if needed?

Of course I do! We could try double slashes or a simple " - ". As you prefer

EctoOne

@chicuelo ResidualVM is some kind of fork of ScummVM, it only runs 3 games that ScummVM can't run. Otherwise it's basically the same, I even wouldn't care if you used the same images and text for that system and only make a new logo (I really wish there was an easy way to merge systems, just to avoid those problems).
If I could suggest a game to use as image tho, I would go with Grim Fandango.

cosmo0

@chicuelo said in Chicuelo Theme:

@cosmo0

Yes, patience and a bit of taste to select the best images

This is my pending list, I don't know if there is any other system that matters to be included, what do you think?

~~Atari ST~~
~~Daphne~~
Game and watch
Colecovision
Intellivision
Kodi
Neo geo Pocket
Neo geo pocket color
Vectrex
Wonder swan
Zxspectrum
MSX
MSX2
Nintendo DS
Sega SG1000
VideoPac (Odyseey2)

Update:
Atari ST and Daphne added

I think the most popular systems are probably Kodi (very common), ZX Spectrum (very popular in the UK), MSX/2 (very popular in Japan), and Nintendo DS (well... :D).
Then Colecovision, Intellivision (both have good arcade conversions), Vectrex (many people are interested in discovering it).
Then the rest :)

@ectoone said in Chicuelo Theme:

@chicuelo ResidualVM is one system I have. that is not on your list.

@cosmo0 I assume the art for the action genre is based on Resident Evil? If so, I would suggest trying to find an image of the First Aid Spray instead of a standard Kit.

Unfortunately the RE healing items (plant, powder, spray...) are not very readable or pretty at this size... :/

@movisman said in Chicuelo Theme:

I agree - personally I like the clean / minimal look of the theme, it's one of my favourite elements. I think 'less is more' works well. This is just my personal view, as I avoid themes which show too much metadata, plus often it's incomplete.

I also agree. I think the clean look is a large part of the theme appeal. I find that the other informations are not very useful, and the ratings have always seemed random to me. I largely prefer having a video, it's much more telling of the game.

movisman

@chicuelo

Great, no worries! I will get these done and raise a PR for it.

I can try double slashes on a few and see how it looks - just thought it would be something different and a nice separator between year and machine spec.

If you are not keen we can simply use a " - ". I'll do a few and post it here, you can see how it looks yourself before I do the rest.

Thanks!

movisman

@chicuelo

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or

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?

Whichever separator you prefer, I definitely think it's cool to have the year in there. I can also reword any descriptions which contain the year already - as to not duplicate information on screen.

FYI, the above has two spaces either side of the separator, as I think that looks better.

Let me know and i'll start applying to all other themes. I have created a separate text file with the release information ready to go.

Cheers!

chicuelo

@movisman
I do prefer the "-", because its more discreet and take less space on the upper area so the logo could have more presence.
Thanks!

chicuelo

@ectoone said in Chicuelo Theme:

@chicuelo ResidualVM is some kind of fork of ScummVM, it only runs 3 games that ScummVM can't run. Otherwise it's basically the same, I even wouldn't care if you used the same images and text for that system and only make a new logo (I really wish there was an easy way to merge systems, just to avoid those problems).
If I could suggest a game to use as image tho, I would go with Grim Fandango.

I can duplicate the theme so you have the same art, and work on a fandango version. This is very exclusive :D
Which name do the system have? "residualvm"?

movisman

@chicuelo

Great, i'm glad you said that because I was actually in favour of the " - " having looked at it properly on screen. I will apply this to all XML files with the correct release year :)

Thanks!

chicuelo

@ectoone
If you update you will find a custom Residualvm theme

EctoOne

@chicuelo said in Chicuelo Theme:

@ectoone
If you update you will find a custom Residualvm theme

Awesome, I really like the image.

@cosmo0 said in Chicuelo Theme:

Unfortunately the RE healing items (plant, powder, spray...) are not very readable or pretty at this size... :/

Oh, i wasn't paying attention to the resolutions when i did a quick google image search, it was just a suggestion anyways. :)

@movisman said in Chicuelo Theme:

@chicuelo

Great, i'm glad you said that because I was actually in favour of the " - " having looked at it properly on screen. I will apply this to all XML files with the correct release year :)

Thanks!

How about using the pipe symbol |or the middot ·? When I was doing webdesign some years ago, I used those as alternatives to separate things. In fact i used the middot when i first recreated this theme instead of having the 3 dots above and below the logo directly on the background image.