Chicuelo Theme

[movisman]

@chicuelo

or

?

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.

[movisman]

@ectoone

Hi there,

I did try the pipe image but the font used made it look ever so slightly more like a 1 or something. I didn't think about the middot though, I could potentially try that.

For now, I actually just raised a PR using " - " before I saw this post.

@chicuelo - what are your thoughts on using a " · " instead of the " - " to separate? If you prefer this, I can make those adjustments and raise a further PR.

Thanks

[movisman]

@EctoOne @chicuelo

Actually, I just tried the middot ( · ) and I think that looks really nice? Of course, it's another dot to add to the other dots, but it fits pretty well on first glance. There is a double space either side.

Perhaps we should use this?

Thanks!

[chicuelo]

@movisman
Yes, at first I was going to suggest using a middle dot because the separators, its a great choice!

[movisman]

@chicuelo

Great, let's do that then, thanks for confirming. Let me close my PR, make the adjustments and raise a new one.

Cheers @EctoOne for the suggestion.

Thanks!

[movisman]

@chicuelo

All done, revised PR raised for my changes :)

• All consoles have release year, bits and type - separated by middot
• A few long descriptions altered to remove year (as it's now in the short description) and tidy up a few bits of grammar, spacing etc.

Thanks!

[allahandro]

Would we be able to update now to reflect these changes?

[EctoOne]

@allahandro Nope, some changes are done but there is still a pending PR. Just look at the github page to see when the last change was made.

@chicuelo @cosmo0 I just noticed that MS Dos is also missing on your list. The system name is just pc and it is probably not as exclusive as as ResidualVM. :)

[chicuelo]

@allahandro @movisman
Done with the merge! you can now see the changes

[chicuelo]

@ectoone
I thought pc was ports, I will make a version from there, thanks!

[EctoOne]

@chicuelo nah, ports are standalone emulators/tools. Everything that doesn't fit into it's own category. Stuff like Doom, Kodi (if installed the normal way), Raspbian Desktop or Chromium (from the extra repo) will show up in Ports.

Edit:
That's why I actually don't like the Ports image, because it has the potential to have Applications in there. On the other hand, I can't think of anything else that would make a good image for both games and applications.

[chicuelo]

@ectoone
uploaded Pc

[EctoOne]

@chicuelo Awesome, one last complaint/suggestion. I don't know where you got the controller image for Amiga, but that looks more like a mockup based on a C64. I think it was already suggested to either use an Amiga 500 or Amiga 1200. Those were the most common gaming versions. Or an Amiga 600 if you can't find a good image of the other two.
As an old Amiga user, I almost feel offended by that image. ;)

[movisman]

@ectoone

Yes, it was me who suggested a stock A500 or A1200 image before - I was an old Amiga user too :) agreed an A500 or A1200 is a good image to use, or A600. However on Wikipedia, there is a decent A500+ image which is top down and transparent - @chicuelo, perhaps this could be used?

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Amiga_500_Plus_(transparent_background).png

or the non-shadow version:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Amiga_500_Plus_(transparent_background)_(no_shadow).png

[chicuelo]

@movisman @chicuelo
Thank you guys, that keyboard was a composition of various keyboards so its no accurate, I am going to Digg a little bit more and try to use an exact one