Chicuelo Theme

thnder

@Keigan Thanks for uploading this

thnder

@keltoigael How did you change the colour of the logos?

Frakatchoo

Hi! I just upload my reworked theme based on the fantastic work of Chicuelo. I mainly reworked the gamelist page, changed the visuals to a more vintage style, and added some new exotic systems like visualpinball, zinc, atomiswave, cave, model 2 & 3, etc ...for a total of 60 systems!
You can download the modified theme here : https://www54.zippyshare.com/v/sHaPmbaP/file.html

Full view :

System page with vintage visuals and red logo.

New gamelist page with logo on the top of the list, and more game informations (genre, released date, rating, ...)

chicuelo

@Frakatchoo said in Chicuelo Theme:

i! I just upload my reworked theme based on the fantastic work of Chicue

Looks awesome!

quicksilver

@chicuelo glad to see you're still around! I was very upset to see the way people mistreated and misused your theme. Your chicuelo theme is still one of my favorites.

chicuelo

@quicksilver Im still here, reading every day, hided like an owl :D

mikeydoom

@chicuelo
I tried to instal lthis theme a few weeks ago but it was broken.

Did you fix it?

mitu

@mikeydoom said in Chicuelo Theme:

I tried to instal lthis theme a few weeks ago but it was broken.

The theme was pulled off from Github and it's not installable from the RetroPie themes module.

mikeydoom

@mitu

Sooooo how do I install it?

mitu

@mikeydoom You don't - as I said, the theme is not available, as the author wished.

nil06

It is really beyond disgusting what these greedy a******s did by taking Chicuelo's theme and trying to sell it off as their own creation.

I followed the thread from the beginning and one thing that truly amazed me was the hard work and dedication both by @chicuelo as well as all the other community members who contributed to the theme. Such work shows off the best aspects of open sourcing, but it only takes a few bad ones to spoil the whole deal for everyone.

Having said that, I had an earlier version of Chicuelo's theme which I decided to rework to match the original Commodore 64 OS colours, as well as changing the system artwork etc. Would it be ok with Chicuelo to provide a link to the theme / or open a new thread for it?

I also made another remix, this time keeping the original colours but adding new system screens as well as some other minor enhancements, but if Chicuelo wants to keep it offline I totally understand and respect the decision.

Cheers,
Nick

chicuelo

@nil06 Thanks for your kind words Nick, Im still working on the theme, refining graphics and updating some artwork but I would not share It again. Its a pity as a designer it's harmful when you work on a project, share for free and then you get some "pro builders" selling it.

poke-1_0

@chicuelo Only checked your reply today. That's a shame. I was really looking forward to use your theme in my new arcade.

chicuelo

@poke-1_0
Hang On, Im finishing a new dark theme with the partnertship of @nil06 and we will look forward on how to release the theme and also avoiding others self credit or profit

SP

@chicuelo Can't wait to try out that dark theme. And thanks for changing your mind on releasing it.

lilbud

@chicuelo Any one who wants the theme must send a carrier pigeon with a USB drive attached, the theme will be put on the drive and the pigeon will be sent back.

Or some kind of watermark on the theme backgrounds. like "Chicuelo - 2020" at the bottom. Noticeable, but not obtrusive.

chicuelo

@lilbud I live in Argentina, if you send here an usb drive you will never see it again. Neither I :D
Watermarks are easy to remove. I will find a way, maybe a template theme where you have to place or create your artwork in order to use it

Jimiga

Hi all! I know this theme is now archived / historic, but I wanted to share my experiments! @chicuelo , is it still okay to be playful with this theme and share personal mods here like this? If you'd prefer not, I'll pull it! This has always been a long running project modding one of my favourite ES Themes, taking inspiration from @Wildfire and @PittStone forks with their modifications to create a version with a system menu carousel at the bottom and large image popping out of the frame on the right.

DISCLAIMERS!

I read about what happened with this theme and was very saddened to hear that. I started this work on an installed version I had a long time ago. If it's preferred that the code remains unshared, I totally respect that decision and post only mockup art here for inspiration / ideas. I see that @Frakatchoo shared his great looking mod here (thanks!) recently and hope I too can post a link to the WIP? Funnily enough I'm using a very similar modified Gameslist too!

Art is used from many online sources; fan art, forums etc. Some box art is scanned hi-res from my own games library where it was hard to find.
These are mockups in photoshop, but I do have it working.
Work in progress test. Works well with around 12-15 systems.
I've tried many combos of PNGs, JPEGS, transparency on/off on overlays, full page bgs, VRAM settings and have hit a wall re. performance if loading more that 15 systems + collections. I'd love to share and work with others to complete a stable version that works well with 20-30 themes and collections, but as said I won't share the WIP version if this theme is now, sadly, retired.
The systems here are those I play the most, many are missing but I got this far.

chicuelo

@Jimiga Nice approach, I think you will struggle with the performance of Es with those big png files, but the overal looks great

Jimiga

@chicuelo Thanks! Yes I've definitely found that the combination of the large images and the scrolling carousel menu causes issues with >15 systems. I don't think any optimization really gets around this, as far as I know! I'm curious to learn the best approach though!

I know the original theme had PNG backcground art, PNG overlays with the controllers and the SVGs from the menus showing in the info section on the left panel.

I'm using a similar approach currently with PNG's for the main art (no transparency, they include a crop section from the left panel), then PNGs for the system title / controller.

I'm thinking if I ditch that in favour of a simple SVG shared with the menu, this might help, though I might just be finding the limits of the little Pi3B+ and have to postpone using this fully until Pi4 is more fully supported.

Thanks for all the original work! Love this theme, and your latest work on the dark theme!