RetroPie forum home
    • Recent
    • Tags
    • Popular
    • Home
    • Docs
    • Register
    • Login

    Epic Noir - Dark Mode Theme

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Projects and Themes
    themechicuelodarkmodeepicepic-noir
    336 Posts 71 Posters 202.2k Views
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • A Bored NinjaA
      A Bored Ninja
      last edited by

      @chicuelo This theme is outstanding! Thank you for making it.

      I did have a few minor quality of life suggestions. (That I have already done on my download of this fantastic theme.)

      The Sega CD/Mega CD art has the Doom 32x art on it, and is labeled as such. If you want to use an existing asset, I find the Final Fight art from FBA works great since there was a Final Fight game on that system as well. That also helps with the 32x and Sega CD showing up right next to each other when scrolling through Emulationstation.

      Perhaps the Castlevania art should be for the Turbographix CD and PC Engine CD instead of TG16, since Rondo of Blood was a CD game. Then you could make the Ryu art for PC Engine the same as the regular TG16 art, since they are essentially the same system but for different markets.

      Just little quality of life suggestions that I did to my download.

      Thank you again to you and @nil06 for your hard work. This theme is outstanding!

      chicueloC 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
      • chicueloC
        chicuelo @A Bored Ninja
        last edited by

        @A-Bored-Ninja Thank you! I think it´s a good Idea, those details are great, if nil agrees he could swap the artwork on his fork

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
        • roslofR
          roslof
          last edited by roslof

          This is now my go-to theme. Trouble, as with many themes, is that if you have a system of games that is not supported by the theme, the systems appear blank.

          This [thankfully] forced me to finally dip into theming a bit, and I better understand the effort that went into this one. REALLY well done!

          Unofficially (for my own use) I find myself creating posters [sourced from Internet art] just to fill the gaps. Tougher than I thought. Some of my work doesn't quite hit the Epic Noir theme (eg. Sega CD's Earthworm Jim) but it gets me by, so my system at least "feels" complete.

          Thank you both @nil06 (c64-dev) & @chicuelo for the inspiring project.

          segacd.jpg openbor.jpg odyssey2.jpg megaduck.jpg dragon32.jpg crvision.jpg channelf.jpg bbcmicro.jpg astrocade.jpg arcadia.jpg apple2gs.jpg

          cyperghostC chicueloC 2 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 1
          • cyperghostC
            cyperghost @roslof
            last edited by cyperghost

            @roslof For OpenBOR?

            Maybe this one or this one?

            roslofR 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • roslofR
              roslof @cyperghost
              last edited by

              @cyperghost for me, these drift a bit away from the dark/painting vibe of epic-noir (like my Earthworm Jim take) but again, just my interpretation. I cropped/desaturated the trio pic. Would look something like this:

              openbor.png

              cyperghostC 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 2
              • chicueloC
                chicuelo @roslof
                last edited by

                @roslof Very nice! I think they merge very fine with the theme

                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                • cyperghostC
                  cyperghost @roslof
                  last edited by

                  @roslof Thanks I like the Trio much more ;)

                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • R
                    rajbhalsod
                    last edited by

                    Hi,

                    I’ve installed the theme and it’s running a treat, great work. Quick question - what settings should I use to create custom artwork - for example the fade that you have (black to image), font name, etc? Just trying to create come custom artwork and wanted it to look as close as possible to your wonderful work!

                    Thanks

                    chicueloC 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • chicueloC
                      chicuelo @rajbhalsod
                      last edited by

                      @rajbhalsod
                      You can take the images and set the fade from its start to its end and replicate on your artwork. The fonts are listed on the readme!

                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • 2Play2
                        2Play @chicuelo
                        last edited by 2Play

                        @chicuelo
                        Thank you for another great work.
                        You might have noticed Im fan of your work as on my PlayBox Base, by creating the 2Play-Systems & 2Play-Walls
                        Thenk you for another great theme in collaboration with c64-dev

                        Your friend,
                        2Play!

                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                        • A Bored NinjaA
                          A Bored Ninja
                          last edited by

                          @chicuelo I just switched over to using Batocera (mostly because of the super fast boot time) and am using this theme on there.

                          However, Batocera uses B to enter instead of A. A is actually the back button in Batocera.

                          Is there any way for me to flip that around on my end? Or would it be possible to get a Batocera version?

                          Thanks!

                          chicueloC 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                          • chicueloC
                            chicuelo @A Bored Ninja
                            last edited by

                            @A-Bored-Ninja On the gamelist you can easily change the vaules for A and B buttons changing the text on each one! For the button on the main screen if you have a little knowledge on illustrator you could change the A to B, otherwise I will upload an alternate version for this cases

                            A Bored NinjaA 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                            • A Bored NinjaA
                              A Bored Ninja @chicuelo
                              last edited by

                              @chicuelo I've got zero experience with illustrator. Haha.

                              It would be amazing if you were able to make a dedicated Batocera version with key mapping updates.

                              B = Enter
                              A = Back
                              Y = Favorite

                              Thank you again!

                              chicueloC 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                              • chicueloC
                                chicuelo @A Bored Ninja
                                last edited by

                                @A-Bored-Ninja replace the button, the background and swap with text edit A for B in the theme.xml

                                https://www.dropbox.com/s/t6t688gp74lxphd/epic.zip?dl=0

                                A Bored NinjaA 2 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 1
                                • A Bored NinjaA
                                  A Bored Ninja @chicuelo
                                  last edited by

                                  @chicuelo Outstanding!

                                  I'll try that out and report back.

                                  Thank you!

                                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                                  • A Bored NinjaA
                                    A Bored Ninja @chicuelo
                                    last edited by

                                    @chicuelo Sorry to bother you.

                                    I noticed that the ingame-global-bg.jpg is A, B, Y.

                                    It should actually be B, A, Y.

                                    Would it be possible for that to be updated?

                                    It's perfect everywhere else.

                                    Thanks!

                                    chicueloC 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                    • chicueloC
                                      chicuelo @A Bored Ninja
                                      last edited by

                                      @A-Bored-Ninja It´s intended, first it is alphabetically ordered and then, you have first the return button in case you want to go back, and then the enter one. I think is the logical order ←, →, ✓ (Back , Enter, Fav)

                                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                      • Diablo LocoD
                                        Diablo Loco
                                        last edited by

                                        I have registered in the forums just to thank you guys for such a great theme. I've been using retropie for a while, and now I love it using it more with this fantastic theme.

                                        I realized that there is a power menu option in the theme, is there any guide on how to use it?, thanks in advance.

                                        chicueloC 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                        • chicueloC
                                          chicuelo @Diablo Loco
                                          last edited by

                                          @Diablo-Loco Thank you Diablo!
                                          In my case, I have installed the nespi case script, basically you create a system called power, and place there two scripts as it roms where, also you create the gamelist and then drop a script file on the retropie scripts folder. if you need the files you can search or contact me and I will send you mines.

                                          Diablo LocoD 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                          • Diablo LocoD
                                            Diablo Loco @chicuelo
                                            last edited by

                                            @chicuelo Thanks, and sorry for the late response. After a lot of reading and testing, I found a solution. I'm got it working right now. Just need some kind of box art or image for the menu.

                                            chicueloC 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                            • First post
                                              Last post

                                            Contributions to the project are always appreciated, so if you would like to support us with a donation you can do so here.

                                            Hosting provided by Mythic-Beasts. See the Hosting Information page for more information.