Orbital Pi: My Own little Console from the past

monstermadeofman

@Zigurana Thanks Man :)

The actual build is currently unremarkable. I'm waiting on a new switch board from Mausberry so I can wire up a momentary switch.

Done the intial testing with their same power board but with a rocker switch.

The plan is to also mod the case a tad so that the power cord input and HDMI input sit flush to the casing.

Also sourcing the stuff to either put the "Orbital Logo" even on the casing as a decal or having it engraved into the plastic. Can't decide which would look more sleek.

Also forgot to mention that the current Loading screen I have in place is still a work in progress. The sound are not finished and I'm thinking of animating the logo in some way. A sound engineer friend is also working on some custom loading sounds and scrolling sounds for emulation station :)

and just in case you was wondering here's the current indev case.

https://imgur.com/a/b3M4y

hiulit

Nice work!

How and where did you put the video? Does it replace the Emulation Station screen?

monstermadeofman

@hiulit

It's just an .MP4 file. stitched it together in some video editing software I have and then loaded into the splash screen folder on the Retropie. I was taking a bit of a gamble on the sound working but it did!

The emulation station screen loads still after the little loading thing I've made. But I'm using a Pi3 Model B which is really fast for loading so it doesn't always show the logo. Sometimes it loads the emulator selection screen right off the bat :)

hiulit

@monstermadeofman

Thanks! So just to clarify, the video replaces de RetroPie splash screen?
And how do you know the timing of the video? I mean, does it always play until you see the loading bars? Or it depends on the loading time of the Raspberry?

monstermadeofman

@hiulit

Yeah it replaces the Retropie splash screen :)

I myself wasn't too sure on the timing of the splash screen so i made the intial loading screens, then added the loading section to prevent the video looping, as that's what Retropie would do.

I think I made it about 18 seconds just to be safe. But the actual 2 title screens is about 6 seconds.

hiulit

@monstermadeofman Thanks! I'll try it myself for the cabinet that I'm building which I'll show some time in the near future around here.

monstermadeofman

@hiulit

Awesome man :) Can't wait to see

BuZz

nice job!

monstermadeofman

@BuZz

Thanks :)
It's bin a bit of a struggle with all the Pi side of it as I have no experience but browsing the forum has helped so much :)

monstermadeofman

So for anyone interested I made a second iteration of the loading screen (Actually about the 7th but I keep changing it).

Going for that more playful Nintendo feel