Jegeroel Posted February 9, 2017 Posted February 9, 2017 Hey guys! I got the idea to make this theme last summer/autumn after following the ReignStumble Console artwork project. I wanted to create a theme that would work aesthetically with this artwork. It was originally intended for personal use, but if it could be of use to anyone i wouldn't mind contributing to the LaunchBox community. After all, i've picked up coding ideas from looking at other peoples contributions. Even though i did most of the design last year, due to a shortage of sparetime i've yet to start programming, so the shots here are not rendered in BigBox. There will be some changes depending on how well it works implementing the different elements. There's a few things i'm not sure is currently possible (such as SelectedPlatform.Completed). I'm only planning on having 1 view per level, and it will be built for 4K (or rather, UHD, 3840x2160). Regards, 11 Quote
Kevin_Flynn Posted February 9, 2017 Posted February 9, 2017 aha I actually started to build this based on your previous mockup in pure XAML; however, I was deterred as I didn't have the .PSD which included the scan-lines and fonts. I tried to match but it didn't look the same. Navigation to the 'Recent' and 'Favorites' may not be as smooth as you hope for. You may have to choose only one to display. System change will be left and right. Then up and down for recent / favorites, then left and right - but it glitches. I primarily focused on the first view and it's mostly finished. I can share with you once I get home. If you don't decide to continue with coding this, I'd love if you would share your .PSD. I look forward to hear more of your progress. Quote
Kondorito Posted February 9, 2017 Posted February 9, 2017 This looks very sexy and professional. Loved it! Quote
ABeezy13 Posted February 10, 2017 Posted February 10, 2017 Holy smokes I love this. Clean, simplistic and very well made! I am going to be keeping an eye on this thread no doubt! Quote
Kevin_Flynn Posted February 12, 2017 Posted February 12, 2017 @Jegeroel This is where I ended up to. Of course, you could adjust the XAML to consider resolution.. I just didn't get that far yet. Red84.rar Quote
Arcanthur Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 I'm digging this, I'd like to see a version with no favorites / recents or description, and a video area, with rounded corners in that area. Also 4:3 support too for low res arcade monitors Quote
Jegeroel Posted February 16, 2017 Author Posted February 16, 2017 (edited) Thanks for the nice comments guys! I'm glad you like it. Motivated me to speed up my work on this. @Kevin_Flynn I'm still working on it, slowly :). Thanks for you build. I tested it and i see what you mean about navigation problems when having recent/favorites. The navigation works as intended (by the dev) i guess. If you rotate the keyboard (or monitor) 90 degrees the controls makes sense. Would be nice if we could define control for vertical or horizontal alignment so that it would work better in combination with different wheel types. @Arcanthur I'm focusing on getting 1 view per level in 4k res done first. If there are ways to code it resolution independent that would be the best solution. Not having to maintain several builds. After that i'll look into adding more views if there's interest for it. It might be a bit tiny (certain text elements and logos) for low resolution crt screens. There are a few issues i'll have to resolve: - The fonts i'm using are commercial, so i'll have to find a way around that. - I have to redesign parts to adjust to what's currently possible and what's not in theme creation. If anyone have experience with BigBox theme creation or XAML in general it would be very helpful. Such as how to make resolution independent code. Edited February 16, 2017 by Jegeroel Quote
ABeezy13 Posted February 16, 2017 Posted February 16, 2017 I'm so excited for the competition of this theme. It's incredible curious, as I ever dabbled in any of this. If we downloaded your theme when it's complete is it possible to edit stuff? For example the colors instead of red or different font etc? Obviously for personal use only Quote
Jegeroel Posted February 16, 2017 Author Posted February 16, 2017 2 hours ago, ABeezy13 said: curious, as I ever dabbled in any of this. If we downloaded your theme when it's complete is it possible to edit stuff? For example the colors instead of red or different font etc? Obviously for personal use only Changing the font would probably not be hard to do. As i was planning on using a lot of bitmap graphics for the theme, including the borders, changing colors would require editing the graphic files. The theme is called RED 84 for a reason ;). Will look into it when i've made the first version. Quote
ABeezy13 Posted February 17, 2017 Posted February 17, 2017 5 hours ago, Jegeroel said: Changing the font would probably not be hard to do. As i was planning on using a lot of bitmap graphics for the theme, including the borders, changing colors would require editing the graphic files. The theme is called RED 84 for a reason ;). Will look into it when i've made the first version. I was just curious, I LOVEEEEE what you got but some times easy tweaks for personal preference/taste make it all the more sweeter Didn't mean no disrespect I love the red, its awesome! Just figured I would ask if it was something simple to fix on the user end after downloading the theme! Quote
DR9 Posted February 17, 2017 Posted February 17, 2017 Wow I REALLY LOVE this one, esp the detail of games. Would be be adaptable to more general colors? Maybe a XML file to edit colors and fonts? I would love to make it a darker shade of colors to match my Kodi. Quote
Jegeroel Posted February 17, 2017 Author Posted February 17, 2017 (edited) Did a rough recoloring just for fun to see how a darker, higher contrast palette would look. This won't be in the theme :D. Edited February 17, 2017 by Jegeroel 2 Quote
Rincewind Posted February 17, 2017 Posted February 17, 2017 The contrast for the text is a lot better on that background Quote
eatkinola Posted February 17, 2017 Posted February 17, 2017 @Jegeroel: Great looking clean design! Looks like your initial pictures are mockups, but were you able to find a binding for a platform's total number of games and completed games? I've looked but don't think such bindings are currently exposed by BigBox. Quote
Jegeroel Posted February 17, 2017 Author Posted February 17, 2017 @eatkinola Thanks! I didn't find bindings for platform total number of games or number of completed games. I would like some platform stats in there somehow, but i don't know yet how i'm gonna fit it 1 Quote
eatkinola Posted February 17, 2017 Posted February 17, 2017 Gotcha, that's what I thought. I checked with Jason in another thread and will add a feature request if that's what he recommends. Keep moving along with your theme, it's a great design. Quote
ABeezy13 Posted February 17, 2017 Posted February 17, 2017 Love that darker high contrast pallete Jegeroel! Looks great!! Quote
LogicalEgo Posted February 17, 2017 Posted February 17, 2017 3 hours ago, Jegeroel said: Did a rough recoloring just for fun to see how a darker, higher contrast palette would look. This won't be in the theme :D. I actually like this more than the original, but both are excellent designs. Quote
Cookz718 Posted August 18, 2017 Posted August 18, 2017 Looks great ! any possible way you can make a " Grey & White " or " Black & White " like theme colors ?? it would match my PC Setup perfectly !! Quote
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