Grila Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 I'm currently working on a very lightweight theme for the GPDWin device. This one is pretty simple to help maximize performance because of the Atom processor and because of the limited storage space available. Because of this, the theme only utilizes screenshots and clear logo's. My premise on this is to have it preform well and be easy to read on the small screen while still looking classy. Since I don't actually have one of these devices to test this out on, I am also looking for a guinea pig or two that to help me test the performance out on the actual device (@Jason Carr I know you have one, but you're probably too busy to help). Anyways, here's a couple shot of the game select screen... 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 While i don't have a gpd win, i do have a atom x5 8 inch tablet with a 1280x800 resolution and only 2gb of ram. If that is of any help to you? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damageinc86 Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 I wouldn't like such dark vignetting on these, I'd rather have full brightness on a small screen to help see it better 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Awesome @Grila. I'm more than happy to test things out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grila Posted September 12, 2017 Author Share Posted September 12, 2017 33 minutes ago, damageinc86 said: I wouldn't like such dark vignetting on these, I'd rather have full brightness on a small screen to help see it better Yes I agree and it was something I was on the fence about as it was starting to come together. I'll comment it out as default but leave it there for anyone who wishes to utilize it. Thanks for the input, appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicalEgo Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 18 hours ago, Grila said: Yes I agree and it was something I was on the fence about as it was starting to come together. I'll comment it out as default but leave it there for anyone who wishes to utilize it. Thanks for the input, appreciated You could always clone the views offering both dark and light back grounds. I did something similar with vikings big couch theme. I just took the views I liked and reversed the colors, offering both day and night views. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookz718 Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 @Grila its looking great !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookz718 Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 22 hours ago, Grila said: I'm currently working on a very lightweight theme for the GPDWin device. This one is pretty simple to help maximize performance because of the Atom processor and because of the limited storage space available. Because of this, the theme only utilizes screenshots and clear logo's. My premise on this is to have it preform well and be easy to read on the small screen while still looking classy. Since I don't actually have one of these devices to test this out on, I am also looking for a guinea pig or two that to help me test the performance out on the actual device (@Jason Carr I know you have one, but you're probably too busy to help). Anyways, here's a couple shot of the game select screen... its looking amazing.. is there any possible way we're you could have it that its just the front Box cover with the description on the side pretty much having a full screen wheel as you already have it ? (in other words instead of the gameplay screen shot have it be the box cover art). Keep up the great work its looking amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 4 minutes ago, Cookz718 said: its looking amazing.. is there any possible way we're you could have it that its just the front Box cover with the description on the side pretty much having a full screen wheel as you already have it ? (in other words instead of the gameplay screen shot have it be the box cover art). Keep up the great work its looking amazing Obviously i can't speak for @Grila as i don't think this is final and it's still all in flux, but you can always just go into Launchbox and go to image priorities, find gameplay, and then check the box front image and move it to the top of the list. That will force Launcbox/Bigbox to show the front box instead of the gameplay image. This works for all image priorities. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookz718 Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 6 minutes ago, neil9000 said: Obviously i can't speak for @Grila as i don't think this is final and it's still all in flux, but you can always just go into Launchbox and go to image priorities, find gameplay, and then check the box front image and move it to the top of the list. That will force Launcbox/Bigbox to show the front box instead of the gameplay image. This works for all image priorities. gotcha !! cant wait for the release of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookz718 Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 @Grila what would also be a nice touch (if you want) to put the ESRB rating on the bottom as well if you'd like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 1 minute ago, Cookz718 said: @Grila what would also be a nice touch (if you want) to put the ESRB rating on the bottom as well if you'd like. More data to search for will slow the theme down i believe, i'm not a theme creator so i'm not 100%. The whole idea of this theme is to make it as lightweight as possible so as to run on very low powered devices. I'm of the understanding that the more data/images and such you want to retrieve from the xml's the more processing needs to be done to retrieve said info. But i'm sure grila will correct me if i'm wrong, he's not shy about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookz718 Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 Just now, neil9000 said: More data to search for will slow the theme down i believe, i'm not a theme creator so i'm not 100%. The whole idea of this theme is to make it as lightweight as possible so as to run on very low powered devices. I'm of the understanding that the more data/images and such you want to retrieve from the xml's the more processing needs to be done to retrieve said info. But i'm sure grila will correct me if i'm wrong, he's not shy about that. ahh okay i see !! gotcha !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tribe fan Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Really excited about this! I own a GPD WIN and am currently using modern mini which works pretty well, but a dedicated theme that aims to squeeze as much performance as possible out of that atom processor would be awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithrot Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 I own a GPD Win and I'll be keeping an eye on this release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grila Posted November 8, 2017 Author Share Posted November 8, 2017 Went back to work on this and re-designed the grid for reasons that can't be seen visually, but needed done for how things get laid out. Basically I started over from scratch. Here's some progress...not much today because I spent WAY too much time making some new platform banners specifically for the theme (so far I have 7 done). I'll attach those here as well just for S&G. The controller images are from the Mac front-end OpenEmu. Screenies Banners 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicalEgo Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Looks great man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y2guru Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 I have a GPD win 10 that I’m currently testing out my own theme (Now using your .dll) I’d be happy to test your theme ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telejoint Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 I have a gpd Win, And i would like to test the theme, looks great so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillsDoodles Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 Loved the design! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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