[NEWS] GameEx WIP December 2011

[Tom Speirs]

http://youtu.be/glAJA9pPUCo

GameEx WIP December 2011.

New Logo background feature.

New Static HTPC style start menu optional feature.

New artwork background view mode for emulators.

[Adultery]

That's sexy! The changes I mean, not the video of my girlfriend in your multimedia section.

[AlphaUMi]

No way, no way... for concurrent frontends... I've tried a lot of them... of sure it's only my opinion, but I think GameEx is the best and, as we can see from this anticipation, will be even better!

Just a question: vertical scrolling (optional) would imply a complete rewrite of this feature, or could it be implemented with ease?

[fRequEnCy]

Thanks for the share Tom!

[Tom Speirs]

That's sexy! The changes I mean, not the video of my girlfriend in your multimedia section.

Its just a demo video I found on Google without spending any time. I should probably remove it. For starters she looks a bit too young!

[Tom Speirs]

Just a question: vertical scrolling (optional) would imply a complete rewrite of this feature, or could it be implemented with ease?

It would be kind of a PITA but I open to suggestion.

[Draco1962]

Major sweetness! So when might we get this to play around with? I like the static lists with the ballooning text for the selection. Still giving any thought to doing something similar with the logo strip (having the selection at the center of the screen and the logo or video grow relative to the logos/vids before and after?

[Tom Speirs]

Still giving any thought to doing something similar with the logo strip (having the selection at the center of the screen and the logo or video grow relative to the logos/vids before and after?

Thay should be possible. Ill look at it.

[Circo]

That looks very nice tom.

[nullPointer]

I’m super pumped for these changes! They dovetail very nicely for those HTPC users splitting their systems between GameEx and XBMC/Media Browser. Brilliant! I'm excited to see what our theme wizards will do with these changes.

One question/possible request: The Logo/Background feature seems like it opens up the opportunity for backdrop artwork on a per game basis. Will this feature display artwork from a user defined artwork directory (custom or otherwise)?

[nullPointer]

Sorry . . . double post. Responding to different thread. Dangit!

[hansolo77]

I really like the way the home start menu looks now, with the increasing font sizes, and the scrolling. I don't think I like the whole sidescrolling video intros bit though. Seems like that would be a major memory hog.