Hacking [Release] HEX-Flow Launcher - A 3d coverflow like launcher (VitaHEX Games)

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Nvm that site mentioned doesn't have full 3d covers, only 2d. I wonder if anyone would want to submit for a psvita section to be added to gametdb
 

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Hi @VitaHEX , this app already looks great, even more for a first release. Seeing that there is currently no way to automatically scrape the covers, I wonder if an alternative option could be added to show the library but showing the icon images of each game, as apps already do, but perhaps in a square shape and without frames so that they alter or stretch the image. In addition, this would avoid having to use additional storage space for the covers.
I also think that other categories such as Utilities, PSP Games, PS1 Games, Emulators etc. would be very convenient.
Congratulations for the already done and thank you very much for sharing it with the community. :grog:

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: Remember that these kind of projects require a lot of work and time and are shared selflessly, so if it is within our reach it is good to make a small donation to support them: :arrow: https://www.patreon.com/vitahex
 

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Hi @VitaHEX , this app already looks great, even more for a first release. Seeing that there is currently no way to automatically scrape the covers, I wonder if an alternative option could be added to show the library but showing the icon images of each game, as apps already do, but perhaps in a square shape and without frames so that they alter or stretch the image. In addition, this would avoid having to use additional storage space for the covers.
I also think that other categories such as Utilities, PSP Games, PS1 Games, Emulators etc. would be very convenient.
Congratulations for the already done and thank you very much for sharing it with the community. :grog:

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: Remember that these kind of projects require a lot of work and time and are shared selflessly, so if it is within our reach it is good to make a small donation to support them: :arrow: https://www.patreon.com/vitahex

Thank you for your support. I have plans to make an option to automatically scrape the covers however this will take some time. I need to address many important issues first to make this app more stable.
About the icons I was thinking to make the apps without covers to look simple squares but I don't want to lose the look of all the other covers.
Also more categories will be added in the future of course.
 

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EDIT: I subscribed to your patreon a couple of hours ago. Here's a list of features that would be nice to have for this

a custom category system
toggle to change the blur, or opacity of the reflection
bar color changer
option for title text location, on top or below the box art
support rectangle box art
toggle, or remove the psvita part of the box art for people who want rectangle box art, if you can't do that make something fun for psp games, like a 3d model of a umd disc with the game cover on it
add a ps1 box art feature like the psvita part
 
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182 boxarts in!! looking fantastic! Can't wait for more updates, this will totally be my main menu.
jft2Hbi.jpg

Hi there... perhaps you like to share or collaborate?

I am currently also working on a library of cover images/ boxarts for HEXFlow.
https://github.com/andiweli/hexflow-covers

Greets!
 

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Hi there... perhaps you like to share or collaborate?

I am currently also working on a library of cover images/ boxarts for HEXFlow.
https://github.com/andiweli/hexflow-covers

Greets!
your box arts don't look right on hexflow, the top vita part gets cut off so you have to make the image square. the vita part on top is built in to the app. I forked your github project, I'm currently adding psp game covers and ps1 game covers
 
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your box arts don't look right on hexflow, the top vita part gets cut off so you have to make the image square. the vita part on top is built in to the app. I forked your github project, I'm currently adding psp game covers and ps1 game covers

Hmm, they look correct on my VITA. If I make them square the proportions won't be correct as the image will be stretched up to the top behind the blue "PSVITA" layer. So I decided to make covers with suitable proportions - the "PSVITA" header at the top will be overwritten by the one from the launcher :)

Anyway, the overlay from the launcher will be a layer over the image, not really cut off.

Here you can see a comparison if the image is square - top: square image on my computer, bottom: image in HEXFlow is stretched and top pixels will be overwritten by the "PSVITA" header...

 
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EDIT: I subscribed to your patreon a couple of hours ago. Here's a list of features that would be nice to have for this

a custom category system
toggle to change the blur, or opacity of the reflection
bar color changer
option for title text location, on top or below the box art
support rectangle box art
toggle, or remove the psvita part of the box art for people who want rectangle box art, if you can't do that make something fun for psp games, like a 3d model of a umd disc with the game cover on it
add a ps1 box art feature like the psvita part

Some great suggestions thank you! Some of them are impossible due to the limitations of LPP but I'll see what I can do.
Also about your PSP covers, even though they are not implemended yet they must probably look like this:
vCydZK8.png


Hi there... perhaps you like to share or collaborate?

I am currently also working on a library of cover images/ boxarts for HEXFlow.
https://github.com/andiweli/hexflow-covers

Greets!

Thank your contribution about the covers! All working properly.
Link added on first post.
 
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Some great suggestions thank you! Some of them are impossible due to the limitations of LPP but I'll see what I can do.
Also about your PSP covers, even though they are not implemended yet they must probably look like this:
vCydZK8.png




Thank your contribution about the covers! All working properly.
Link added on first post.
could you also add ps1 box art at some point too? all the box art for the ps1 is square
 

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I found that if the games title name is long enough it overlaps with the bottom section stating what numbered game I am looking at out of a total number. Is there any way to fix this?
 

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Can you fix this? It only happens on psp games. It's cutting out the middle characters of the name and adding a d to the end of the name
 

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could you also add ps1 box art at some point too? all the box art for the ps1 is square
Sometime in the future yes.

I found that if the games title name is long enough it overlaps with the bottom section stating what numbered game I am looking at out of a total number. Is there any way to fix this?
Can you post a screenshot of the issue?
 

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Thank your contribution about the covers! All working properly.
Link added on first post.

Thanks! I am happy I can support in some way... ;)

For the interested ones of you...
There are now 100 "handmade" cover images available. Since most of the original covers have different icons, logos etc. on it, most of them are "handmade" from nearly clean covers or wallpapers, single game logos and some shadowing/gradients.

There's a .PSD photoshop template file available too now - so you can create your own covers.

I will update the cover images too - as well as the .PSD file.
 
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