The gameclip view — the screensaver

What shows when the machine is doing nothing.

The screensaver plays game clips. The theme dresses it up around them.

What is themable

This view is built almost entirely from your extras: place your components with extra="true" and they show.

A single reserved component is themable here: the video. The information components (md_rating, md_developer, md_genre…) exist in this view but are disabled theme-side: unlike detailed, you cannot format them.

➡️ To display the game's name or developer in the screensaver, place your own text with the variables:

<view name="gameclip">
  <extras>
    <text name="titre">
      <pos>0.06 0.85</pos>
      <text>${game.name}</text>
      <fontSize>0.05</fontSize>
      <color>FFFFFF</color>
    </text>
    <text name="editeur">
      <pos>0.06 0.91</pos>
      <text>${game.developer} · ${game.releasedate}</text>
      <fontSize>0.03</fontSize>
    </text>
  </extras>
</view>

The game variables work here

This view's context contains the system AND the game: all the ${game.*} are resolved. That is what makes the screensaver interesting to dress up.