Now Playing Screen - cressie176/Load64 GitHub Wiki
Prevent the user from continuing to use LoadC64 while VICE is already running.
- Manage the running game session without exiting VICE
- Swap joystick ports and disks
- Capture screenshots and snapshots
- View control mappings
- Quit the game session
The Now Playing screen is an in-session overlay displayed after launching VICE. While this screen has focus:
- VICE is paused
- All interaction is handled by LoadC64
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ TOP BAR │
│ Now Playing > <Game Title> │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ │
│ ACTIONS PREVIEW │
│ ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ > Resume Game │ │ │ │
│ │ View controls │ │ │ │
│ │ Swap joystick ports │ │ │ │
│ │ Swap disks │ │ │ │
│ │ Take screenshot │ │ │ │
│ │ Take snapshot │ └─────────────────────────────┘ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ DANGER ZONE │ │
│ │ Quit Game │ │
│ └───────────────────────────────────┘ │
│ │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ BOTTOM BAR │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
- Escape does not move Back from this screen. The only way to return to the Game Details or Carousel is via the Quit Game action in the DANGER ZONE group
Focusable: No
Interactive: No
Purpose: Display the game title
Displays the game title.
Type: Single-selection vertical list
Focusable: Yes (primary focus region)
Interactive: Yes
Constraints: Only one item focused at a time
Order: Fixed
Purpose: Manage the running game session
| Action | Behaviour |
|---|---|
| Resume Game | Hide (macOS) or minimise (Linux) LoadC64 and unpause VICE |
| View controls | Navigate to the Controls screen |
| Swap joystick ports | Navigate to the Swap Joystick Ports screen |
| Swap disks | Navigate to the Disk Selection screen |
| Take screenshot | Navigate to the Screenshot screen |
| Take snapshot | Navigate to the Snapshot screen |
| Quit Game | Opens a confirmation overlay before quitting the game session |
Counterintuitively Swap disks is shown even for non disk based games, as any game might save to a disk.
The DANGER ZONE group appears below all other items. Its header and items are rendered with a distinct visual treatment (e.g. red or warning colour) consistent with the DANGER ZONE convention used on other screens.
Opens a confirmation overlay before quitting the game session.
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ┌──────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ Quit game? │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ VICE will close and you will │ │
│ │ return to LoadC64. │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ > No │ │
│ │ Yes │ │
│ └──────────────────────────────┘ │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
| Option | Behaviour |
|---|---|
| No | Close the overlay and return focus to the ACTIONS list |
| Yes | Close VICE and return to the screen the game was launched from; either the Game Carousel screen or Game Details screen |
No is the default selection to prevent accidental quits.
Focusable: No
Interactive: No
Purpose: Display the gameplay screenshot for the current game
Displays the game's gameplay screenshot, or a neutral placeholder if none has been assigned. Always displayed at 4:3 aspect ratio.
This screen has one focus region: ACTIONS. The top bar has no CTAs and is not a focus region. Tab has no effect.
Focusable: No
Interactive: No
Purpose: Display contextual status messages based on the selected action, and confirmation messages on return from sub-screens
| Selected action | Message |
|---|---|
| Resume Game | |
| View controls | |
| Swap joystick ports | |
| Swap disks | Current: <Disk Label> |
| Take screenshot | |
| Take snapshot | |
| Quit Game |
After saving a snapshot:
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ BOTTOM BAR │
│ Snapshot saved: <filename> │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
After a snapshot save error:
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ BOTTOM BAR │
│ Failed to save snapshot: <reason> │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
After saving a screenshot:
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ BOTTOM BAR │
│ Screenshot saved: <filename> │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
After a screenshot save error:
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ BOTTOM BAR │
│ Failed to save screenshot: <reason> │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘