Game Overlay

A lightweight, controller-friendly Metro-style launcher overlay built with C# and WPF. Designed specifically for living room PCs, couch gaming setups, and handhelds, Game-Overlay provides a quick, Xbox Series X-inspired dashboard UI to launch modern games and emulators like Minecraft or xemu without touching a mouse.

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Features

• Xbox Series X Inspired Aesthetic: Minimalist, dark-mode Metro layout optimized for TV and desktop screens.
• Controller Native: Built-in XInput polling for smooth, zero-latency controller navigation.
• Graphical Button UI: Visual, colored Xbox-style circular buttons for clear navigation ($A$, $B$, $X$).
• Dynamic Icon Extraction: Uses native Windows system icons pulled directly from target executables.
• Lightweight & Portable: JSON-backed configuration (config.json) requiring zero installation overhead.

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Controls

Controller Input	Action
[ A ]	Select / Launch selected application
[ B ]	Exit / Close overlay
[ X ]	Configure / Direct executable file paths

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Getting Started

1. Download the latest release (Game Overlay win x64.exe, Game Overlay win x86.exe, or Game Overlay arm64.exe) from the Releases page.
2. Run the downloaded executable (e.g., Game Overlay win x64.exe).
3. Press the X button on your controller to set up executable file paths for your games or emulators.
4. Settings persist automatically to config.json in the same directory.

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Building from Source

Prerequisites

• Windows 10 / 11
• .NET SDK 10.0 or later
• Visual Studio 2022+ with WPF workload installed

Build Steps

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone [https://github.com/GamerX20X26/Game-Overlay.git](https://github.com/GamerX20X26/Game-Overlay.git)