Killer Instinct — Omarchy theme

Remember the counters? The breakers? The fairly sweatty ranked matches? Mick Gordon & Co have yet to find a way to get into Ultratech, cliamp should help until then — C-C-C-Combo Breaker! What if your desktop matched the 2013 reboot’s brushed logo gold → Fulgore plasma cyan on a purple Ultratech void instead of another flat dark mode? Same dual-accent border trick as Asphalt, HEV, Galuga, CS, Cyber Shadow, Doom 2016, Eternal, Caged, Rising, Stanley, SF6, T2D & USFIV — different arena.

Fighting-game theme for Omarchy. Inspired by the look of Killer Instinct (2013) — not affiliated with Iron Galaxy, Xbox Game Studios, Microsoft, or Rare (see Credits below).

No Omarchy pack turned up. Windows ExpoThemes / Themes10 wallpaper packs exist but are logo-heavy and don’t port as a palette. Built from Steam store / library art and Wallhaven key art the same way as Asphalt Legends, HEV Suit, Operation Galuga, Counter-Strike, Cyber Shadow, Doom 2016, Doom Eternal, Half-Life Caged, Metal Gear Rising, Stanley Parable, Street Fighter 6, Terminator 2D: NO FATE, and Ultra Street Fighter IV.

Install

omarchy theme install https://github.com/AlxWolfenstein97/omarchy-killer-instinct-theme.git
# optional — About + screensaver ASCII for this theme (skippable; see Branding)
cp ~/.config/omarchy/themes/killer-instinct/about.txt ~/.config/omarchy/branding/about.txt
cp ~/.config/omarchy/themes/killer-instinct/screensaver.txt ~/.config/omarchy/branding/screensaver.txt

That clones and applies the theme (omarchy-theme-set runs inside theme install). Do not follow with another omarchy theme set — a second set skips the first wallpaper and just wastes a switch.

Or clone into place (then you do need an explicit set):

git clone https://github.com/AlxWolfenstein97/omarchy-killer-instinct-theme.git ~/.config/omarchy/themes/killer-instinct
omarchy theme set "Killer Instinct"
# optional branding — same as above
cp ~/.config/omarchy/themes/killer-instinct/about.txt ~/.config/omarchy/branding/about.txt
cp ~/.config/omarchy/themes/killer-instinct/screensaver.txt ~/.config/omarchy/branding/screensaver.txt

Already installed and just switching back later:

omarchy theme set "Killer Instinct"
# optional — re-apply this theme’s About / screensaver marks
cp ~/.config/omarchy/themes/killer-instinct/about.txt ~/.config/omarchy/branding/about.txt
cp ~/.config/omarchy/themes/killer-instinct/screensaver.txt ~/.config/omarchy/branding/screensaver.txt

Cycle wallpapers with omarchy theme bg next.

What’s in the pack

Branding (About / screensaver)

Optional. Omarchy’s About screen and screensaver read from ~/.config/omarchy/branding/. Shipping per-theme .txt marks isn’t original — other Omarchy 3.x themes did it — but it’s the fast path if you want this pack’s wordmark on idle and on About without hunting files.

Prefer the .txt files and the cp lines in Install. That’s what you’re meant to see. Editing the text also works (Style → About / Screensaver → Edit Text).

Skip the cp if you already have custom logos / screensaver art you care about — or back those up first. The branding slot is really meant for your marks (put personal art somewhere easy to reach). The Style file picker works, but drilling into ~/.config/omarchy/themes/... is slow busywork for something optional. Don’t feel obliged to bring mine.

The .png versions are here for the README and for a quick Style → Set From Image try. In my experience Omarchy’s image→ASCII path is a bit thinicky on color and boxing, so don’t expect magic from the PNGs — the hand text is the good path.

Screensaver / logo ASCII is a dense KILLER INSTINCT wordmark plus an Ultratech arena status panel (no empty lines). About / icon is the hooked KI monogram (blade K stem + tall I with the bottom scimitar hook — same silhouette DNA as the brushed-metal logo, no empty lines).

Unlock

Style → Unlock → pick this theme (unlock.png / preview-unlock.png).

Extend further with plugins

This repo is palette + assets on purpose. Omarchy already colour-coordinates the shell, terminals, and editor from colors.toml. The plugins below push that idea as far as it can reasonably go — optional extenders, not required theme baggage. Themes keep working without them; authors can stick to the snappier stock pipeline if they prefer.

They do not depend on each other. Pick what you want; run the whole inch-a-lada if you want the desktop to feel like yours.

The big sweep

Boom-in — one paste. --enable --yes skips the per-plugin clone/enable prompts; arm-all then arms deps + Style/theme-set + root/SDDM/DRM (no Y/n). Omit any plugin add line you do not want; arm-all only touches what is installed. Sudo may ask once — that is the boom, not a menu.

omarchy plugin add https://github.com/AlxWolfenstein97/chroma.git --enable --yes
omarchy plugin add https://github.com/AlxWolfenstein97/omaobs.git --enable --yes
omarchy plugin add https://github.com/AlxWolfenstein97/omacursor.git --enable --yes
omarchy plugin add https://github.com/AlxWolfenstein97/omahud.git --enable --yes
omarchy plugin add https://github.com/AlxWolfenstein97/omaboot.git --enable --yes
omarchy plugin add https://github.com/AlxWolfenstein97/omavt.git --enable --yes
omarchy plugin add https://github.com/AlxWolfenstein97/omatty.git --enable --yes
~/.config/omarchy/plugins/io.github.alxwolfenstein97.chroma/tools/arm-all-family.sh

Boom-out — one paste. Teardown + ledger pkg drop + plugin remove. Ledger drops only what we recorded pulling; may fail and stay if something else still needs the package (e.g. Goverlay after Pillow) — fine. Loud boom-in after this is enough — no tombstone purge needed (optional OCD flag lives on the plugin READMEs).

~/.config/omarchy/plugins/io.github.alxwolfenstein97.chroma/tools/wipe-all-family.sh

Piece-meal (not boom): one plugin’s Workshop paste — plugin add + interactive install.sh (asks [Y/n]) — lives on that plugin’s GitHub README. Single-plugin full wipe: …//uninstall.sh --yes.

Already solved elsewhere (gladly)

• Omacord — Vesktop / Vencord Discord follows Omarchy themes live:
  omarchy plugin add https://github.com/ASwenia/omacord --enable

Agent / desktop bridge

• OMCP — MCP desktop bridge:
  omarchy plugin add https://github.com/btsouth/omarchy-omcp --enable

Browse more on the Omarchy Plugins site.

Taste

Colours and contrast are tuned for what I like to look at. If they feel loud or wrong for you, fork and retune colors.toml without guilt.

Credits / legal-ish

• Visual inspiration and reference art from Iron Galaxy Studios / Xbox Game Studios’ Killer Instinct (2013) branding and marketing (Steam library hero / logo, official key art, HUD-less Steam store screenshots). Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Iron Galaxy, Xbox Game Studios, Microsoft, or Rare. Just public pixels arranged into an Omarchy theme — no money, no official product.
• Wallhaven IDs used for key art: z8y7xw (Fulgore/Jago plasma faceoff), odvkxp (Sabrewulf lab), 45jz80 (Jago tiger temple).
• Steam store shots (Sabrewulf/Sadira, Rash/Cinder, Jago/Fulgore, Kan-Ra/TJ, Orchid/Riptor) and the library hero crop were checked for HUD and title overlays before shipping — logo-bearing Wallhaven comps (47wzvn, 3zkxe6, g78jmq, 497odn) were dropped on purpose.
• If Iron Galaxy, Xbox, Microsoft, or Rare hates this existing, they can say so and I’ll deal with the repo accordingly.

License

Do whatever you want with this theme pack unless Iron Galaxy Studios, Xbox Game Studios, Microsoft, Rare (or the law) says otherwise. Fork it, recolor it, ship it in a rice. No warranty — it’s wallpaper and hex codes.