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theme COLORFUL bigbox theme
By viking
# WHAT IS COLORFUL MEDIA SET ?
COLORFUL is a complete and coherent high quality graphic set, around a unique design. Made with love in France. Hope you like it!!
OFFICIAL COLORFUL ASSET :
COLORFUL Theme : The main hub, a unique interface for BigBox. Design by me, coded by @faeran COLORFUL Platform Video : Complete 4K video set, with a unique design. COLORFUL Source : To involve the community in the platform video creation. COLORFUL BigBox Startup Video : custom video to match the general design. COLORFUL Hardware Media PNG (1x1) : Taken from my videos, the 1x1 PNG set. (new) COLORFUL Startup Theme : (soon) COLORFUL Pause Theme : (soon) RECOMMENDED COMMUNITY ASSET :
Redrawn Platform ClearLogo by @Dan Patrick Colorful "Playlist" PNG set by @Klopjero Colorful custom theme for Android by @Bawnanable Platform Funtech Super A'can & Platform Arcade Kaneko by @evo1man Alternative Colorful Platform ClearLogo Set by @soqueroeu Alternative Startup Theme (Minimal-Colorful) by @Palada Recommended SoundPack with Steam Deck UI by @Phox
# HERE IS COLORFUL THEME FOR BIGBOX:
On this page we are talking about COLORFUL Theme for BigBox:
Design for work with my platform video set, COLORFUL THEME is thought to be used on the big screen (TV) in gaming console mode.
Modern, elegant and animated are the key words of this interface.
The COLORFUL project is getting too big for me alone.
@faeran has taken over the source code of the theme. A BIG THANKS to you for your support and your precious help !!
# IN DETAIL ?
The main features :
16:9 only. (Works on other ratio, but with black bands) Full 4K asset. (Any resolution must work, 4K assets) Totally responsive. No resolution deformation on text size or placement. Because of the white/black background, some ClearLogo comes with the theme. Gamepad connection indicator & battery level.
# RECOMMENDATION ?
Any design choice gives limitations. Here are some recommendations for this theme :
LaunchBox/BigBox up to date. VLC highly recommended. Design for work with COLORFUL platform video set. (but you can use any video you what) Beware of full white/black ClearLogo. They will be invisible on Light/Dark views! I didnt test this theme on a lowend configuration. There may be slowdown. (Curious to have your feedback on this subject!)
# COOL, HOW TO DOWNLOAD ?
2 ways :
In Windows : Right here, with the download button. Extract the "Colorful" folder and place it in your "LaunchBox/Themes" directory. (dont rename it!) In BigBox : Option > Theme manager > Found "COLORFUL - Light" or "COLORFUL - Dark".
# HOW TO EDIT ?
You can now edit this theme within the COMMUNITY Theme Creator, using the COMMUNITY Theme Creator files below (current version from the CTC 2.3):
Colorful Light - COMMUNITY Theme Creator Files - 411737560_Colorful-Light-2.03-COMMUNITYThemeCreatorFiles.zip Colorful Dark - COMMUNITY Theme Creator Files - Colorful - Dark - 2.03 - COMMUNITY Theme Creator Files.zip
# SPECIAL THANKS !
@Jason Carr for his hard work on LaunchBox/BigBox! Thx man! @faeran for his hardwork on this theme and all other one ! @y2guru for the awsome Community Teme Creator ! To all Patreon guys! A GIANT THANKS to all of you!!! The whote community for yout support! # CREDITS !
@Jason Carr for LaunchBox/BigBox. @faeran for the all theme code. @y2guru for the Community Theme Creator ! @Grila for Grila's Custom BigBox Controls. @eatkinola for Ao.Bigbox.Themer. @RedSnake for Games.Genre Converter. Christian Robertson for Roboto Free Font Set. Impallari for Raleway Free Font Set.
# BY FILE, EVERY CUSTOM VIEW SUMMARY (Here in LIGHT. Same principle/animation for DARK)
PlatformWheel1FiltersView.xaml PlatformWheel2FiltersView.xaml WheelGamesView.xaml : Wheel2GamesView.xaml : TextGamesView.xaml :
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NESiCAxLive 2
By kim_sama98
NESiCAxLive 2 theme.
Made with Community Theme Creator 2.3
There was no option to use banners or Steam banners in the CTC so it's clear logos it is.
The only off stuff in the theme are the fonts, I'm no coding expert but I can't find the fonts that are used in the original NESiCAxLive 2 so I had to use fonts that looked similar.
Screenshots:
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Game On (Redux)
By The Papaw
MAJOR OVERHAUL (requires BigBox v13.0 or higher)
User friendly with "easy to see" custom genre & play mode icons. Designed for Large Screens & 4K in mind. Did some remodeling with the Animated backgrounds and house interiors. You can choose to have the male or female gamer on the left or right. Choose video effects to make it look like the ambient room light is changing, kinda like a TV does in real life or not. (change the views, 2 each).
The gamers in the background are actually moving, looking like they are playing games. I carried over some of my genre icon artwork I made for Fading Elegance v1+.
I used a updated the voice files for platform names and added a little reverb, they sound pretty decent (over 230 platform/playlists mp3 files).
This theme looks great on a big screen TV!
The screenshots can't show how it functions, so check out the video.
Has 4 Platform views, 2 with Male gamer on left, 2 Female gamer on left. 4 Game views (same), 4 wall views and Full Cover Flow view. Slide In-n-Out navigation buttons
WATCH Sample Video of Game On! (Redux) on Rumble:
Installation:
Download, unzip, copy the folder " Game On (Redux)" into your Launchbox "Themes" folder
Instructions to use Split Screen, PvP, LAN and Online Play Icon features: (not required)
To get these to work in the theme is really pretty easy.
Create the 4 Custom Fields below in Launchbox, just edit any single game in your collection and pick Custom Fields on the left panel. Copy-n-paste one of the 4 custom fields below and press <ENTER>. Then enter Yes in the value section press <ENTER>. Copy-n-paste the other 3 Custom Fields and do the same. Then press OK
Now the fields should be ready and Yes is now a choice in Bulk Edit. Close Launchbox and re-open just to be safe. Then you can go back to the game you used to set up the custom fields and delete the Yes's if you need to. You can leave the field blank for NO so no need to worry any of them but the ones that apply, they will need to be YES.
What I did, was to sort my collection different ways like genre or playmode. I had a genre set up for MMO, so I bulk edited all the games in that category, first I chose Play Mode, making sure they all had multiplayer added as a value. Then I said yes to make more changes, and then chose the newly created Custom Field: Online Play and just select Yes in the dropdown to add value. The theme will now display the animated globe for all those games in the views that use it.
Do that for the other 5 Custom fields using similar sorts. Of course any game can be edited manually as well.
The custom fields you can add:
LAN
Online
Split Screen
PvP
*Controller Mapping:
The only thing that needs changed is Button 3 (that's the "X" button on Xbox controller or square button on DS4 controller). It is set to "Play" by default, so if you use this, you will need to assign a different button to it. Now assign Button 3 to "Filter". That's it.
If you get a blank area in the one of the Genre images (like where the Yellow arrow is pointing in the screenshot below), it just means that game is using a genre that I did not create a icon for.
If you have Photoshop, you can use the simple template I included in the ..\LaunchBox\Themes\Game On v1\Media\Genres folder to create anything you need. Just open the template, drop a image in the template (re-size to taste), change the text and save. If you don't have PS, let me know and I can try to get ya fixed up.
Big Thanks to @y2guru for moving forward with the Community Theme Creator and the changes he shared with us with v2.5.5.5. Without him, this wouldn't exist. And thanks to @faeran for all his troubleshooting help as well. And lets not forget @Jason Carr and the rest of the LB team and especially the server changes!
Feel free to leave comments, questions and reviews
- Enjoy & thanks for trying the theme!
- The Papaw
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Flikbox
This is very my first attempt at making a Big Box theme from scratch using the Community Theme Creator. I had previously fiddled around with other people's themes to get a feel for the software. I made this for a friend who wanted a familiar, easy to read theme similar to how he has his Kodi set up. I've based this on a simple, Netflix type of layout, trying to be basic while still giving all the info you need as fast as possible. The main aims are speed, simplicity and legibility.
The theme works best with video snaps rather than any type of themed video.
VIEWS INCLUDED:
System
Text List
Horizontal Coverflow
Horizontal Wheel (boxes)
Horizontal Wheel (logos)
Horizontal Coverflow
Vertical Wheel (boxes)
Vertical Wheel (logos)
Full screen Wall
Wall with game info
I've used the brilliant system boxes from Styphelus found here. Many thanks to them for their hard work. Also, it uses the Source Sans Pro free typeface which is included in the zip. Also, of course, thanks to y2guru for the Community Theme Creator, and Faeran's very helpful Youtube videos. I no longer provide the system logos as Dan Patrick's awesome set have been that I was previously using have been incorporated into the main Launchbox collection. I also have removed the system images, mainly for size purposes but also just so people can use whatever they want to.
I've uploaded a matching startup theme here.
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FB Focus
This is a new theme based on my previous Flikbox, however it is built around blurred backdrops and foreground elements that pop out against them, and less focused on speed and more on smooth eye candy. It is a little more intensive than the previous Flikbox due to there being many more elements involved.
The theme is designed for 16:9 although other ratios might work but haven't been tested. It works best with video snaps rather than any type of themed video.
VIEWS INCLUDED:
System
Text Lists
Horizontal Coverflow
Horizontal Wheel (boxes)
Horizontal Wheel (logos)
Vertical Wheel (boxes)
Vertical Wheel (logos)
Wall with info (boxes)
Wall with info (logos)
It uses the Source Sans Pro free typeface which is included in the zip. I have used Dan Patrick's awesome platform logos and my own controller icons, many thanks to him.
Of course, thanks to y2guru for the Community Theme Creator, and Faeran's very helpful Youtube videos.
I have uploaded a matching startup theme here.
818 downloads
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The Wall!
By Surfdeign
Good Day,
This theme started out as just an update for my Surf Vision! theme to add an outline to the wall views. As I started playing around with templates in the CTC, I realized that it was becoming a lot of work creating separate theme views for multiple platforms that required each one to be updated separately. As I was working on that, I just started putting together templates and **BOOM** The Wall! was born.
This does require the latest stable BigBox version 13.1. The majority of elements in this theme are generated on the fly from YOUR artwork. You MUST have the below art as a minimum in your Launchbox images and videos folders and metadata updated.
Launchbox/Images/Platforms - Clear Logo, Device, Fan Art, Default Art
Launchbox/Images/<platform name> - Clear Logo, Box Front, Cart Front, Fan Art (or Screen Shots/Ad Flyer)
Launchbox/Videos/Platforms - <platform videos>
I am running a Ryzen 3600, 1660 Super, 16GB with Launchbox installed on two 8TB spinners with a NVME boot drive. I am seeing some lag, especially when first loading Wall View 1 and 2. You will probably get a black screen while the view caches. Usually, this only happens the first viewing, but I've seen it take up to 20 seconds to render the view even after that. I'm not sure why it does this but open to suggestions to fix. If your system is less powerful than this, I would suggest not using this theme, but try it out anyhoo!
I use Platform View 1, Wall View 4 with Game Details turned on for the most part, but there are multiple views to try out!
I didn't bind any elements to the BigBox options menu, so I don't think much can be controlled visually from there. The game count does not work on playlists for some reason.
Hope you enjoy and please let me know of any bugs or other suggestions. I don't plan on changing the format very much and may come out with small updates.
Thank You!
365 downloads
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retroroots RetroRoots - Bigbox Theme
By HannesRoets
This is RetroRoots, a modern BigBox Theme for 16x9 monitors.
Check out the youtube video.
I hope you like and enjoy this theme.
Feeback and possitive critisism is always welcome!
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Features:
Custom modern icon set. All monotone colored logo's, redrawn by hand by myself. Custom feel to the system category menu with a alternate design & video's Clean layout, works well on modern style / scandinavian style cabinets Custom sounds Matching startup video Download
Be aware: This is an Beta release, not everything is included, nor polished.
The theme is ready to rock, but no game detail and extra options.
Files:
RetroRoots theme: V005 Vector monotone logo project
exported pngs can be found on the emu movies fftp account:
/Upload Here/_Artwork Submissions/mikomi/wheel-monotone-system-logos Startup video in matching style Release Notes:
To come:
More variations on the menus (vertical, wall, ...) Adding missing logo's Polishing Make custom video's for the platforms Redo the sounds Dark version of the theme Release notes moved:
From now on release notes are available at the bottom of this page.
Requests:
If you have any feature requests, bugs, monotone clear logo request, ... please ask this on the forum topic of RetroRoots.
Screenshots (v003):
Special thanks:
The true hero of this story: Dave, the creator of the community theme creator The whole launchbox community for all the tips, help, suggestions & feedback
645 downloads
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Unified Lives!
By Rob_G
This theme is my re-take on the excellent Unified-Refried theme and I called it 'Unified Lives!'. The goal is to present more information to the user during game selection as well as using more graphic assets to complement the display experience. I hope you like it!
- An informative game card that shows many details of the currently selected game.
- 6 Game wheel views. 2 vertical, 3 horizontal and 1 text.
- 4 Platform/playlist views
- Single views for game and platform text views (these are necessary views)
- Marquee, box 3d, disc, cd, 3d cart and front flyer images are all used. Visibility rules determine how they appear, depending on platform and also file availability.
- Supports different aspect ratios. If it doesn't look right on yours please let me know!
- Wheel Badges for Favorite, Completed and Broken games.
- Created with Community Theme Creator 2.5
- Dynamically changing theme images based upon current platform/playlist. just like Refried.
** Rename 'background' folder to enable fanart.
** Rename the 'Devices' folder to always show a random game screenshot in platform/playlist views.
** Place your choice of fanart in 'fanart fallback' folder when game or platform fanart does not exist, a random image is chosen
** ESRB icons. If you don't want them, delete or rename the icons. The 'Not Rated' icon is renamed due to the number of titles without rating. Remove the exclamation from the filename to see it.
*** Do not overwrite previous versions of the theme, replace the folder. Folder and file structure can change between versions!
2,163 downloads
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4:3 Dos Terminal
By walter10h
Seems like I can't stop making these types of themes. I have a soft spot for MS-DOS and terminals in general. This theme is meant to be used on a 4:3 monitor, but it will work just fine on 16:9.
Files for the community theme creator are also available for download.
105 downloads
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4:3 Forgotten Emulator
By walter10h
This is a recreation of what I seem to remember was a Snes Emulator. I remember playing with it as a kid, it didn't have any sound, probably dos based. Anyway, here's a theme made out of scrambled, possibly made-up childhood memories. I decided to add box art, just so it wouldn't look so empty, but the supposed emulator was too old for that.
Also, this time I actually enabled notifications, so I can read your comments instead of forgetting about it for a million years.
Files for the community theme creator are also available for download.
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![More information about "[OUTDATED] MS-DOS BigBox Theme"](https://forums.launchbox-app.com/uploads/monthly_2017_01/LBdos1.thumb.png.19e83f4f62277155926b8192f96e701a.png)
[OUTDATED] MS-DOS BigBox Theme
By walter10h
ATTENTION: This theme is severely outdated. Use DOS Matrix by faeran instead!
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This theme is meant to be used with the view "Text list with details" for both Platforms and Games. Do away with all those clunky boxes, videos and logos, and just enjoy the simplicity the good old days.
NOTE: Install the font included with the theme! Perfect DOS VGA 437
NOTE2: Goes best with my sound pack here:
330 downloads
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3-DIMENSIONS
By faeran
A showcase of the new 3-D Box Models in Big Box. This theme contains 8 game views, each with its own unique 3-D box model wheel layout.
This theme can be utilized by theme developers as a way to learn how the new FlowModel works within and without a FlowControl. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask within the comments section of this file.
1,199 downloads
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Play Box Ultimate
By DazStelfox79
Happy New Year to All
This is Play Box Ultimate, I have gone back to the roots of the original Play Box theme this time around.
I wanted a smooth scrolling process through my library highlighting box images ect with a modern look on smart TV's .
It was designed in a screen resolution of 1920x1080 with Windows Scale & Layout settings at 100% so hopefully it should work with other screen resolutions.
All Steam Banners are now required to be in the original size of 460x215 in order to scale correctly in this theme which can be downloaded from www.steamgriddb.com. I have resized all Steam Banners that i have included in my theme.
Included in my theme is alternative control layouts for Microsoft Xbox & Sony Playstation consoles, a collection of steam Banners for games of various platforms which i have resized to 460x215 & a collection of Movie Box Images, Clear Logos, Background Wallpapers & Steam Banners to get you started with as there is no way for Launchbox to download Movie metadata along with instructions of how to use.
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Slider
By Rincewind
INSTALLATION
Download the zip file and unblock it (right click the zip file, goto "Properties" then at the bottom put a tick in the "Unblock" box, hit ok when done) then extract the folder to --\Launchbox\Themes\
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Thanks as always to @y2guru for the awesome COMMUNITY Theme Creator for BigBox.
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Neon Deluxe Wii U Edit
By Zanchos
An edit I made for the neon deluxe theme using the theme creator specifically for the Wii U. Select horizontal wheel 1 to use it. Sometimes an error pop up may show up, just delete text list from the views folder within the theme and the pop up should be removed. A lot of the videos and screenshots will have to be manually entered because the Wii U database is not completed. The video resolution that is recommended for use on this theme is 1920x1080
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Surf Vision!
By Surfdeign
Good Day,
Sharing with the community another theme that I created.
You will need a good set of game artwork for it to look it's best. I have included my platform image folder in a zip file that you can use to make sure everything looks right. I don't have every platform known to man, so the image selections may limited for hoarders but it is a start. I use the Unified Platform videos from EmuMovies.
Most views include the new 3D box models.
You can expect a small update once the next version of CTC is released for some of the wall views. They can be extremely time consuming with how they are currently created.
Please let me know if you come across any issues or broken items.
This has only been tested in 16:9 aspect in 4K using Big Box 13.0 and may not work with older versions.
Hope you enjoy!
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Colorful - Dark & Coverbox TV Redux
For a long, long time I searched for the perfect Bigbox Theme to use with my TV. Every time I found one I thought was pretty cool, there were just so many little things that didn't sit right with me. Either it didn't have game descriptions in the platform menus, or the game descriptions they had were too small (I use Bigbox on my TV), or the platform views of the theme were unappealing. Well, no longer! I discovered what I thought was the absolute best combination of themes, Colorful - Dark by Viking for it's incredible platform wheel 2 system views, and Coverbox by Faeran for it's incredible Text game views (which have a unique look for almost every popular emulated system out there). Luckily, both Viking and Faeran made their theme's community theme creator files publicly available for anyone to edit, so all my minor (and in some cases not so minor) annoyances were very possible to fix. After months of on and off work, I'm very pleased to release my custom versions of both themes so everyone can enjoy them as I have.
At the end of the day, this is a series of relatively minor and moderate tweaks I made to two already fantastic Bigbox themes, and all of that credit goes to the original creators of those themes, Viking for Colorful - Dark, and Faeran for Coverbox. Part of my hope in releasing this to the community is that they take notice and possibly implement some of my changes into the mainline releases of these themes in the future.
The optimal configuration for these themes in my opinion is Colorful's Platform Wheel 2 for platform selection and Coverbox for Text List with Details, with any system not covered using Colorful's Text LIst with Details. That's the configuration this modification is aimed towards, but you can use any combination you wish.
This release includes a changelog of everything I've changed in both themes, down to the positioning of the elements X and Y positions and their Width and Height. Since going through every change I made would be impossible in this description, Here's a list of the most significant ones.
Main Changes
Platform Descriptions in Colorful's platform wheels have had their font increased and their sizes expanded. This was to make the text more legible if playing on a TV, which I do exclusively. If the font were bigger by default I may not have modified Colorful at all. Game Descriptions in Colorful's game wheels have had their font increased and their text boxes expanded. This compliments the change from above. Personally I prefer the Text list with details view for any system Coverbox doesn't cover, but the others are usable. Text Scrollers for Game Descriptions has been added to every platform theme in Coverbox that didn't already have one except for the Atari Lynx, Nintendo Virtual Boy and the Famicom Disk System. Each systems Text Scrollers have been given fonts that are related to that system in some way (I did reuse some of them though). For instance, Sega Genesis uses the HUD font from Sonic the Hedgehog, Game Boy Advance uses the Gen 3 Pokemon font, etc. Coverbox Text Scrollers that were too small had their fonts increased. The biggest beneficiary of this change was PSP, that font was TINY and impossible to read on a television. This change was also made to the Wii and the Wii U Background elements have been erased and replaced with modifiable image placements to make room for text scrollers, which makes them editable for those looking to make their own changes. I have included a complete changelog documenting every change I made to both Colorful - Dark and Coverbox, as well as included the logos and fonts I found and created for use in this modification, both of which can also be downloaded here if you want to revert any of my changes or recreate them in some way. If you like what you see, make sure to show your support to Viking and Faeran on their respective theme pages, they created two incredible Bigbox themes and are the ones that deserve most of the credit. I hope you enjoy my changes!
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Vertical Vision!
By Surfdeign
Just wanted to share this vertical theme that I created for my cabinet.
There weren't a lot of vertical themes available and I have been messing around with this one for over a year now.
Quality artwork is a must. Some views have the new 3D box but the resolution is a bit lower than the regular art so play around with the different views.
I don't plan on changing anything but will update the file if I do! I haven't come across any issues, but if you find a bug or something not working right, please let me know.
*** This theme is only for 9:16 vertically oriented monitors. ***
Hope you enjoy!
317 downloads
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Retrotastic [Theme Stream]
By faeran
Retrotastic was built during a Theme Stream broadcast. If you are interested in creating themes, follow me on Twitch, or watch the videos later on YouTube.
A Catalog of past Theme Streams can be found on the forums here: https://forums.launchbox-app.com/topic/54760-retro-faerans-theme-stream-big-box-theme-creation/
This theme only works on version 10.15 and above due to its reliance on some new bindings!
Retrotastic
I recreated my Retrotastic theme in the theme creator. This was an ambitious project, but one that was well worth it. It still has all the fun of the original theme, with over 150 platform specific backgrounds and a plethora of game specific backgrounds and graphics to play around with. This brings the theme up to a new, modern standard that includes many performance benefits. I also managed to tweak the views here and there to make the theme snappier. Please enjoy this new version, along with the COMMUNITY Theme Creator project files for you to play around with and create your own version of my theme.
Watch this theme being built:
Watch on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/590341221 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfAJTXCprj4
Instructions
Retrotastic - Theme.zip - BigBox theme. Place extracted folder in your LAUNCHBOX\Themes folder Retrotastic - COMMUNITY Project files.zip - Creator Project files. Place extracted folder in your COMMUNITY\My Theme Projects folder
Documentation
Learn how to add your own Platform and Game Images to this theme: Retrotastic - Documentation.pdf Download Templates to help make your own Backgrounds: Templates.zip
Don't forget to pick up Scratcher amazing game media packs for Retrotastic. These packs really brings this theme to life:
Credits
COMMUNITY Theme Creator by @y2guru. Find it here: https://forums.launchbox-app.com/files/file/2115-community-theme-creator-for-bigbox/
My Twitch Channel: https://www.twitch.tv/retrofaeran
My YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2C5q0Muy-ehYpZUIIdJ94Q
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Faeran - Coding of the theme, many of the platform/playlist backgrounds, pixel ESRB icons, and the pixel genre icons
Broskiplays - Creating the idea for this project, along with many platform/playlist backgrounds
Harryoke - Creating many platform/playlist backgrounds, the platform background video, options background, and many other various videos/images
Nyny77 - Creating platform/playlist backgrounds, along with the use of his extensive collection of platform logos
GreatLemon - For creating some of the pixel genre icon graphics
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RetroFresh
By faeran
This theme was designed to add as little overhead as possible, while giving a clean and simplistic view of the content. RetroFresh works with your own media and uses them as its centerpiece. Hope you guys enjoy.
This theme was ported over to the COMMUNITY Theme Creator, and is the only version still supported. Both the theme and the Theme Creator files are supplied, just in case you would like to make any changes with the theme.
Installation Instructions
Extract 'RetroFresh - Theme.zip' LaunchBox/Themes folder. Open Big Box, go to Options/Views, select the RetroFresh theme.
Video Demonstration
The views I made are as follows:
RetroFresh
If anyone finds any issues, please let me know.
22,169 downloads
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Simple Touch & Simple Desktop
By The Papaw
I wanted to change the theme to a more Retro look in Version 4. See changelogs and last few screenshots. I will only be going forward with the two v4 version as it has been to much to keep up with all the versions. I will try to update most of the screenshots soon. I plan on adding vertical and coverflow views soon. I'll leave v3 online as they look quite a bit different. Looking back, I probably should have separated them as different themes
Simple Desktop v4 - Uploaded Simple Touch v4 - Uploaded (last 2 screenshots) Simple Desktop v3 (light) - FINAL Simple Desktop v3 (dark) - FINAL (screenshots close to end) Some of the features:
New custom Neon platform, platform categories and few playlist Clear Logos (close to 200 of them). Also available in separate DOWNLOAD now. device bezels for game videos (200+ platforms) - (special thanks @Duimon for many of them). Also extra ones in a folder named "unused" and a psd template added Partial Gamepad badge support like Steam does (add a custom field in LB named "Partial Gamepad Support" with a value of "Yes") - dll file below displays nice little message when no game notes are present (see screenshot 5) displays colorful "No Video image" when no game video is present in the bezel ability to choose scratches & smudges on game videos (delete "Scratches.png" file in ..\Themes\Simple Desktop v3 (light)\Media\Overlays) font changes for better visibility colorful 3 second popup for games marked as Completed, Broken or Not Installed in Horizonal & Wall views (see screenshot 7,8,9) Audio announces 200+ Platforms New matching neon "Startup" videos Clean, with a modern look. Works well with all the screen sizes I have been able to test, including large screens and 4K TVs. Responsive and simple, thus "Simple Touch".
I needed this for a A-I-O Touch Screen PC I will be installing in a false wall soon. I'll be doing a home remodeling project soon and thought a touch screen jukebox in the wall would be a cool look. I found a great deal on a Lenovo 700 22ish touchscreen on ebay and have been setting it all up before I start the remodel. I wanted to create a BB theme with a similar look to the Jukebox (media center) software I put on the PC.
(Most of the Platform videos in the videos in v3 and previous were the Bigbox Cinematic videos, in v4 they showcase the Colorful videos with a few I made)
NEW VIDEO: Simple Desktop v4 (11-04-22)
VIDEO: Simple Desktop v3 Light (10-07-22) - Sorry it's so long, I was trying to show all the bezels I used to show the game videos for all the platforms.
VIDEO: Simple Desktop v3 Dark (10-13-22)
Here is the dll file for adding the "Touch Badge" in Launchbox. Drop it into your ..\Launchbox\Plugins folder. (not required, just shows the Touch Badge in Launchbox)
Badge Touch.dll
Startup Videos: (10 seconds)
NEW - Simple Desktop (available in 1080 & 4K)
BigBox Simple Desktop (3840 × 2160 px).mp4 NEW - Simple Touch (available in 1080 & 4K)
* (you can disable the audio by renaming or deleting the Audio folder within the ..\theme name\Media\Audio folder. If you want to remove the family logo image in the settings page, you can do the same thing with it, located in the ..\theme name\Media\Images folder)
"Simple Touch v3" (light or dark), "Simple Desktop v3" (light or dark) are the older versions.
* Simple Touch Vertical (vertical version) This one is more of a test version. It's made using 3:4 aspect ratio per request. I had to re-size some things and move a few things around a bit, but pretty much the same. I have nothing to test it with, so not sure how well it will look or work on a actual vertical screen. If you give this one a try, feedback would be awesome (especially some screenshots or a video).
As always, special thanks goes out to:
@JoeViking245 for helping me with the touch issues
@y2guru for sharing CTC with us, thank you
@faeran for allowing me to use a bit of his code
@Johnny T for all the MFME Fruitbox Machine help
@viking for the awesome Colorful stuff and sharing some of his knowledge with me
ALL THE USERS
Don't forget to leave feedback, post comments, questions or suggestions. Will do the best I can to get back.
- Enjoy!
BigBox Simple Desktop (1920 × 1080 px).mp4636 downloads
- touch screen
- simple
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CoverBox
By faeran
The CoverBox project is one where my goal is to recreate retro console's boxart as a BigBox Theme.
Each theme is designed for 1080p.
P.S. I created graphic assets for the star ratings. Please feel free to use them in your theme.
With the release of CoverBox 4.0, the theme has been completely ported over to the COMMUNITY Theme Creator. I now included the COMMUNITY Theme Creator files that you can use to load into the CTC to make any edits that you'd like. Please follow these instructions to do so:
Make sure you already have a copy of the COMMUNITY Theme Creator, and you have it set up (link below) Download both the Theme files and COMMUNITY Theme Creator files Extract the COMMUNITY Theme Creator files into your COMMUNITY Theme Creator\My Theme Projects folder (don't forget to right click the archive, go into properties, and unblock the file) Open the Theme files zip, go into the Fonts folder and install all the fonts in there. Open the COMMUNITY Theme Creator, you should now find it in the dropdown list of themes
Installation Instructions
Download the CoverBox - Theme Files.zip file. Right click the file, go to properties and make sure to unblock the file Open the zip file and place the folder into the LaunchBox\Themes folder Select the CoverBox theme in BigBox
CoverBox Images
List of Supported Platforms
Thanks
y2guru and his COMMUNITY Theme Creator This theme utilizes Styphelus' System Boxes by Styphelus Anyone who has ever contributed to this project over the years.
15,676 downloads
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DOS Matrix - [Theme Workshop]
By faeran
DOS Matrix was built during a Theme Workshop live stream. If you are interested in creating themes, subscribe to the Unbroken Software YouTube channel.
DOS Matrix
A simple text based theme mimicking the old DOS setup graphics.
Watch this theme being built:
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUfbUEharTE
Files
DOS Matrix - Theme Files.zip - Drop into your \\LaunchBox\Themes folder to load into Big Box DOS Matrix - Project Files for COMMUNITY Theme Creator.zip - Drop into your \\COMMUNITY Theme Creator\My Themes Projects folder to load into the COMMUNITY Theme Creator
Credits
COMMUNITY Theme Creator by @y2guru. Find it here: https://forums.launchbox-app.com/files/file/2115-community-theme-creator-for-bigbox/
Subscribe to catch future live stream: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSIht6UXIEXIgz4eXAEShxA
180 downloads
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Small Box - StationEmulation | For small screens
By unraze
This is a port of Viking's StationEmulation theme for Big Box. With text and asset sizes changed to be legible on ~20" CRT television.
Please comment if you would like to see more edits for those of use who use BigBox on low res CRTs.
142 downloads
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MEAGRE
By donarumo
This Big Box theme is designed to show more of a game's images than usually found in a given theme. The name derives from my old MEAGRE interface. Currently, there are only three views, the system menu, a vertical wheel platform view, and the games text list.
Please give any feedback you would like as I would love to improve on the theme over time.
This was created using the Community Theme Creator.
153 downloads
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