About This File
Playtime is a modern theme designed mostly to Showcase the new Game Discovery Center!
Think of it like a Netflix For Games kind of look where you can browse & discover content you may have forgotten about or just not played in a while. Playtime has had a makeover since the last upload with a huge list of changes with some smooth transitions switching between games to Fullscreen Fanart & Fullscreen gameplay videos.
In the GDC/Game Discovery Center view or I like to call the Home Screen I have utilised some navigational context when switching games as to which game you are navigating to/from. For example the screen transitions from The Highly Recommended Games in a frame at the top of screen into a list of games with Fullscreen Fanart.
This theme contains a Game Discovery Center View, 4 Platform Views, Text Views, a Wall View, 3 Horizontal based Views of Game Boxes & a Vertical View/WheelGamesView based in a bedroom or Arcade room with a device hooked up to a screen to showcase some Nostalgia.
Game Discovery Center
To set Game Discovery Center to startup as your Home view. Start Big Box & go to Options/Views/Default Startup View: Game Discovery Center
Avatar Profile & Username Customisations & Instructions
Important Note
For Gameplay Videos set your Video Playback Engine to Windows Media Player in Big Box options/Videos/Video Playback Engine. VLC Player does not like videos in a Dock or Stack which will result in video playing sound but not visible.
Avatar Profile & Username Customisations
You can personalise your Home Screen ect with your own Avatar profile/Gamer Pic & i have created 50 Avatar pics for your profile for you to play around with & enjoy.
Edited by DazStelfox79
Added Information about changing Video Playback Engine to Windows Media Player
What's New in Version 1.5 See changelog
Released
Game Discovery Center
- Redesigned Game Discovery Center/DiscoveryPageView as the Community Theme Creator scale converter was conflicting with the built-in BigBox scale converter
- Highly Recommended Games - For this section I have utilised some navigational context when switching games as to which game you are navigating to/from. For example the screen transitions from The Highly Recommended Games in a frame at the top of screen into a list of games with Fullscreen Fanart. This section also has faster navigation scrolling compared to the other regular game lists due to it being the Top Featured List
- Compete for High Scores - I have corrected this template for this list as it was getting cut off
- Changed colour for item as same color as background
- Used flow:FlowImage for game images to improve performance. All of the above have been recommended by faeran which is greatly appreciated to improve my theme for you guys
- Added some extra height to the Background Fanart & Media Frame to show a bit more fanart ect
- Changed the colour of the text border to Green for the Recently Played & Added game List
- Reduced Border thickness of the selected item image
- Added some Game Description text to all the regular game lists
- Gameplay Video is zoomed in & fills the Background Fanart & Media Frame
- Removed the Background Fanart Fade for faster & smoother scrolling
System View
- Removed all traces of the Community Theme Creator scale converter as it was conflicting with the built-in BigBox scale converter
Platform Wheel 1 View
- Removed all traces of the built-in BigBox scale converter as it was conflicting with the Community Theme Creator converter
- Added some extra height to the Background Fanart & Media Frame to show a bit more fanart ect
- Changed the colour of the text border to Green for the Platform Title
- Added some Game Description text
- Reduced Border thickness of the selected Platform image
- Added a Platform Count
Added a new Platform Wheel 2 View
- Added a larger Profile image & Username text
- Added Fullscreen Fanart & Gameplay video
Platform Wheel 3 View
- Removed all traces of the built-in BigBox scale converter as it was conflicting with the Community Theme Creator converter
- Changed the colour of the text border to Green for the Platform Title
- Reduced Border thickness of the selected game image
- Reduced Border thickness of the selected Recently Played game image
- Added a Platform Count
Added a new Platform Wheel 4 View
- Added a larger Profile image & Username text
Text List with Details View
- Removed all traces of the built-in BigBox scale converter as it was conflicting with the Community Theme Creator converter
- Added some extra height to the Background Fanart & Media Frame to show a bit more fanart ect
- Widened the Platform Description text area to line up with the Manufacturer, Release Date & Library Count Headings
- Added a Platform Count
Horizontal Wheel 1 View
- Removed all traces of the built-in BigBox scale converter as it was conflicting with the Community Theme Creator converter
- Removed the frame & added Fullscreen Fanart
- Removed the 3D Game Boxes & Disc/Cartridges for faster & smoother scrolling
- Moved the Game Clear Logo, Game Details & Description text
- Removed the third Gameplay Screenshot & made the other Gameplay screenshots & video larger
- Removed the curve from the Game Boxes as some were out of line
- Reduced Border thickness of the selected game image
- Added a Dark Background colour to the game boxes as they were previously transparent
- Added a Game Count
Added a new Horizontal Wheel 2 View
- Added Fullscreen Fanart & Gameplay video
Horizontal Boxes with Details View
- Reduced Border thickness of the selected game image
- Added a Game Count
Vertical Wheel 1 View
- Removed all traces of the built-in BigBox scale converter as it was conflicting with the Community Theme Creator converter
- Changed the colour of the text border from blue to Green for the Alphanumeric/Game Wheel Index Bar
- Removed the Platform title text & Game controls so that the views looked more Nostalgic & authentic
Wall View
- Removed all traces of the built-in BigBox scale converter as it was conflicting with the Community Theme Creator converter
- Changed the colour of the text border from blue to Green for the Game Title
- Reduced Border thickness of the selected game image
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Added a Game Count
