thimolor
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8 minutes ago, CMOSS said:
Amazing theme! Are you planning to share the source files for the Community Creator?
Thanks! I need few days to check that everything works as I intended. After that I will share templates and creator tool files.
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50 minutes ago, ALIE said:
hadn't noticed but i see it now.. looks great either way
Yeah, this is more or less a refined version of AllNightLong. There were few things I didn't like about my first theme, so I decided to make a new one. AllNightLong was for everyone and this one is for me.
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4 minutes ago, ALIE said:
Curious why the name change ?
No longer a tomb. Space images and cold colors pointed towards something else. So a little Alien reference came to my mind.
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LV-101
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LV-101 is dark, futuristic and responsive theme. Theme uses custom device and playlist images (download the psd templates from here). 108 devices are included in this package.
Should work well with 16:10, 16:9, 4:3 and 5:4 ratios.
Theme was designed to use box art, gameplay screenshot and gameplay video. If you want to make changes you can download the Community Creator Tool Files.
For view transitions I recommend the vertical animation, it just feels right with this theme.
Requires a powerful system to run smoothly. Tried it with i5-4570t and performance was horrible. AllNightLong works better on older systems.
Theme contains:
- Platform Wheel 1
- Platform Wheel 2
- Text Filters View
- Text Games View
- Horizontal Wheel 1 Games View
- Horizontal Wheel 2 Games View
So not a lot, but I didn't want to make this theme as huge as my previous theme. Less is more, or so they say.
Credits:
@y2guru for the COMMUNITY Theme Creator for BigBox
@viking for the amazing platform videos.Fonts:
Montserrat
Designed by Julieta Ulanovsky, Sol Matas, Juan Pablo del Peral, Jacques Le Bailly (https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Montserrat?query=montse)Device Images:
The Vanamo Online Game Museum (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Evan-Amos/Credits)Fan Art:
This theme uses some images from EmulationStation theme Tronkyjared (https://github.com/cowboyjeeper/tronkyjared)Background Video:
Free B Roll by <a href="http://videezy.com">Videezy.com</a>
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Submitted07/29/2020
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Final screens. Now making more device images and one final test on my tv. After that I will publish this theme here. Really happy how this is responsive. 4:3 ratio works well. Also I'am going to chang the theme name to LV-101.
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21 hours ago, ABeezy13 said:
That Looks solid again Thimolor!! I think I like the first one a smidge more with the console logo underneath. Maybe add "total games" under that. I guess if this is being shared with everyone we can modify it too
Sorry, You will have to mod this if you want the logo
I like this when it's in motion. The background is still, only devices in the wheel.
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One more and I think I will make few banners and test this out.
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12 minutes ago, ABeezy13 said:
You're welcome! Can't wait to see what you come up with!!!
Like this... I think I will redo the platform wheel and add some color to the theme. So no more easy filters for banners that everyone can do. You will need Photoshop for these.
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3 hours ago, ABeezy13 said:
Are you aware of this:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Evan-Amos
Click each system for more images. Thought I would share incase if you haven't come across this and want to maybe use some
Thanks a lot! Didn't know about this page. Now I can make better looking banners ?
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3 hours ago, releasedtruth said:
I love this theme, but it doesn’t seem to work right for me. Overlaps and gaps on the platform select screen and the game level views only the basic list view works. Loads of potential though
There were some problems on 4:3 screens. It's really hard to get those fixed and keep 16:9 ratio working also. The way elements are streched is troublesome especially with textfields and wheels. I'am currently making another theme called Mausoleum, which should work better on 4:3 screens also.
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Who wants to test this piece of ...art? I will sent download link to those who are willing to test and report to me how wonderfulf and bug free this theme is.
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10 hours ago, ABeezy13 said:
I diggggggggg it! I also like your system images from your post on July 1st. So crispy!
Sorry, I decided to abandon this style. The dark filters made the images look too much alike and I'am now trying to make ones that are unique and easy to distinguish from one another. More color and interesting angles. Unfortunately I'am missing good quality device images at the moment.
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New snaps from current version that I'am testing. Not going to make too many views, just focusing on few and trying to nail those. Decided to use plain photos in playlists and categories. The thing is that I will leave many of these blank, so everyone can use their own photos/images. I found few nice photos from unsplash.com.
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1 hour ago, ABeezy13 said:
Still Super excited For this one. Two questions
1. Are you making this with the theme creator?
2. If yes, are you sharing the files after if we want to say edit small things like color or style of artwork etc?
1. Yep
2. Of course, I will share all the files.
Currently trying to decide the platform/playlist banner styles. Need to keep them simple and looking good.
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On 7/11/2020 at 4:52 AM, ItchyRobot said:
Can you make one for Visual Pinball X too?
You mean a platform banner? Yes I could make one.
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5 hours ago, Setzer84 said:
I'm super interested! I usually use the Banner 2 view with the vertical scroll on the games--I think it's cleaner that way. What I most love about this theme is the retro colors and cleanliness of it, it's professional and not over the top. I can tell you have an eye for good design
Thank you for the kind words. I now have this urge to perfect the clean responsive design that I'am after with the tools that are available. Have to make a lot of compromises, but I like the challenge.
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Some new shots from the theme. Both 16:9 and 4:3 ratios seem to work fine.
16:9 ratio
4:3
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I'am in the process of making one that works nicely on 4:3 screens. It's currently in testing phase. Trying to nail 16:9 and 4:3 ratios without too many compromises.
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13 hours ago, Setzer84 said:
I ended up figuring it out--the version downloaded from Big Box seems to be broken and outdated--once I downloaded and installed direct from the forums here everything works great.
For the genre banners, I discovered you can use anything 1024x1024 named to the stock LaunchBox names (e.g. Action, Adventure) as long as you place them in the Playlists Banners folder (alongside the Arcade playlists).
Kudos again, this is far and away the best theme out
Good to hear! If you are interested, I'am making a new theme based on the AllNightLong called Mausoleum. Trying to make more versatile and responsive theme that works better for all platforms and screen sizes and give the theme a better flow. So if you could help me a bit and let me know what views are you mostly using in AllNightLong?
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Progress. Few changes to the layouts. These screenshots are taken from a working demo. Funny how I want to make simple clean layouts, but in the building phase, I'am constantly trying to add more stuff and cram them into one view (carts, boxes, cd's, videos, screenshots ...). For some reason I'am trying to make a theme that suits everyone, when that isn't even possible. So for now on I'am just making a theme for myself. Still going to add it here for download, both the theme and the creation files.
I think I like this better than my last theme (AllNightLong), which is a good sign.
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More snaps. Game details/list view will have transition that brings the info on screen after couple of seconds, so you will have the "clean" view when scrolling through games. The box art will change to video also when the info pops in.
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...started another one. Trying to design simpler banners, that everyone can make more (logo is separated from the banner). Neutral colors, less info, bigger images, more animations. This will look like a burial chamber for your collection. Keep it clean, keep it simple.
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9 hours ago, Setzer84 said:
This is honestly the greatest theme since when Unified first came out--so clean, sharp, cool, and the feel is just right! Amazing amazing work!
I'm having some trouble getting the Platform View 3 (the console pillars) and the Horizontal Game View 3 working...all I get are game lists with details. Is there a certain series of checkboxes the Images options need to have?
Also on Platform View 2, the banners look incredible!--with genre playlists they spit back the oversized LaunchBox font, is there a workaround for that?
So stoked this theme exists!
Glad you like it. If you are seeing text insted of banners, then you are either missing some images for your platform/game set or you didn't refresh the images from the bigbox menu. Unfortunately if you are missing images from platforms/playlists, you need to make them yourself. I have uploaded the psd-files to make more. If you are missing game images, then you can set the fallbacks from the launchbox image settings... hope this helps,
LV-101 Theme Community Creator Tool Files
in Big Box Custom Themes
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LV-101 Theme Community Creator Tool Files
View FileHere are the LV-101 theme files for Community Theme Creator for BigBox. Go ahead and post screenshots of your versions of the theme here. I would love to see some of the changes you have made to the theme.
Made with Community Theme Creator for BigBox 1.0.8.0
You can download the theme for BigBox from here:
Credits:
Special thanks to @y2guru for the COMMUNITY Theme Creator tool.
@viking for the amazing platform videos.
Fonts:
Montserrat
Designed by Julieta Ulanovsky, Sol Matas, Juan Pablo del Peral, Jacques Le Bailly (https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Montserrat?query=montse)
Device Images:
The Vanamo Online Game Museum (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Evan-Amos/Credits)
Fan Art:
This theme uses some images from EmulationStation theme Tronkyjared (https://github.com/cowboyjeeper/tronkyjared)
Background Video:
Free B Roll by <a href="http://videezy.com">Videezy.com</a>