GiantTitan Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 I decided to try my hand at designing a theme. I am not savvy in XML or the coding of a Big Box theme, so if there is anyone interested in getting involved on that end, that would be amazing. Basically, I am trying to figure out ways to allow the user to easily navigate their collection. I've had some trouble on my own end where I spend more time scrolling through games then playing. Luckily Jason has added some really cool new features that I want to try and utilize with some UI flair. This is my second version of the games page. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velkien Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 It's a nice guy, I was crazy to find a theme that does not need logos, most Japanese games do not have a logo pack anywhere. I'm very fond of you to finish it, my friend, Good luck in your project !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALIE Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 On 7/4/2017 at 3:28 AM, GiantTitan said: I decided to try my hand at designing a theme. I am not savvy in XML or the coding of a Big Box theme, so if there is anyone interested in getting involved on that end, that would be amazing. Basically, I am trying to figure out ways to allow the user to easily navigate their collection. I've had some trouble on my own end where I spend more time scrolling through games then playing. Luckily Jason has added some really cool new features that I want to try and utilize with some UI flair. This is my second version of the games page. Looks good. Question on this view I can't tell do you navigate to the left using the images or down using the text? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phox Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 This theme needs more attention. It looks amazing! Can't wait for its release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerszr Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 I like it. I love it. I want some more of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiantTitan Posted April 12, 2017 Author Share Posted April 12, 2017 (edited) Still working on ideas but here is a preview of the dashboard design. Not too sure how much I like it yet. Edited April 12, 2017 by GiantTitan 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALIE Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 1 hour ago, GiantTitan said: Still working on ideas but here is a preview of the dashboard design. Not too sure how much I like it yet. Bloody hell that looks awesome and completely different from anything done already. Please leave this in, in some shape or form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phox Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 7 hours ago, GiantTitan said: Still working on ideas but here is a preview of the dashboard design. Not too sure how much I like it yet. That looks fantastic! You should definitely keep it like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerszr Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 14 hours ago, LukeArio said: That looks fantastic! You should definitely keep it like this. I love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody0 Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 When is the release? Somehow I'd like to combine this with CityHunter. Might have to make my own theme to do that. Will there be a background video? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiantTitan Posted April 14, 2017 Author Share Posted April 14, 2017 1 minute ago, Codeman said: When is the release? Somehow I'd like to combine this with CityHunter. Might have to make my own theme to do that. Will there be a background video? I haven't coded a theme yet and no one has thrown their hat in to help so I am unsure of a release date. If I have to code it myself it might take some time because of the learning curve. The background video is going to be a slow hue transition. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.K.O. Cinematics Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 On 4/12/2017 at 4:54 PM, GiantTitan said: Still working on ideas but here is a preview of the dashboard design. Not too sure how much I like it yet. I'm kinda dense, so it took me a little of studying to understand what you got going on here. Looks like the middle is the video? If so, it looks like you are using a youtube vid? If I may ask, do you know how to get my vids? Sorry, if that's a dumb question. Anyhow, looks absolutely beautiful. Would love to try that out for sure. As I know nothing about xaml as well, guess we'll have to wait on one of the themeing wizards to help you out. Also, your games view is wonderful. And I noticed you incorporated a RSS Feed. Is that for launchbox? Super creative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiantTitan Posted April 15, 2017 Author Share Posted April 15, 2017 On 4/14/2017 at 1:13 AM, JamesBaker said: I'm kinda dense, so it took me a little of studying to understand what you got going on here. Looks like the middle is the video? If so, it looks like you are using a youtube vid? If I may ask, do you know how to get my vids? Sorry, if that's a dumb question. Anyhow, looks absolutely beautiful. Would love to try that out for sure. As I know nothing about xaml as well, guess we'll have to wait on one of the themeing wizards to help you out. Also, your games view is wonderful. And I noticed you incorporated a RSS Feed. Is that for launchbox? Super creative. The video is just a screen capture I grabbed from YouTube. It will be what ever the video is the default for the user. As for the RSS feed, right now I know that's not available but hopefully in the future Jason can implement so we can add that in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CriticalCid Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 39 minutes ago, GiantTitan said: ... As for the RSS feed, right now I know that's not available but hopefully in the future Jason can implement so we can add that in. Hey GiantTitan, I hate it to be the party breaker because your mockups are looking really great! Unfortunately there are quite a few more things besides the RSS feed that are currently not possible to do with the theming engine. Games View: - You can only have one navigation element in a view. A mixture of a games list and the boxes at the top is not possible. - You can only show the platform of the current selected game. LB doesn’t offer any cross-referencing for finding other versions of the same game on different platforms. - Showing an icon for the number of players is possible if you have manually added these info’s to your own collection. The problem is that it won’t work for anybody else as long as LB and the games database don’t have an official data field for that. Platforms view: - LB can only show the metadata/media for the currently selected platform/game. The middle part with the selected platform should definitely work like in your mockup but unfortunately you won’t be able to show the Year, Games Count, Favorite/Recent games lists or any other information's for the platforms on the left and right side. I don’t know in which extent these problems can be solved once the BigBox plugin system is integrated but it would still need some extended programming knowledge to implement these features. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latin625 Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 OMG! That looks amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.K.O. Cinematics Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 3 hours ago, GiantTitan said: The video is just a screen capture I grabbed from YouTube. It will be what ever the video is the default for the user. As for the RSS feed, right now I know that's not available but hopefully in the future Jason can implement so we can add that in. Aw, I see. Beautiful idea with providing visual concepts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetroAsylum Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 (edited) 22 hours ago, CriticalCid said: Hey GiantTitan, I hate it to be the party breaker because your mockups are looking really great! Unfortunately there are quite a few more things besides the RSS feed that are currently not possible to do with the theming engine. Games View: - You can only have one navigation element in a view. A mixture of a games list and the boxes at the top is not possible. - You can only show the platform of the current selected game. LB doesn’t offer any cross-referencing for finding other versions of the same game on different platforms. - Showing an icon for the number of players is possible if you have manually added these info’s to your own collection. The problem is that it won’t work for anybody else as long as LB and the games database don’t have an official data field for that. Platforms view: - LB can only show the metadata/media for the currently selected platform/game. The middle part with the selected platform should definitely work like in your mockup but unfortunately you won’t be able to show the Year, Games Count, Favorite/Recent games lists or any other information's for the platforms on the left and right side. I don’t know in which extent these problems can be solved once the BigBox plugin system is integrated but it would still need some extended programming knowledge to implement these features. @CriticalCid, if these panels were essentially just giant platform images on a wheel of three where the left and right are just images and the larger middle panel would be the dynamic info panel that basically just lays overtop the smaller static platform image behind it. couldn't that work? I mean it at least would be doable until more features/plugins are implemented?! I'm asking because this is a very nice looking UI (not perfect) but a good start and something I personally would like for my "Emulation System" in my livingroom. Edited April 16, 2017 by RetroAsylum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CriticalCid Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 That’s actually a great idea and would definitely work. The only problem that I see is that the favorite/recent games lists would heavily differ between the fixed covers on the wheel image and the actual dynamic ones from BigBox itself. Of course that could be also bypassed by either removing the covers from the wheels on the left and right or by removing the whole dynamic favorite/recent games list and only use the fixed covers as non-selectable examples of games that are available for that system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALIE Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 (edited) i hope you get to put something out that looks like your vision someday. because it looks great. Edited April 16, 2017 by ALIE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latin625 Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 (edited) Hands down, I think you would have the best looking theme for launchbox. Maybe even the default one! Please let me know if you ever release a demo! Edited April 16, 2017 by latin625 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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