Big Box Theme Templates to Spark More Creativity?

[drtechnolust]

I’ve been thinking about how we could help grow the Big Box theme community, and I wanted to put an idea out there.

Right now, theme creation can feel a bit intimidating for newer users. A lot of the amazing themes out there are works of art and understandably part of the creators’ portfolios, so it’s not always easy to get access to files or examples to learn from. That makes it tough for novices who just want to experiment, maybe move a wheel, adjust some animations, or put their own spin on an existing idea.

What if we had a set of starter templates or stripped-down example themes available to everyone? Nothing that takes away from the unique work creators are doing, but simple frameworks that show how wheels, views, and layouts are structured. I think this could:

• Lower the barrier to entry and make it easier for people to learn by tweaking instead of starting from scratch.

• Encourage more creativity and innovation, as people remix and expand on those templates.

• Grow the community by helping new voices bring fresh ideas.

• Take some pressure off veteran theme creators, since people would have resources to start experimenting without needing to directly ask for portfolio files.

To me, this feels like a win-win. Creators keep full ownership of their artistic work, while the community gets a foundation to build from. Over time, we’d probably see more themes, more variety, and even new advanced creators rising up from those starting points.

What do you all think? Would something like this help spark more creativity in the Big Box community?

[AstroBob]

Heya,

Thanks for the great idea here, personally think this could be a great initiative to lower the barrier to entry for theme creators. Right now it's very much driven by the community sharing their idea and works, but if there's a way we can facilitate lowering that barrier through the app itself, I can see a lot of value there.

I hope it's okay, but i've scoped out a request on our feature tracking site, just so others can vote on it and gauge interest in an official solution to this

- https://feedback.launchbox.gg/p/starter-templates-for-big-box-theme-creation

Feel free to upvote and follow along there. 

That said, there's technically nothing stopping anyone in the community from creating these at the moment, so would love to hear what others think and how they might want to see something like this implemented