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This is my first new theme in almost 8 months so I'd love to get any feedback (positive and negative)! It's called Vintage.
The entire home screen wallpaper is filled with graphic elements that act as shortcuts to some of the most used standard apps on your BB, along with an additional customizable dock that holds 4 additional apps of your choosing. The clock is on a sliding tray, that when deployed also shows the date and network information.
Its available - HERE and is on sale for $1.99 through the weekend.
If you don't buy it any input on the look/feel of it would also be appreciated! It was inspired by a sweet poster i saw that had a really fun "retro" graphic feel that i tried to capture in this.
05-20-11 08:13 AM - Oh my gosh, this theme is impressive! I bought it this morning, it...is...awesome!
There have been 1-2 other themes that have this layout (ie: full homescreen with graphics for links) but none of them had space for custom icons! (Or trackpad support)
The colors, the graphics, all lovely...and this is coming from an obsessive person who will nix a great theme because one or two icons don't appeal to me and it bothers me to the point that I change the theme...not this. Like every bit about it! Your best work to date, m'dear!
05-20-11 11:22 AM - Whoa! thanks for such a kind review!!! Totally blew me away, I'm happy people are enjoying the theme! And to answer your question about how its so polished for a first release is I've been working on it off and on for about 8-9 months
I took a break from developing my own themes to work on some licensed work and get into a little game dev, so I've learned a whole lot and slowing kept this theme going forward. Hopefully my next release won't take nearly as long lol05-20-11 02:36 PM - I hope not, I can see you putting out even better themes (though I have no idea how, haha).Whoa! thanks for such a kind review!!! Totally blew me away, I'm happy people are enjoying the theme! And to answer your question about how its so polished for a first release is I've been working on it off and on for about 8-9 months I took a break from developing my own themes to work on some licensed work and get into a little game dev, so I've learned a whole lot and slowing kept this theme going forward. Hopefully my next release won't take nearly as long lol
And I apologize if I appear overly excited; it's just that I've never really found a theme that goes beyond the icon/wallpaper approach. Maybe it changes a colour here or there, but it still sticks to boring ol' vanilla-based stuff. Yours has all the functionality and aesthetic design that I'll ever need!
Took a snapshot showing my custom icons: I'm impressed with how well they scale.
EDIT:
Whipped up a rough color scheme of my own to work with a wallpaper; unfortunately, it doesn't mesh with the BBM icon as well as I'd hoped. Feature request: make the BBM icon a transparent PNG around the edges?
EDITEDIT: Or actually, to make it more accommodating to users, you could make the icon spots transparent except for when pressed; the rest of the time, the background can just remain a static representation of the icon. The only thing they couldn't change would be the signal bars and the wi-fi indicator. That's just a suggestion, of course - you have no obligation to do that
Last edited by CuddlyCombine; 05-20-11 at 04:38 PM.
05-20-11 03:57 PM - It should be noted that this theme does have trackpad support on the homescreen! I just figured that out, and it's sweet - even more functionality! Damn, this is a goldmine of good design.
BBStoof: if you want, I can send you a .psd file (assuming you have Photoshop) with all the alpha selections for modifying this file. It lets you keep the signal bar/app row backgrounds, and you can also play with adding an outline to the lettering (as I did in my screenshot).
And no problem Tony, happy to help!Last edited by CuddlyCombine; 05-20-11 at 07:42 PM.
05-20-11 07:32 PM - Yeah, the loud profile does seem to get cut off a bit. Cheers though, can't wait for updates!nice work CuddlyCombine! And i just spotted a bug
it appears to cutoff the profiles icon. 
Im aiming to have updates available mid-late week
EDIT: Custom color schemes work nicely with this bad boy!
Here's a PSD for experimenting if anybody is inclined (requires Photoshop CS2 or later):
Alphas for Vintage Theme (4MB)Last edited by CuddlyCombine; 05-21-11 at 07:32 PM.
05-21-11 04:42 PM - PM me your paypal and I'll gift you a copy of the theme.This theme just looks awesome!
Wish I had the money to buy it, but alas my mortgage has longer lasting value
Looks great though, good job on making it very unique and clean.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com05-22-11 03:07 PM - PM me your paypal and I'll gift you a copy of the theme.
Well isn't that just insanely awesome of you (seriously)
Unfortunately for me though, I don't have a PayPal account, crazy isn't it?
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.comLast edited by Manoman; 05-22-11 at 07:07 PM.
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