Post #1 · Posted at 2026-01-04 11:18:09pm 14.5 hours ago
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Evening all. Just had an idea about possible new themes to consider if anyone was willing to try their hand at it. First off, I'm an old-head from DDR years and years ago (some may remember me from then), but I have no skills in the theme making department. So this is more of a round table, idea thread from some older/retro themes that can be reskinned and made anew.
The reason I'm thinking of this is because I've been using SM5.0.12 and the Starlight XX theme for the past 5+ yrs, and while it is fantastic, I realized I wanna switch it up. I'm not really a fan of the DDRA to DDR World themes, but I understand to be arcade accurate, this is what people have primarily focused on. But that's also a part of the idea I had that Starlight XX did so well -- it gave the option to use different songwheels in its theme.
As for the theme ideas, the ones I was thinking of were:
DDR Party Collection
DDR X2 (US PS2 version)
DDR SuperNOVA1 & 2
DDRMAX2
DDR EXTREME
As an example, it would be cool to have these themes in the jukebox songwheel, 5th to X songwheel, jacket songwheel (my personal favorite), or A to World style. I may be wrong, but maybe how Starlight XX pulled it off could make it "easier" by using it as a template for those who would consider trying to do these, but I've kinda missed these themes and would use them in their preferred style.
The reason I'm thinking of this is because I've been using SM5.0.12 and the Starlight XX theme for the past 5+ yrs, and while it is fantastic, I realized I wanna switch it up. I'm not really a fan of the DDRA to DDR World themes, but I understand to be arcade accurate, this is what people have primarily focused on. But that's also a part of the idea I had that Starlight XX did so well -- it gave the option to use different songwheels in its theme.
As for the theme ideas, the ones I was thinking of were:
DDR Party Collection
DDR X2 (US PS2 version)
DDR SuperNOVA1 & 2
DDRMAX2
DDR EXTREME
As an example, it would be cool to have these themes in the jukebox songwheel, 5th to X songwheel, jacket songwheel (my personal favorite), or A to World style. I may be wrong, but maybe how Starlight XX pulled it off could make it "easier" by using it as a template for those who would consider trying to do these, but I've kinda missed these themes and would use them in their preferred style.
Post #2 · Posted at 2026-01-05 01:22:51am 12.5 hours ago
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I think the newest Project Starlight for Outfox supports custom judgments, so while it's not an exact match you should be able to add all the missing backgrounds lifted from other themes to Starlight and I'm certain I've seen the judgment fonts made. You don't have the other aspects 100% correct but you can get the general feel of those themes.