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🎨 Shadowforge Theme Workshop Guide

🧠 What is this?

Shadowforge supports custom UI themes.
You can:

• 🎨 Create your own theme

• 📥 Download themes from the Steam Workshop

• 📤 Upload your theme for others

📥 How to install themes (Workshop)

1. Open Shadowforge on Steam

2. Go to the Workshop page

3. Click Subscribe on a theme

4. Launch the game

👉 The theme will appear automatically in the Theme Browser

🎮 How to use a theme in-game

1. Open the Theme Browser

2. Click the Workshop tab

3. Click a theme to preview it

4. Press Apply Theme

📤 How to upload your own theme

Step 1 — Create a theme

Create a folder:

themes/my_theme/

Inside it, create a file:

theme.json

Step 2 — Add theme data

Paste this template:

{
  "name": "My Theme",
  "author": "YourName",
  "description": "Describe your theme.",
  "bg": [40, 40, 50],
  "title": [70, 70, 100],
  "text": [255, 255, 255],
  "slider_bg": [80, 80, 90],
  "slider_knob": [255, 140, 0],
  "button": [60, 60, 70],
  "bar": [255, 255, 0]
}

Step 3 — Import into the game

1. Put your folder here:

themes/import/my_theme/theme.json

1. Open Theme Browser

2. Click Import

Step 4 — Upload to Workshop

1. Select your theme

2. Click Upload

3. Wait for upload to complete

👉 Your theme will now appear on the Workshop

📁 Theme folder structure

themes/
  import/
    my_theme/
      theme.json
  workshop/
    (auto-downloaded themes)

⚠️ Important notes

• Steam must be running

• You must be logged in

• The game must be launched through Steam

• Upload may take a few seconds

❌ Common mistakes

Theme not showing

• wrong folder (must be inside a folder)

• invalid JSON

Upload not working

• Steam not running

• not logged in

• game not launched via Steam

🎨 Optional: preview image

You can add:

preview.png

in your theme folder for future support.

💡 Tip for creators

• Use strong contrast for readability

• Test both dark and bright colors

• Keep UI elements visible