[POLL] DO YOU USE PROJECT TEMPLATES?

So a while back I was hunting down some open/free resources, gathering them together and organizing them into several folders for future project ideas, and as I'm going through all of the different battlers and resources and whatnot, it suddenly hit me: if I'm willing to organize resources into folders for use in future projects, then why not create templates for future game projects as well?



What I began doing is taking blank projects and importing resources into them. Different music, different sounds, tiles, and so on. Then I'd go through and organize all my tile sets. Then I'd grab some scripts or plug-ins (I'm a fan of MV and Ace both), and throw them into the folder. Then I'd copy that folder and duplicate it.

Then I began organizing stats and general items. "This project will use a basic attack formula of ATK * 4 / 3 - DEF * 2 / 3, and so on." I started making stats for different class archetypes. "I want a fight-ey character, so here's this baseline class with all default attributes, and I'm going to beef up its health and defense." Then that moved on to common events: here's a sound effects slot, here's a "character just walked through a door and I want a unique animation" slot, here's a "receive level 1 healing item" slot, and so on. Then it became battle mechanics: this game will be about playing with buffs/debuffs; this game will feature one-actor combat; this game features a small selection of skills the party members must equip.

Now I've got a few different folders that are blank, yet have resources added to them for future projects.



My question is, do you make templates as well for potential projects? If you do, what do you put in them? If you do not, is there a particular reason you choose not to, or are you like I am, where you simply didn't think about it until later? If you do, have you had any success in finishing projects based off of one of your templates?