Sunday, May 27, 2012

Friendly Bugs Live Wallpaper v2.05

  - Bug Fix: Problem with "Frosted Glass" on some devices
  - Update: Ladybugs dance when touched!
  - Update: Resting butterflies fly away when touched!

This update fixes an issue with the "Frosted Glass" background -- it wasn't a power of two, and non-power-of-two ETC1 textures don't work on all devices.  Sorry, that slipped through the cracks.  :/

In addition to this fix, we've added in a couple quick features.  Laldybugs and butterflies now both react to touch!  Butterflies at rest will fly away when touched, and ladybugs will do a little dance!  Enjoy!

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Canabalt HD v1.1

  - New Feature: Options screen with volume, vibration, etc controls
  - New Feature: You can totally set the music as a ringtone!
  - Update:  About button has been moved to the options screen
  - Update:  HD player character now has white socks (by popular demand!)
  - Bug Fix: Collision volume for leg has been tweaked a bit to fit the graphic closer
  - Bug Fix: Rooftop fences draw in order better in SD mode

Good day everyone!  Took a bit longer than originally planned, but as of now Canabalt HD v1.1 is up on Google Play.  This primarily is there to introduce independent sliders for music and sound effects volume, a much requested feature judging by our contact e-mail.

In addition we've added a few fun extras.  Notably, you can set the three music tracks as your ringtone if you'd like!  Plus, since several folks mentioned it, the HD player model now has proper white socks.  Enjoy!

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Friendly Bugs Live Wallpaper v2.0

  - Update: Now using OpenGL 2.0 for rendering
  - Update: Two new backgrounds: Frosted Glass and Dark Wood
  - Update: Higher res backgrounds
  - Update: Thumbnails in settings screen

This is a (primarily) technical update that should give Friendly Bugs better performance on pretty much all devices.  In addition we're also including a couple of new standard backgrounds, and have upped the resolution of some of the existing ones.  You also get a thumbnail swatch of the current background on the settings screen.  :)

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Flags of Oceania Live Wallpaper v1.7

  - Update: Four new flags!  Philippines, Torres Strait, Tiwi Islands, Norfolk Islands

This update is primarily to get some new flags in place, all user requests over the last few weeks.  In addition, this update enables support for more native platforms - x86, arm7, and MIPS.  Shouldn't actually make much difference in practice, but it does allow Play's filtering to work properly.

Monday, May 7, 2012

Galactic Core Live Wallpaper v2.25

  - Update: Can now disable touch response entirely
  - Update: Better color swatches in settings

This isn't a big update, but fulfills a user request to completely disable the camera's motion based on touch.  In addition, we've improved our color swatches on the settings screen so they should look consistent with all the other stock preferences panels now... which makes the whole thing look a lot better.

Friday, April 13, 2012

Thunderstorm Live Wallpaper v2.0

  - New Feature: Change colors based on time of day
  - Update: Now using OpenGL 2.0

This is a major update from our perspective, but should look more or less the same to you folks.  Basically, we ported Thunderstorm forward to a newer version of our framework, which should make it generally better behaved and give you snapper home screen response besides.  That's not bad to start with, really.

In addition, we've hooked up the ability to have the colors change based on the current time of day, similar to several of our other products.  Like those, we use coarse network location to calculate an accurate sunrise/sunset time.  You can click the "Time of Day Preferences" selection to edit the colors for the available times to make it look however you see fit.

The only oddity about this is if you're using minimalist mode, as you'll probably want to tone the colors down if you've got that enabled.  That's the general case with the light colors though, so hopefully we'll be forgiven for that one.

Along these same lines, we're also working on an update for Friendly Bugs that should give some similar benefits.  Give it a few days and we'll have that one live too.  :)