Thursday, April 24, 2014

Jumpgate Live Wallpaper v1.7

  - New Feature: Color tint the energy helix!
  - Update: Two new cloud styles
  - Update: Higher res icons
  - Google Play Link (full)
  - Google Play Link (free)

Not an earth shaking update, but this adds a little more customization to the full version, and pretties up the icon on high-end devices on the free.  The rather cryptically named "tint the energy helix" item up there refers to the swirly energy thing in the scene, which already had a pref to enable/disable... now you can tint it and gain a highlight color!

The first of the two new cloud styles is basically a brighter, more variant cloud similar to the original one but streakier.  The second is a very crazy set of gradient rays that goes pretty far into 2001 inside-the-monolith psychedelic territory.

Saturday, April 19, 2014

Zombie Horde Live Wallpaper v1.0


  - Google Play Link (full)
  - Google Play Link (free)
  - YouTube

Let's face it, there's not really any reason you need a peaceful home screen.  Step out of that narrow niche and into a wondrous world of zombie carnage!  Defend the last scraps of humanity as they make a final stand out in the wilderness!  Tap on zombies to kill them, or let the folks in the bunker do it for you.  Configure the bunker's weaponry, or whether it exists at all!  All with lighting that reflects the current time of day.

Seriously though, we've been working on this for a while, in particular trying to make sure we could really pile up the blood splats and dead(er) zombies over time.  All the deaths are rendered into a single buffer image that's very slowly faded over time, and if you turn the fading low you can end up with literally hundreds of decals and dead zombies over time.  By default this is a half-res buffer, but you can check a box for a full-res one in the settings if your device is reasonably quick.

The bunker itself is a sort of ramshackle last-stand thing typical of the setting, and we have a few controls letting you choose between rifles, assault weapons, or both.  If this does well we can expand that list in the future, but for now it gives you control over close-in shots or farther away ones.  You can also arm between 1 and 5 survivors, depending on your mood.  Or, well, turn it off and do all the work yourself as you touch the screen.

As with a lot of our products we also allow the lighting to change based on the current time of day, and retrieve your coarse location so we can approximate your actual sunrise/sunset times.  Hopefully folks dig this one, it's pretty far off from our usual passive feeling stuff but I'm hoping there's demand. :)

Friday, April 18, 2014

Friendly Bugs Live Wallpaper v2.3

  - New Feature: Support for additional languages
  - Update: Higher res ladybugs
  - Update: New background: Barn Wood
  - Update: Two new ladybug 'rainbow' colors
  - Google Play Link (full)
  - Google Play Link (free)

This updates adds support for several new languages, similar to the products in the earlier post.  This also adds localization for a couple of smaller things that got overlooked the first time -- don't forget to check your libraries for strings also!

In addition the ladybugs are now double the resolution, though in honesty it doesn't make a whole lot of difference on most devices.  There are two new 'rainbow' colors, and there a new background as well.  Enjoy!

Thursday, April 17, 2014

Autumn Tree Live Wallpaper v1.3

  - Update: Two new backgrounds: Mountain & Lake!
  - Update: New icon artwork
  - Google Play Link (full)
  - Google Play Link (free)

This is mostly a content update, with a bit of maintenance to get a more Play compliant icon in place.  The two new backgrounds, particularly Lake, work very well and give some more colors options for the scene.

Blue Skies Live Wallpaper v2.26

  - Update: Adjusted moon positioning
  - Update: New icon artwork
  - Google Play Link (full)
  - Google Play Link (free)

This update addresses a few issues users had about the moon's appearance, specifically the fact that it fades in low enough to overlap some of the background clouds.  This should make the matter better, overall.  Additionally, this has a new icon that will hopefully read better in the listings.

Fireflies Live Wallpaper v1.1

  - Bug Fix: Fixed resizing issue on Nexus 5
  - Update: Icon tweaks
  - New Feature: Twinkling stars
  - New Feature: Shooting stars
  - Google Play Link

This update adds some more activity to the scene in the form of twinkling stars and shooting stars.  Beyond that this is primarily a maintenance release to take care of a screen resizing issue on the Nexus 5, and to update the icon artwork per Play specifications.