Funny Mirror v1.01

  - Google Play Link (free!)

We're taking a stroll in the free side of things with a goofy little software toy.  Funny Mirror is basically a digital funhouse mirror, allowing you to use either of your phone's cameras to create distorted pictures.  You can save the image to your device, or hit the handy share button and post it to Facebook to entertain (or scare) your friends!

The actual functionality was originally written for a couple of other products, which we'll follow through on before long, but it was a good fit for this sort of thing so we decided to go for it.  From a business standpoint, most of our products are live wallpapers which really don't lend themselves to advertising, so this also gives us a chance to make something with a banner ad and see how that pays off.

And hey, we've laughed a bunch of times playing with it, so it seems to do its job.  :)

Gallery Live Wallpaper v2.2

 - New Feature: Launcher icon intelligently takes you to settings, or to preview
 - Update: Loading dialog at initial thumbnail list creation
 - Update: Better thumbnail creation
 - Google Play Link (free)
 - Google Play Link (paid)

This update does some nice cleanup to make selecting images and browsing them smoother, and also makes the launcher icon behave more intelligently.  Hopefully the whole experience is a bit nicer as a result.  :)

KF Billiards Live Wallpaper v1.1

  - Update: New ball style, Black & White Marble
  - Google Play Link (free)
  - Google Play Link (paid)

Nothing earth shaking here, just a minor update to add a new ball style to the list.  Here's a pic!

Photosphere Live Wallpaper v1.2

  - Update: Support for much larger image sizes
  - New Feature: ETC1 compression for images
  - Google Play Link (free)
  - Google Play Link (paid)

So, one of the main complaints leveled at Photosphere is that the image quality wasn't sharp enough.  To be fair this was sort of true -- we were forced to scale the texture down to whatever the hardware supported.

This update changes that.  If the image is too large for the device's 3D hardware, we now segment it into up to 8 pieces, each one able to be up to that maximum width.  In practice this means you should be able to use a ridiculous 16k wide Photosphere on a lot of devices.

This also eats up massive amounts of RAM, possibly, so at the same time when we store the image we're now compressing it via ETC1.  This takes a bit but means that despite supporting much larger images, it should use less ram at the same time.  It's a win/win really, assuming that brief wait doesn't kill you.

Enjoy!

KF Fireworks Live Wallpaper v1.15

  - Update: New firework type (Heavy Ring!)
  - Update: More available firework colors
  - Update: More variations of dots and streaks
  - Update: Updated icon artwork
  - Google Play Link (full)
  - Google Play Link (free)

This is a modest update that adds some more variation to the fireworks, adding some additional random types of streaks and dots, different variations on the type of glow, and more.  It also adds more colors to the available list, particularly strong bold colors.

Additionally, there's one more type of firework to enable in the list, called Heavy Ring.  This adds more, larger, particles to the standard ring type and hangs round longer besides.  It has a tight white spot with a wide glow.

Photosphere Live Wallpaper v1.1

  - New Feature: Smart launcher icon
  - Update: Settings for pan speed
  - Update: Enable auto-panning

This adds a couple of handy prefs to control camera behavior, notably allowing it to automatically pan around the currently set photosphere.  It also allows you to set the sensitivy of the camera when responding to swipes.

Additionally, given that Photosphere doesn't have the ability to automatically cycle like Gallery does, making sure folks can easily make use of it when they have an interesting image is important.  To that effect, the launcher icon that previously took your to the home screen is now a bit smarter, and if you don't currently have Photosphere set as your wallpaper it'll take you to the preview screen instead, so you can go straight to setting it.  If the wallpaper's already running, it'll smartly go to settings.