Android apps by Abusive Studios

Gate of Time Live Wallpaper

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:24:55 +0000

The Gate of Time as inspired by Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword! My homage to one of the most memorable, timeless, and influential series of video games.

To set the wallpaper: Go to your home screen and long-click the background, choose Wallpapers->Live wallpapers->Gate of Time

Screenshots don't do it justice at all. The effect is entirely in the motion.

NO Airpush. NO Admob. NO ads of any kind. I don't want any of that garbage on my phone, and I won't subject users of my apps to it either just so I can make a few pennies per day from some sleazy ad company. Instead, to 'monetize' my work, I'll leave it up to my users: if you feel that I deserve compensation, grab my Tip Jar and use it to buy me a soda. :)

This wallpaper does, however have a SECRET FEATURE. No, it doesn't steal your personal data. And no, it doesn't track you using GPS. It's the kind of secret feature you *want* to have! I ask that if you find how to activate the secret, PLEASE don't post how it's done in the comments. Leave it a mystery for others to find! One TINY hint to find the secret: you *must* have sound on; it won't trigger if your phone is on vibrate or silent. Oh, and I guess I also forgot to mention: there are 2 ways to trigger the secret. The methods are *very* different. If you *think* you've found them both, you probably haven't. You'll know when you've found them both.

Please don't hesitate to let me know if you have any issues such as excessive battery use or poor performance, and I'll see what I can do to fix them.

Let me reiterate: if you have an issue, EMAIL ME. A poor review and "Force Closes" doesn't help me one bit in tracking down your issue. I have no way of contacting you or determining what the cause is.

If anyone is willing to do translations into other languages for the settings screen and messages, please get in touch with me! I'd love to have everything in as many languages as possible, since The Legend of Zelda is internationally recognized.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE A TESTER FOR NEW VERSIONS: send me an email or post something at this Google+ page for the app:

https://plus.google.com/105165717322237876849/posts

PUBLISHER IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH NINTENDO IN ANY WAY. Skyward Sword, The Legend of Zelda, and Nintendo are all registered trademarks of Nintendo of America. Please don't C&D me, Big N!

Thanks To
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Everyone who has left fun/encouraging feedback; it's very motivating to see others enjoying my work
JAS - for the textures
Michael, Mason, Shashwat - testing with Galaxy S2-class hardware and finding crashes before I publish
Shannon - For being a perfectionist
Cristopher Ortega Sánchez - For the Spanish translation
Adriado - For the Portuguese translation
Andrew Current - For the French translation
David Dessi - For the Italian translation
Steven Burdack - For the German translation
Kris Yadao - video walkthrough; check his HighOnDefinition Youtube channel at http://www.youtube.com/HighOnDefinition
Yasuyo Nishioka - SuperDry color picker (and Taha Hawa for finding and suggesting it)
Jeff deRienzo - Bonk Live Wallpaper example
Mark Guerra - glWallpaperService library

Recent changes:
0.9.92
- More customization options; color presets
- Visual clues for the secret (it has changed slightly, if you already knew it it shouldn't be too hard to find again)
- Better color picker (based on SuperDry)
- Spanish translation by ChristopherOS!

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Have received a note that on HTC devices, sometimes battery usage is higher than it should be. After setting the wallpaper, reboot the phone and check battery usage again after a while -- it seems to have helped for some people.

Flames Live Wallpaper

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 05:24:38 +0000

A simple live wallpaper to set your screen ablaze.

Please let me know if you run into any crashes, performance issues, or excessive battery drain. I'll see what I can do to get it fixed. This is still an early version and has only been tested on a few different devices (but does seem to run well on all of them so far).

Recent changes:
0.71
- Major performance improvement
- More consistent flame density across portrait/landscape modes
- More varied flames

Tip Jar - Abusive Studios

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 05:24:38 +0000

Show the guys at Abusive Studios some love!

In lieu of having the standard pay/donate versions of our apps, or resorting to marring our apps with ugly advertisements, Abusive Studios has a Tip Jar!

After installing the app, choose a tip amount that you feel is appropriate! Tip as little or as much as you like!

Note that Abusive Studios reserves the right to thank our tippers on our main website.

This app serves *no* purpose other than to send a tip to the authors. It is poorly written and ugly, even by our standards. As the app is basically completely worthless, feel free to blast us in the reviews.

Interfering Circles LWP

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 05:22:11 +0000

Circles move around your screen, creating interesting interference patterns. Highly customizable for both look and performance, this wallpaper will keep you mesmerized with its complex patterns created from simple interactions.

NO Airpush. NO Admob. NO ads of any kind. I don't want any of that garbage on my phone, and I won't subject users of my apps to it either just so I can make a few pennies per day from some sleazy ad company. Instead, to 'monetize' my work, I'll leave it up to my users: if you feel that I deserve compensation, grab my Tip Jar and use it to buy me a soda. :)

Please don't hesitate to contact me with suggestions or if you have any problems.

This live wallpaper is based on an effect seen in old 80s and 90s era programs called "demos" that showcased the talent of programming teams in an effort to produce the best looking imagery computed in real-time by highly optimized software. The effect is named for what is generally two sets of circles drawn over the top of each other, with any overlapping areas being colored straight black. This could be accomplished very easily on old hardware by using bitwise operators (the simplest being XOR), but for my implementation I've used OpenGL's depth buffer to achieve a similar effect.

Recent changes:
0.8.1
- Added better color picker; borrowed heavily from SuperDry color picker code.
- Added preference to set background/overlap color independently

0.8
Initial Release