My second game for Windows Mobile!!!
yay?
This is a remake of an old Nokia 3310 Game that I used to play all the time.
Good old days!
Explanation of the way the game is played:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mancala
This game is made for 2 people to play against each other.
I might add a singleplayer if I have the time to!
Since everyone has their own rules for this game I will write them down real short:
When ending your "seeding" in a empty hole on the opponent's side you will capture a point.
When you end up in your own main hole you get an extra turn.
The opponent's main hole will not be skipped while "seeding"
There I hope I explained it well enough.
Any suggestions or bugs reports are more than welcome!
Enjoy gaming!
DEMO VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCSgZQZ-XMk
what, no screen?
not4you said:
what, no screen?
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maybe you should try asking a bit more politely lol
mancsoulja said:
maybe you should try asking a bit more politely lol
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"Screens or it didn't happen"
or
"Screens or GTFO"
Is that polite enough?
J/k Thanks for the effort!
Hi Freckle
could it be possible to get som screenshots please ?
And a single player version would be awesome !!!
Screen shots are a must, some users never put something on there phone without knowing how it will look
oh I totally agree, I would never put something on my phone without seeing a screenshot or a video of it.
Definitely not from an unknown developer like me
Video is uploaded, check my first post!!!
Can I be honest with you ?
The graphics are not really beautiful...., I would love to see it looks like a real wood one
I do love this game, I spent hours playing on it on my nokia and I also have a real one in my house
something like this would be definitely better
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hanackin said:
Can I be honest with you ?
The graphics are not really beautiful...., I would love to see it looks like a real wood one
I do love this game, I spent hours playing on it on my nokia and I also have a real one in my house
something like this would be definitely better
cheers
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Seconded. Since that 3D dice app was cancelled (I was working on the graphics for that) this could be a fun project to take on. Give me a day and I can whip up something that's at least on par with the above screenshot - I'll try to make it look better .
Not everyone knows how to create apps like the one you showed us from the screenshot.
I appreciate your honesty, but I started giving C# a shot 2 weeks ago.
And I haven't ever made a 3d/graphical application before.
Also I'm not following a ICT/"Programming" education yet, have to wait 1 and a half years for that.
If someone could give me a push in the right direction, that would be appreciated.
***I think I have an idea to spice it up, give me some time.
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sorry, was not my intension to bee impolite, if I it is SORRY. I'm just adding more text in the window because was "to short".
If Freckle got offended SORRY again.
I agree with the graphics I would like it more developed. Wy not use a genuine mancala:
Anyhow respect to Freckle for work and sharing
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sorry, was not my intension to bee impolite, if I it is SORRY. I'm just adding more text in the window because was "to short".
If Freckle got offended SORRY again.
I agree with the graphics I would like it more developed. Wy not use a genuine mancala:
*pics*
Anyhow respect to Freckle for work and sharing
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That's alright mate ;-)
I'm working on the board right now, the board is almost finished.
I'm trying to add some cool text that will look like it's sort of cut into the board.
The new board (without buttons)
now it looks better dude
Your on the good road
I just can't figure out how to get the picturebox transparent so I can put actual round images in it without having a white overlay.
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I just can't figure out how to get the picturebox transparent so I can put actual round images in it without having a white overlay.
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I'd use a ImageButton with transparency set to true,
this should also help you "catch" the clicks
But IMHO I think it is better to complete the the coding prior to the cosmetics, I'd rather see a fully functional game which doesn't look that nice then a not working game which looks great.
with fully functional I meant including a single player version...
because that is the real challenge
Anyway I'm glad you started this thread, because I almost forgot about this great game. thank you
keep up the good work
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I'd use a ImageButton with transparency set to true,
this should also help you "catch" the clicks
But IMHO I think it is better to complete the the coding prior to the cosmetics, I'd rather see a fully functional game which doesn't look that nice then a not working game which looks great.
with fully functional I meant including a single player version...
because that is the real challenge
Anyway I'm glad you started this thread, because I almost forgot about this great game. thank you
keep up the good work
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I'm glad I could remind you of this game as it's an amazing game!
I choose to do the design first as that's what people mainly wanted.
After that I'll do my best to get the singleplayer working.
Thank you
One problem,
ImageButton is for ASP (Websites)
Any ideas?
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One problem,
ImageButton is for ASP (Websites)
Any ideas?
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Maybe, but it can also be used in other development languages,
I use Basic4PPC to develop and there the control has already been created
http://www.basic4ppc.com/help/imagebutton.html
What application/language are you using?
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Maybe, but it can also be used in other development languages,
I use Basic4PPC to develop and there the control has already been created
http://www.basic4ppc.com/help/imagebutton.html
What application/language are you using?
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Microsoft Visual Studio
C#
I will code it in then, I probably have to put in "using System.Web;" and create the button manually
I'll try it when I get back from school.
Related
I was playing with a ipod classic from a friend of mine, i new ipods had some kind of music quiz so i checked that out too.
I saw that that quiz was great, much better then i had thought!
It made the questions up with your mp3's as content, asking questions as:
Which song is this?
From which album is this song?
The song xx is from the year xx, or not?
etcetera.
It just uses the ID3 tags on every track and uses some parts of the mp3's as musical fragments with the questions.
Now, i was really sad that my phone (HTC Touch Diamond) could'nt have such a nice game on it, and i was thinking... I don't think that someone with develop skills would have such a hard job on making something like this.
I can design the layout, interface etc. (I'm a designer), but i need at least one coder to make it to a real game with me!
So, who wants to help to make a game at least twice as good as the ipod Music Quiz?
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This is a 'quick' design of what i kinda think it should look like, now to find someone to build it with me
28-09-08: Newly created start screen. probably not really 100% possible to make, but its a idea
05-10-08: 'Something wicked, this way comes'
Update: Posted preview image of what i think it should look like, see startpost.
Stats are also a must have! Stats rock
i love the idea. good luck with the programming
Sounds good and looks good as well. I'll definitely keep an eye out if this comes to fuition.
cool app, i'd like one like it.
I love playing this on my iPod Classic. Your design looks awesome and hopefully someone will be able to help you program this.
I would love this app as well
Good Idea, but too easy! hehehe
I know every single verse/riff/solo of my 27gb music library! hehe...
It will a lot more difficult if it put the music to play in backwards too!
Sry for the english
I must confess....I would cheat! I would simply ask my mobile companion here, "What song is this?" and she would of course, reply with the answer, I WIN !!!!!
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I must confess....I would cheat! I would simply ask my mobile companion here, "What song is this?" and she would of course, reply with the answer, I WIN !!!!!
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The iPod game has your score counting down the longer you take. That route would award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
love the idea and the design, great work.
Okay, thanks for the compliments, but i really need a developer to help me, anyone?
Great idea, you can see that site http://en.massivemusicquiz.com which is really great too for music quizz idea.
*Bump*
Still no developer who got some spare time?
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Still no developer who got some spare time?
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Were we wrong to assume that you were the developer? If you aren't, shouldn't this post belong in the General section?
No, he is asking if anyone else is able to make such an application. The screenshots on the front page are mockups.
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No, he is asking if anyone else is able to make such an application. The screenshots on the front page are mockups.
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True, i'm a designer. But, i'm also a music lover
I'm a VB.NET developer and I think I can pull this off in .NET.
PM me if you want me to help you, if you deliver the designs I'll do the coding (don't know if it's going to work 100% yet, we'll see that while developing )
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I'm a VB.NET developer and I think I can pull this off in .NET.
PM me if you want me to help you, if you deliver the designs I'll do the coding (don't know if it's going to work 100% yet, we'll see that while developing )
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PM Sent
Hi all,
i've always been a big fan on the design of osx aqua,
therefor i decided to make a spb mobile shell theme with the same looks.
since this is the first skin i'm making for the spb mobile shell i've started on a
desing wich i found here.
"our theme - inspired by degavim & marfanuk" from that theme i'll start changing all the graphics and after that i'll try some adjusting in xml.
So far i've managed to do some testing on my Hareld wich looked great,
now i'm building all the psd files. When i'm done you will be able to download this theme here. I'll keep you informed on what i did and let you guys help me test it.
here is the first teaser :
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Cheers
Mikomi
WOW! Very nice. Definitely keep us posted.
I love OS Aqua and your skin.
Nice
Very cool, keep up the good work
will be waiting for this
ok i'm getting along pretty well, but as espected i stumbled accros a problem,
on the top right of the screen there will be the volume icon (speaker) like in
the theme i'm basing this one on. the problem i have is that the speaker on the
original theme is white, however i can't find the image for that icon in the .dat files
can anyone point them out or help me out where i can find them ?
thanks
Mikomi
Mikomi said:
ok i'm getting along pretty well, but as espected i stumbled accros a problem,
on the top right of the screen there will be the volume icon (speaker) like in
the theme i'm basing this one on. the problem i have is that the speaker on the
original theme is white, however i can't find the image for that icon in the .dat files
can anyone point them out or help me out where i can find them ?
thanks
Mikomi
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Nice theme keep it up as I know you can edit the icon of sound at the above by editing the qp menu btn.dat
Great Idea!
Can't wait to try it out. I love the osx aqua look myself.
great work go ahead
Wow,
That looks great!
Could I make one small request, and feel free to tell me to shove off?
Would it be possible for you to leave off the Apple logo for the Start Menu, I know it runs counter-intuitive to what you are doing, but hear me out.
Apple has great design, no doubt about it, I love them, I covet their products more than a MOC Boba Fett with the kid unfriendly missile launcher, but this is a Windows Mobile Device that this theme is going to be used on. Lets keep the Windows Flag, but maybe sexy it up a bit, hell for all I care make it anything you want just not an Apple. When I hand people my phone, it happens sometimes, I want them to know it is a Windows Mobile device and that the iPhone is not the only game in town. I don't hate the iPhone by the way, I just want Winmo to get the credit it is due. Now like I said you can tell me to blow smoke, it's your design, your hard work, and thank-you in advance for creating it. I love the bottom row icons btw.
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Lets keep the Windows Flag, but maybe sexy it up a bit, hell for all I care make it anything you want just not an Apple. When I hand people my phone, it happens sometimes, I want them to know it is a Windows Mobile device and that the iPhone is not the only game in town.
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Agrea that ppl should know a htc phone is more powerfull and less expensive and can do much more so i'm gonna do everyone a favour and make 2 zip files, one for the windows logo's and one with the apple logo's.
cheers and thanks on the comments, just got home and started working on it.
expect the first demo version soon.
cheers
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Nice theme keep it up as I know you can edit the icon of sound at the above by editing the qp menu btn.dat
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indeed, i think i fixed it, thanks ! i coppied the wrong version of that file at work (from other theme) Ooops
great skin, looking forward to it.
ok i cant find the right dat to change to colors in the % for the battery & operator for the top-bar. in wich dat is the right xml ?
i've been searching this forum but cant find what i'm looking for, to much hits on text color.
thnx in advance
OK
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here is the first teaser :
Mikomi
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simple & neat
I LK it .
hope 2 try it soon !!
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hope 2 try it soon !!
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if you're lucky the first beta in a hour ;-) depends on if i can figure out how to change colors of the top text.
cheers
nice theme....and simple.....
Great! Thanks for making two files available, you rock! Can't wait to try your skin, it is nice to see some non-diamond development going on.
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it is nice to see some non-diamond development going on.
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i hate that 2, i think i only found 3 alternative themes wich were realy nice on this forum (and even then they still looked like diamond)
anyways everyone has his own tast, but osx aqua is mine
Hi all,
if you want to see what i got on my mobile you can download alpha version 0.01 here
Don't flame caus of the bugs / unfinished ... it's an alpha release only if u want
to see it. thanks
edit: the new digital clock as in the psd teaser (first post) has been implemented. but to soon to release another alpha,
more to come later...
Mikomi its looking good. Im looking forward to trying this as Im getting bored of the diamond themes now.
Heya,
I want to create a MMORPG (mostly text-based) for windows mobile.
Thanks!
Coder: Freckle
Graphic Designers: buru898, carlosdayas, [ElCondor]
Scripters: duall, carlosdayas
Testers: X2D, fasjoifas, tikusjamban, Crescendo Xenomorph
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We got all the people we want!
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This isn't what you're asking for but.. I offer my services as a Tester, I know you'll get a lot of these types of posts but I'm always available.
I have a Touch Pro (VGA), hope to be of some help.
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This isn't what you're asking for but.. I offer my services as a Tester, I know you'll get a lot of these types of posts but I'm always available.
I have a Touch Pro (VGA), hope to be of some help.
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Thanks mate!
You're lucky that you replied quickly because I'm not going to allow too much testers ;-)
Welcome to the team my friend.
Going to make a WQVGA version? If yes, i can test in my Omnia =x
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Going to make a WQVGA version? If yes, i can test in my Omnia =x
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Maybe, I'll add you as well.
and mine were QVGA...
i will be the testter...for QVGA
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and mine were QVGA...
i will be the testter...for QVGA
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ok I added you
I still need a Graphics Guy!
Man I can't believe no one else is posting in this thread, this would be awesome. Too bad I don't do graphics... ah well.
hiazn said:
Man I can't believe no one else is posting in this thread, this would be awesome. Too bad I don't do graphics... ah well.
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Me neither, this is an awesome concept yet nobody sees it's potential..
i can help in some script,story.
i'm also a website designer.. but not an artist i can't draw characters etc.. ;D
i have a question :
MMORPG in 2D or 3D...
be more specific, the style you want...
Future, old, Fantastic...
This Project must be the best MMORPG from XDA but we need more info to See what do you want...
Lot of idea need a planning to work properly...
LeSScro
I m very enthousiast about this project...
duall said:
i can help in some script,story.
i'm also a website designer.. but not an artist i can't draw characters etc.. ;D
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Ya I'm a web designer as well so I know what kind of stuff you can design,
Is it okay for you if I see you as head scripter until we find more people that can?
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i have a question :
MMORPG in 2D or 3D...
be more specific, the style you want...
Future, old, Fantastic...
This Project must be the best MMORPG from XDA but we need more info to See what do you want...
Lot of idea need a planning to work properly...
LeSScro
I m very enthousiast about this project...
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My first post said mostly text-based. My view on that is like whenever you find an item, I want the item to be visible.
When you see a monster, I'd like that monster to be visible, I'm not asking for 3d. I want a not too heavy game, there's no need for having an environment with a character that you can walk with.
It's not that I prefer this, but I think that this makes the game compatible with every single windows mobile device on the planet. Also you can play the game when you're in the waiting room waiting for the doctor without having to make the game load and make it feel like they can jump right in.
It will be a Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing game, all players are connected to the server, the server decides what happens.
I will use the same "internet engine (lol)" as I created when I made dRemote.
This can go really big.
I'm sending each and everyone of you a PM.
Great project!!! Please let me in on it!!!
I can help with the script (history and such) if you would have me. I can also draw a little, so please let me know. This is such an appealing project!!!
P.S. here is a drawing of mine, not finished though.
Hmm sounds cool but maybe it could be a little more than just text? Maybe like those 2D mmorpgs lol?
Well I can be a graphic designer... I'm pretty decent in Photoshop but my computer is crappy as hell but I can give it a try?
I can help testing... Got device i-mate 9502, VGA... ^^
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Hmm sounds cool but maybe it could be a little more than just text? Maybe like those 2D mmorpgs lol?
Well I can be a graphic designer... I'm pretty decent in Photoshop but my computer is crappy as hell but I can give it a try?
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That's what I'd love to see as well, but I'm not the kind of guy that has that much time on his hands to make it 2d and stuff.
Text-based can be fun like those criminal browser games and SlaveHack.
As long as you have challenging gameplay it'll be awesome.
I added you to the list, thanks m8!
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I can help with the script (history and such) if you would have me. I can also draw a little, so please let me know. This is such an appealing project!!!
P.S. here is a drawing of mine, not finished though.
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Dude, awesome drawing!!
You're in!
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I can help testing... Got device i-mate 9502, VGA... ^^
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I added you as tester
No more testers will be accepted
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What do you guys think about basing it on an existing story like Lord of the Rings?
Lord of the Rings ok!
That would be cool, since there are different clases and everything is pretty much mapped out. We have the light side and the dark side very well balanced, and since it would be text based, we can focus on a good story for each side. The question would be where in time do we place our story, since we need really strong objectives for each side to complete. My particular choice would be at the age of the Silmarillion, since it has stronger and much more expectacular beings, (Sauron was a mere servant back then) and it is a much less explored age.
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That would be cool, since there are different clases and everything is pretty much mapped out. We have the light side and the dark side very well balanced, and since it would be text based, we can focus on a good story for each side. The question would be where in time do we place our story, since we need really strong objectives for each side to complete. My particular choice would be at the age of the Silmarillion, since it has stronger and much more expectacular beings, (Sauron was a mere servant back then) and it is a much less explored age.
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I've seen the movies but it was a while ago so I'm not very familiar with it atm.
My idea is:
Make the game very very long, the objective is to bring the ring somewhere and destroy it (can't really remember where they destroyed it )
Just make endless quests that are still interesting and challenging for newbies and pros. Then once the ring is destroyed, the game will start over and hopefully we can reinvent the game by then with new quests. They can then choose a different class, this way the game won't be boring quickly.
What about making the battles similar to the FF's ones?
Just to be clear first, this is a maxycy project that was released here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4387070&postcount=4
Congratulations to him for this great app.
I kind of fell on it by chance and loved it!
I' like to share this remixed version i did from his:
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The cool thing about it, its that its really simple to edit/change, to add other fishes, a medusa, a bird, fireflies, windows cursor, sonic, mario, the enterprise, whatever...
How does it work?
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- Single tap and fish will swim faster (works better in screens with less resources like calculator)
- Press and Hold to move fish
- Double tap to exit
Changes:
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- I added a icon to the EXE.
- Added a WM6.5 png icon to the install.
- Changed the default install folder to anywhere the user chooses (even Storage Card).
- Added transparency to the fish flippers.
- Changed the color a little to look more goldy.
- Added a readme file (both in the zip and in the instalation folder with your info and link).
EDIT: I believe it needs .net 3.5 to run, but I cant be sure of that... :/
Mirror: http://rapidshare.com/files/274698032/GoldFish_v2.zip
Works nicely on my diamond, Thanks, but I guess the fish is scaled for qvga as it is a lot small on my screen than it is on your screen shot. Also when scrolling the transparent background square the fish is on takes a while to refresh/clear. Looks like my CPU is working hard to keep the fishy swimming, 100%...
Very cute, thank you, does it need feeding ?
"The cool thing about it, its that its really simple to edit/change, to add other fishes, a medusa, a bird, fireflies, windows cursor, sonic, mario, the enterprise, whatever... "
Do I have a feeling we'll soon get a Flashlight number 2 ? This could be a great idea: SeaFlash? AquaFlash? FlishFlash?
Works great on my Rhoduim, thank you.
Now if I can just keep my cat from scratching at my screen.
Works well. Is there a link to find other animations? for example mario.
lol works on my xv6800 thanks!
Works great on my sprint 6900, Thanks for the cool app...
We need a hand wash girl in there
Thanks T M Z
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Works well. Is there a link to find other animations? for example mario.
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I dont have any myself, really liked the fish...
Not sure if theres frame limit, but you can google "mario sprites" and find a lot of stuff almost ready to use.
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Do I have a feeling we'll soon get a Flashlight number 2 ? This could be a great idea: SeaFlash? AquaFlash? FlishFlash?
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Oh no, no....this isnt mine, its not even flash, so I cant do any more with it than already done.
uniqueboy said:
Works nicely on my diamond, Thanks, but I guess the fish is scaled for qvga as it is a lot small on my screen than it is on your screen shot. Also when scrolling the transparent background square the fish is on takes a while to refresh/clear. Looks like my CPU is working hard to keep the fishy swimming, 100%...
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It is a fixed size, yes... it can be slightly bigger if scaled on a bitmap editor, but it wont be as sharp.
That visual bug is normal on high-end graphics app, thats why the creator proposed the calcultor as a background app, hehehe.
Its doesnt take much memory in mine, but then again I wouldnt leave it running for long, youll get algae all over the screen...
If its written in .net...
.NET Reflector FTW to learn something
Thanx m8
working fine on my Omnia II
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Oh no, no....this isnt mine, its not even flash, so I cant do any more with it than already done.
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Too bad really, it could be a cool idea. Can it be done in flash?
twolf said:
Its doesnt take much memory in mine, but then again I wouldnt leave it running for long, youll get algae all over the screen...
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Another idea! you are brilliant: algae filling the screen or bugs, or snails !!!
Nop, sorry, other than fewidgets and throttle launcher, theres no software in flash that allows something like this.
Not to mention flash would be slow on most machines...
Hi twolf, yes the memory footprint is negligible, it's the processor load, my CPU is working absolutely flat out when the fish is active, maybe it is just my setup but I would have thought that the fish would only require a few % of my CPU power. I use homescreen plus plus to give a constant reading of my CPU load on the taskbar so I know at all times how busy my CPU is.
wow ,) very nice will u add g-sensor support ? running fine on touch pro
tk_berlin said:
wow ,) very nice will u add g-sensor support ? running fine on touch pro
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Man, your'e cruel!
You wanna shake you fish to death?
Thanks a lot, WOW! cool! working fine in my OMNIA II
twolf said:
Man, your'e cruel!
You wanna shake you fish to death?
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yiop ... the omnia got a fish too ... thought it was with gsensor .. hmm but i think ithe fish just swims to where u put your stylus
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Single tap and fish will swim faster
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I'm pretty the fish don't like it when you tap on the glass.lol
Cool app. Just stumbled upon it. I'll see what I can do in terms of skinning it.
Thanks,
dwizzy130
Works perfect on my Universal, great app and idea thanks.
Too bad you can't feed it
Just had a great idea for a new launcher that I think would work really well on the Android platform (well, what doesn't? [don't answer that]). Going to post a mock up pretty soon so watch this space, hopefully if people like it then maybe someone could build it?
I wouldn't have the first clue where to start to actually build one, but would really like to learn how.
Tell us something about it or maybe someone will help you with it.
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Will do, I just made the post so I can add to it as I go along designing things
Here is the first mock up of the messages and how it would look:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
The idea is that the dock has all of the apps in it, and you scroll through them easily, and if you want to view say, the messages for instance, you scroll through to the messages tab (would have to be a nice smooth fast action, not scrolling through pages) and then drag up on the icon to reveal the messages.
To close the app you would then have to simple drag down from the top bar and it would slide away into the dock at the bottom.
I feel if someone could help me make this that it has a lot of potential, the only problem is that standard apps would have to appear within the constraints of the bubble, which may be a problem, but hey, it's day one so I'm open to suggestions.
Please let me know what you think, I'm going to making previews for as many apps as possible if I can today, but I have other stuff to do, so watch this space!
Obviously some apps won't be all lovely and transparent like the mock up here, but if they could just appear within the bubble that would be pretty awesome I think. It's a much more swipe friendly design that some of the launchers out there at the moment, that I feel are constrained by what is already on the market or what others have already seen.
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Obviously some apps won't be all lovely and transparent like the mock up here, but if they could just appear within the bubble that would be pretty awesome I think. It's a much more swipe friendly design that some of the launchers out there at the moment, that I feel are constrained by what is already on the market or what others have already seen.
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It looks very very promising, altough it looks complex and hard. I hope you can find the way to do it, because you can go really far with this.
Good luck, I will definitely have an eye on this.
Mock up of an actual message being written. If I could create a transparent keyboard I would do! Don't have the time at the moment.
Forgot to add the back button at the top, oops :|
So basically a webos like "card" system but not as good
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killersnowman said:
So basically a webos like "card" system but not as good
From something awesome
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This does not help me at all, but thanks for the demeaning comment.
Not wanting to pour water on your fire. I can tell you are all 'fired up' about this launcher, but why waste your time making these lovely screenshots and 'hoping' that some dev will come along and make the launcher for you.
You are obviously talented, why not do some reading on the forums and have a go at making your own launcher. Once you have a basic one running, I'm sure there will be plenty of members of the community willing to help you.
Just a thought
That's what I'm trying to do, i just don't know where to start!
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killersnowman said:
So basically a webos like "card" system but not as good
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He might have meant it as a poke to investigate webos for inspiration... not all comments are based on emotions you know
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That's what I'm trying to do, i just don't know where to start!
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+1
I am also willing to develope launcher, lockscreen, etc, but never know where to start.
Lots of concepts and no development at all.
P.S. I know abit of android programming.
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Maybe we can help each other? I'm completely starting from scratch but would really love to get stuck into it and start building my own apps.
I would love to contribute as well
BUT
I have absolutely no experience in programming at all......so yea.....
I'm just reading a bunch of stickies and googling to see if I can find anything that breaks everything down nice and simple instead of the FAQ on android.com
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Maybe we can help each other? I'm completely starting from scratch but would really love to get stuck into it and start building my own apps.
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Sure! If I can help. XP
On summer holiday so have plenty of time.
Will be in camp for next few days and will TRY to make something after it.
Hope that your design will become true!
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Me too! Yeah the Guide on the Android Dev website is a bit convoluted to say the least!
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This does not help me at all, but thanks for the demeaning comment.
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Not trying to demean you or this launcher just trying to describe this launcher using existing os ideas like those of webos. But the fact that the os isnt designed for this type of use would inherently make it not as good as webos.
And yes ill agree that the documentation on home screen replacements is rather lacking. Your best bet would be to look at the source of the Android default home screen
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All great things have to start somewhere. I think the concept is good, real nice. I also will be looking out for it. Can not help with building it (no idea how) but I can offer to help test it.....
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Sure! If I can help. XP
On summer holiday so have plenty of time.
Will be in camp for next few days and will TRY to make something after it.
Hope that your design will become true!
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maybe we could meet up sometime if this project ever gets kicked off, to collaborate and stuff?
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Me too! Yeah the Guide on the Android Dev website is a bit convoluted to say the least!
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I tend to agree.....just reading through in order for the first few pages has stumped me...but I have a very basic, basic idea now.
i'm going to the library to see if I can borrow this book which seems pretty good
http://www.amazon.com/App-Inventor-Android-Experience-Required/dp/1119991331