/abstract-art

An Android live wallpaper implementing hundreds of psychedelic abstract animated backgrounds.

Primary LanguageJavaGNU General Public License v3.0GPL-3.0

Abstract Art

1.0.0 (Struttin' Evil Mushroom)

This live wallpaper recreates the hypnotic tripped-out visuals featured in the cult classic SNES game Earthbound (Mother 2). Even if you've never heard of it, these animated wallpapers stand on their own. With the hundreds of backgrounds available in this tiny package, you practically can't afford not to download it! Equip it now to give your device sweet visuals with low power consumption, and be the first person on your street with a totally boss wallpaper that doesn't bust the battery.

Flaunt your style while remaining environmentally conscious... Makes a great conversation starter... Use it to help meet the man or woman of your dreams... The possibilities are virtually endless! :)

Instructions

  1. Install and set as your live wallpaper.

  2. Double tap a blank spot on your home screen to load a different random background (behavior is configurable in the settings).

  3. Check out the background chooser (accessible via the settings) to make a custom background playlist!

Background Chooser

  • Click on a thumbnail once to preview it. Click it two or more times to check/uncheck it.

  • Every background that you check will be included in a custom wallpaper "playlist."

  • If you only want a single background to display, clear all the checks, and recheck the one you like.

  • The "Select All" and "Clear All" methods are included (press your menu button or check the action bar) for your convenience. :)

Changelog

1.0.0 (Struttin' Evil Mushroom)

August 7, 2012

  • FINALLY. FIXED. COLOR CYCLING. Older phones have full effects now!

  • Fixed a terrible memory leak in the background selector

0.10.1 (Beautiful UFO)

July 26, 2012

  • landscape orientation fixes: aspect ratio, scaling, and garbage at sides of screen (thank you for the report, Squishie!)

0.10.0 (Beautiful UFO)

July 18, 2012

  • reorganized preference menus

  • created a donation version

  • added author contact link

  • fixed a background scroll bug

  • incorporated Karsten Priegnitz's handy ChangeLog class

0.9.3 (Criminal Caterpillar)

July 10, 2012

  • FINALLY squashed the "backgrounds running at super speed" and "enemy sprite crash" bugs

0.9.0 (Criminal Caterpillar)

May 15, 2012

  • can now display enemy sprites

  • can now do letterboxing

  • fixed rendering aspect ratio

  • fixed a large responsiveness bottleneck in the image chooser

  • fixed an occasional bug where a thumbnail wouldn't update until scrolled out of and back into view

0.8.1 (Criminal Caterpillar)

May 2, 2012

  • dressed up playlist chooser with a more Earthboundy-looking theme

  • now properly cropping background textures to 256x224 (source textures are 256x256)

  • minor internal corrections

0.7.0 (Criminal Caterpillar)

April 24, 2012

  • upgraded background viewer into a playlist chooser as per feedback requests

  • published source code on GitHub

0.6.0 (Criminal Caterpillar)

April 18, 2012

  • first public (alpha) release

0.5.0

February 08 - April 17, 2012

  • code evolved, basic background effects were implemented

  • moved from application to service at some point, incorporating Ben Gruver's GLWallpaperService class

  • preferences added

  • background selector GUI took shape

0.1.0

February 08, 2012

  • project's humble beginnings as an Android OpenGL ES 2.0 demo exercise