Android live wallpapers. A viable democoding platform?

[relsoft]

So I got sidetracked from my android game project and wondered about how to  make those live wallpapers. After some googlefu I was able to make an opengl es wallpaper and thought this might be a good platform for demo effects.

Here's the result. You can't be crazy with your fx though since your ui would lag.

What do you think guys?


screen:


apk:
http://www.rel.phatcode.net/Temp/PinoydenLiveWallpaper-002.apk

[Yaloopy]

Do people use these? Does it not kill battery?

I don't have a phone to run it on, sorry!

[benny!]

Hi ...

interesting topic. There are already  some good selling figures of livepapers. I definately think that this might be an interesting option for demoscene coders.

Keep us informed about your progress.

Best,
benny!

PS:
By the way - ten years ago before the era of flat screens - I thought there were also a market for demoscene effects in screensavers (as a marketing instrument).