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[Android Apps and Games] Jeshter2000:
Excuse me !!! Watxh youre language man . These people do it for free so come relax let them do there work . If you dont like the speed they work do it yoursekf . Uhhhh you cant . Stfu and wait .
[Android Apps and Games] android53:
This is a neat idea, some suggestions though:

Have the time as part of the clock rather than an extension of it, have the time stop ticking when idle (hamster sleeping) and then "catch up" to the time by the lil guy having to run all out for a few seconds. It would look awesome animated.
[Android Apps and Games] ADeadlySpoon:
Guys stop arguing, there will be a way of accessing the app soon if you read the posts...

@Timester guys, I'll be donating a small amount next month. :)

Sent from my Voodoo powered Galaxy S.
[Android Apps and Games] jeebuz:
I found it in the store... QR code + old fashioned search... lol.

Thanks for this LWP, pretty awesome. (:
[Android Apps and Games] cefolar:
Found it! running like a champ on my Droid 2 Global - awesome work, really great idea and marketing. Look for a donation forth coming....
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
Great! You found it on Android market or...?

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] dh4645:
still cant find it
[Android Apps and Games] seventy7:
This is absolute genius :D. I love it! It's got a real steampunk hamster vibe going on.
[Android Apps and Games] PGP_Protector:
Tagging this so I can try to find it later, keep getting trimester right now. (google kindly stop guessing what I want, thanks)
[Android Apps and Games] Babydollll:
I loooooooove this wallpaper!!! (sorry, I just really like it) :) I'm using it right now! Thank you to the developer/designer of this. You are awesome!

Sent from my Llama powered N1 courtesy of the xda app! Llama Power!!
[Android Apps and Games] chrisblueboy:
JAJAJA, its so funny

thnks so much :D
[Android Apps and Games] Blou_Aap:
v1

Version 1 is coming very soon, with a hamster ball full of extras.

Chosen background won't be 'shrinked' any more, it will work just like any other wallpaper where you crop it according to your screen's ratio.

A whole lot more actions from Timester are coming too.

Almost there :D
[Android Apps and Games] Jeshter2000:
Woehoe i cant wait !
[Android Apps and Games] deliriousDroid:
Jajaja, its nice. Could you add interaction at all, like spinning the wheel with your finger, or poking the hamster?

Sent from my SilverBullet "RootedHTCDesireZ"
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
You want to poke Timester? Shame, I say, shame on you! Cruelty against animals activists beware! This one is to be kept under scrutiny :D

Actually we've thought about it too, we'll see how it turns out. Not on the next version tho'.
[Android Apps and Games] Stylux:
great idea, great work..
[Android Apps and Games] AngrySwede:
I really like this wallpaper but it doesn't work on my Galaxy Tab. Everything is in one mess in the top left corner. :(

Any possibility to fix this? pls. :cool:
[Android Apps and Games] Blou_Aap:
AngrySwede, I'm getting my own Galaxy Tab today, hopefully, and I guarantee you It's going to work on it in the next version, which is version 1.
[Android Apps and Games] AngrySwede:
Great :D

Can't wait.
[Android Apps and Games] xda-onmobile:
I want to have a widget of this :cool:
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
I realize a 33 page thread is difficult to read through, so I edited the OP. It reads: "Due to the complexity of animation, actions of Timester and limitations in the Android OS regarding widgets, a widget version of Timester is not possible at this time. Thank you for not asking for this again."
[Android Apps and Games] dydbg:
Hello. Sometimes after i close certain program the timester looks like this.

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=521786&stc=1&d=1298129712[/img

I must turn off and then on the display to get it fixed.

My phone is Motorola Defy. I have put it on the middle of the screen. Haven't tried on top and bottom.
[Android Apps and Games] pitbull14:
cool thanks
[Android Apps and Games] Jeshter2000:
Is it close??
[Android Apps and Games] beardedspoooon:
Works great on Droid 1. The only thing that gets a little messed up is when I try to select another wallpaper. It occasionally tells me that it failed and to try a different selector, even though it changed the background. Since the backgrounds are squished anyway for now, it doesn't matter a whole lot. :)
[Android Apps and Games] Blou_Aap:
The new version will fix all these problems don't worry.

We are very close to releasing it, maybe even this week.

We just need to fix some small things and have a new setup screen.

Thanks for being patient, trust me it's going to be worth the wait.
[Android Apps and Games] Blou_Aap:
Just going to leave THIS here for now ;)
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
The new timester is up and running.

https://market.android.com/details?id=info.timester.livewallpaper&feature=search_result

I updated the OP with details.
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
Added Twitter button on www.timester.info so twitt away :)
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
We have a new version on the market, one that fixes a bug when Timester is on strike. Let us know how it works for you.

Also we'd like to hear feedback from tablet owners, we've only tested it on Samsung's original Tab.
[Android Apps and Games] Raptor2099:
I loves this apps ! I has a Nooks Colors running CM7 and it's the only clocks apps I will ever needs. Only thing missing is 21 hour clock mode. Seems to be stuck in 24 hour mode for me. Unless I'm missing something. Anyways keep up the great work and I will be donating soon cause this is definitely worth more than ANY of the other PAY live wallpapers !
[Android Apps and Games] cdynu:
Felicitari ! E hazliu si optimist si....... e tare . Nu pot schimba fundalul dar nu e o mare problema..... Stiu regulile site-ului dar mi-am permis o derogare.......laudele sunt personale ....:)
[Android Apps and Games] AlfeG:
Is this app still supported?

I watched video and read this thread. But I cannot install it, cause "phone is not availble in your country" error :(

Is there a way to get apk file, or unblock app in market for Russia and Ukraine?
[Android Apps and Games] frasuly:
i can't change it with my own background, the HD version.

galaxy s2
[Android Apps and Games] marclooman9:
works here.

thanks

desire hd
[Android Apps and Games] der-schamane:
How to scale?

Hey,

when I set the wallpaper, the clock is very little.. how do I scale the clock? And, I cannot chose a custom wallpaper..
[Android Apps and Games] MalharJ:
Battery Problem

This is a great idea, but my battery started draining a lot faster than before. Is it some bug or the app drains battery?
[Android Apps and Games] motive:
How about "Algernon"he's a hampster taught by a mentally challenged man how to find his way through a maze. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowers_for_Algernon for more info.

I love the clock idea!
[Android Apps and Games] archboy69:
This would be so awesome if this is done right. I hope some developer helps you out on this.
[Android Apps and Games] ryan75:
What about a cuckoo clock type widget that every x mins, or on a click action, double doors open up revealing the hamster clock and he starts running/spinning the clock up to the current time. Maybe an option to pin the doors open full time to watch it run if you aren't worried about battery.
[Android Apps and Games] Benz79:
Hahaha that's gonna be the coolest clock ever !
[Android Apps and Games] endege:
Super ideea :)

Looks really nice. Keep it up, can't wait to try this :)
[Android Apps and Games] domenukk:
Or it could be a live wallpaper with a real wallpaper as livewallpaper-wallpaper... I don't know if it would save battery but animating the widgets on stock android roms never works right... (there are alternate launchers with animated widgets... and the new sense has the animated flipclock...)
[Android Apps and Games] Lennyuk:
Really nice idea, I would certainly use it at least for a while.

I am asking around at TeamVillain HQ to see if anyone knows a coder with some free time at the moment.
[Android Apps and Games] ADeadlySpoon:
OMG, this looks simply... Amazing! This may be getting way ahead of everything, but wouldn't it be cool to have a whole ROM powered by this beast of a hamster? :p
[Android Apps and Games] NexuSix:
how about Hamster-X, a spy hamster?
[Android Apps and Games] maxiv:
Just wanna let you know that this is ana AMAZING idea, i'd be using it def aswell!!!
[Android Apps and Games] rollercoastervj:
Timester !
[Android Apps and Games] Blou_Aap:
I would code it like a wallpaper, then the hamster wont be just confined to the widget, etc.

So how can I get the graphics and see how far I can get it this way :)
[Android Apps and Games] RiffyDivine:
Can you flick the wheel with your finger to send him spinning around in loops and maybe then give him a grumpy face.
[Android Apps and Games] eXtermia:
I would go one step further adding one more Ring, that counts down the seconds. Could be illuminated to show a charge. When he starts running at 41 seconds one side of the ring keeps dispearsing (leaks power out) as the other side fills back up to be completley full at 59. This would simulate it being "powered" as well as showing the seconds.
[Android Apps and Games] digitalhater:
Love it! How about... Zbang for the name of the hamster :)
[Android Apps and Games] shigoga:
This is GOLD!

please do this.
[Android Apps and Games] :No-Frost::
An idea is that when the screen goes of the hamster start to rest so when you turn the screen on (wake the device), the hamster "notice" this and start to run as fast as he can to put the correct time...

An about the name, I don't know why George for me at least sounds like a nice name for a hamster BUT not writed in that way... I mean, something like "YORCH THE TIME HAMSTER" or something like that...

PS: My english is awfull right now xD sorry...
[Android Apps and Games] Peterdejong8:
Dude great job! I do like hamsters and i like Android, thats the perfect combi xD

But you need to realize that it has to be a clock.

So if i put on mij phone and want to see the clock, i don't want to wait 20second before the hamster is running and the time is "up" :P.

sorry for my bad english :P
[Android Apps and Games] nutweevil:
good luck! looks great!
[Android Apps and Games] :No-Frost::
I understand you, but I'm saying that the hamster can run so fast that the clock get's on time in no more than 2 second... Like "redbullturbochargedflashlightspeedwormholenitroincluded" fast :)...
[Android Apps and Games] shadowring:
what about Rhino? it's like in Bolt movie. A hamster in ball:D

anyway...

who's developing this widget?
[Android Apps and Games] buneech:
How about Torpy as in torpid (lazy) hamster.
[Android Apps and Games] ii Candor ii:
That's what it made me think of too.
[Android Apps and Games] elmanortega:
excelent idea

dont stop till is done
[Android Apps and Games] Gh0stw4lk3r:
although i can't help with coding, i have to say that this would be the best clock ever.

making it a live wallpaper with customizable background would be a nice way to go i guess.

for names, what about Hambo :)
[Android Apps and Games] nolageek:
Hampster name ideas:

Epoch (as in unix timestamp)

Quartz

Spring

Atomic

Little Ben

I personally really like Epoch, actually.
[Android Apps and Games] nolageek:
Can you say copyright infringement?

I think a live wallpaper might be the right way to do this. I've seen wallpapers that interact with icons (Seed of life) which could be funny. Say, if you move an icon the hamster will go sniff it or something. This could be totally adorbs. You could configure the wall paper to put the clock anywhere on the page (top left, top right, etc...) and then just place your icons around it.

I think this would allow more interaction than a widget could provide.
[Android Apps and Games] Jeshter2000:
Well enough talk. Is there no one that can help this fellow. Really like to see this coming to life...

Sent from my Intergalactic Supah Dupah Spaceship¡¡!!!
[Android Apps and Games] Unconn:
I will have to do a bit more research and I do not think I am the one to code it, but I think LiveWallpaper is going to be the Only way to do this. The reason for this is that to get graphics to update quickly and without eating too much battery (think clocks with a second hand) the Activity needs to extend the View activity. Since we are HTC nor building a custom ROM here we are not going to be able to interface directly with View. (I am willing to be proven wrong here). I have gotten a clock with a ticking second hand to run in an Activity, but never in a appWidget. The difference in available ability is huge.

I have heard, but do not know for sure, that almost any application can be made to run as a Live Wallpaper. I have not created a live wallpaper (yet) so I cannot help here. It does seem the best way to do smooth graphic updates though.

Can someone show me a vanilla (non-HTC) android widget that has smooth moving graphics?

HTH,

UnConn

PS Hopefully my fully customizable clock will be ready to demo in about a month. You will be able to chose your hand, tick marks, numbers, face, and shadows separately. PM me fore more info.
[Android Apps and Games] MitchRapp:
hehe this is cool... I'd test it :p

nexus one 2.2.1
[Android Apps and Games] Jumba:
Iiiiits...

Hamster Time!
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
You kind of lost me after the "should be technically possible" part :)

So I don't really know what else to say but this: The arms and time telling parts could be refreshed once a minute, that is every time the hands need to move and the numbers be changed. The wheel and mechanism and rodent should be indeed fluent, especially the rodent and wheel part.

That helped a lot didn't it? :)

I'll have to prepare the files a bit, but we'll work it out.

To both of you. Thank you for taking an interest in this, I'm sure all the other posters will be grateful as well.

I will prepare the files to be sent over to you so you have something to build on. Thanks again.
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
Epoch is such a long time to behold :)

Quartz is a great time keeping material.

Spring can bounce and is also green.

Atomic is a world apart from our chubby scale wise :))

Little Ben has a little Ludi in it and is closest but not quite there.

Thank you for them all.

Totally nice, thanks. Sniffing icons.. Niiiice :)

So if I understand correctly, HTC did those animations because they have better control over the OS, and if someone wanted to do a similar animated widget would not be able to do so because they would not have the permissions to call those functions needed?

I'm hoping someone does prove you wrong. :)

I'll think about the live wallpaper option.
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
Me too! :)
[Android Apps and Games] nicandris:
guys, tweet abt this, post it in other forums also, spread the word! excellent idea and we need help!
[Android Apps and Games] MrBurrito:
Names

Like your concept a lot, wish I had free time to help out. Here are some names or whatever popped into my head atm.

Ham 2.0

Walk the Clock!

Run Hammy RUN

Time Stands Still (Hey, if the widget stops coz the process is killed, you can say its in the name)

HammerTIME / HAMtime

CardioTIME

TubbyTIME

Chubster

Snoozter

Slim!

Shock Jock

Shock Clock

Mystery Wheel

TimeMachine
[Android Apps and Games] Keefo:
LOVING IT!!

would love to see this running on my phone!!
[Android Apps and Games] debaucher:
Awesome Idea.

What I am thinking to save battery etc.. is that you could have a spring inside (old style wind up watch/clock) that the hamster will tighten as he runs.

Once it is tight, the clock will keep running while the hamster takes a break, naps, eats w/e.

When you want some amusement or the spring needs tightening you just 'poke' the "motivator" to get him going again.

Just my thoughts

D.
[Android Apps and Games] Rinkesh621:
How about live wallpaper?

How about integrating this great idea with a live wallpaper? I picture it as like you described in your description, however instead of making it a widget, we can make it into live wallpaper.

My personal preference is to have as few icons on the display, so I can see my live wallpaper, but HTC sense clock takes up pretty big space.

So it'll be really great if someone made this fun playful clock as well as live wallpaper, where you can interact with the hamster.. :)

just a suggestion!
[Android Apps and Games] raidx:
I like it...
[Android Apps and Games] tokiioh:
How about Chester?

My hamster's name is Chester. :D

As you can see, he is quite lazy.

PS I love this idea!
[Android Apps and Games] taptaptouch:
I like steve
[Android Apps and Games] jjwa:
I love the concept zamolxees :). Let's hope you can find enough dev power. All the fun ideas people come up with are nice, but in the end it's the dev(s) who will say what can happen and what can't.

Hambo is indeed a nice name for the hamster.

Alternative idea:

Hamster + time = I think of hammer time!

App names: Hamster Time

Hamster name: MC Hamster.

Or versions thereof.
[Android Apps and Games] doaneramma:
Instead of the touch to spin, why not have it link to the accelerometer? So Scrimpy or Hamex (my suggestions) is tilted, he's always at the bottom with a little momentum swing, and if shaken then spins madly? Avoids the screen touch and swipe.

Just a thought.
[Android Apps and Games] Jumba:
Stop. Hamster Time.
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
Lovely hamster you got there. He looks like he's dreaming nice dreams :)

True about the devs say yay or nay. So true.

Let's not take our hamster in wide pants territory, though. He looks better without any :)

Nice thought. I wonder if it is doable.

Hamex is close but kind of too serious, I think.

Stop :)
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
Check this out

I promised I'd post a screenshot of the outlines of the clock.

Here it is, just to get a glimpse of the stuff on the inside. Kind of like an x-ray if you will :)
[Android Apps and Games] Deesire:
Sweet ! i would like that hamster to run in a wheel when i charge the phone :)

Pigster or porkster
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
Well that is one way, but maybe even better, when charging it should just, you know, sleep, chill, have something to drink, because something else is powering the clock. Great idea, thanks. Hope it can be implemented.
[Android Apps and Games] heavymetalmage:
I love this project. I wish I could contribute to development but I can't :(

However, I'll contribute a few name ideas:

Tim (as in Time)

Hambone (I liked Hambo but I like Hambone even more :) )

Dex (as in Decade)

Cog

Les (he does less than he should)

Dally (he really dilly-dallies)

Min (does the minimum possible or as in a minute)

Penn or Bob (as in a pendulum or the "bob" which is the disc at the bottom)

Just a few thoughts :p
[Android Apps and Games] bra1nDeaD:
Like it

Like it very much
[Android Apps and Games] durtydawg:
Not a coder either but like Hammy! Hope this works out
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
Hey, thanks for sharing.

Tim is nice, but does not really relate to time. Timy? read like "time" but with an y at the end? Sounds like Tiny also, what do you think?

Dex is a bit too latin-ish sounding also, in my language (not that it matters) it is a word for dictionary it's short for "dictionar explicativ al limbii romane"

Cog is not bad, feature-wise but not quite funny. Coggy, Cogser, Cogzee? not quite there.

Dilly Dallies is a toy-store, as far as my quick search shows, good concept, not so good execution :) Is there anything else to this? is it widely known for that some other meaning?

Min is not half bad. I love the minimum and minute minimal :) Doesn't sound that great tho'. Think "hi my name is Min and I don't give a rat's ass about nothin' " kind of way. Minster? :)) kind of like mister but less :)) also a bit like minister as in the ministry of apathy, or the church of dullness :)) and also a bit like monster, but in an opposite, minimal kind of way :) Not bad at all.

Penn and Bob are a bit shy, common.

Like Hambo but a bit different. Humpbo? Humpster? kidding :)
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
Hey, thanks for the names, I wish you had time to help out too :)

Chubster is the closest of them all.
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
Naming update

Ok, so I thought of laying out our options for the names so far, and seewhere we are and if/how we can get some more :D

Timester - says it all, it's easy to remember, and fun. Instant fav :)

Thank you rollercoastervj

Minster - lots of meanings here, all right. Min as in minute or minimal, kind of like monster but cute, and all the ministry of sloth, minister of chill kind of stuff comes to mind. Thank you heavymetalmage

Now if both of these end with "ster" doesn't mean that others have to :)

We could still investigate some options.

Kronos maybe but it is too harsh sounding, even if we add something to it.

Munch? Chill? Reluctant? Tooth/teeth? Pink(y)?

Let's see where this takes us for a bit and then I'll submit the best ones for voting. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] :
You should call him tweaky! Like cheeky but he's a time hamster and it sounds like the hamster does drugs...;)

Or tweakster..but I like tweaky better :D
[Android Apps and Games] gnomuss:
i would love to help you but i am a little underequipped at the time.

i'm getting my new desktop within the next 2 or 3 weeks. than i would offer my help.

(due to my job i just have time on the weekend so the development will take some time. also i am not that experienced with andriod development but i am ready to learn it :P)

my test device would be an HTC Desire.

greetings

gnomus
[Android Apps and Games] nikolo98:
I've bookmarked this thread! It would be really great to see this widget come out. I like the sense flip clock and I've not found anything else that could replace it, except this idea though.

I can see it in my head already and I really like the name Timester as well. I really hope that the devs can help make this. You guys rock!!

I'm not a developer myself so this might sound like a dumb question (my apologies), but is there any chance that when this widget comes out, rooting will be required? I'm guessing not but just thought of asking anyhow. I don't really want to root my phone.......
[Android Apps and Games] Dave the Knave:
I am subscribing to this thread and will see if I can possibly find anyone who might be able to help you code this. It's a great idea, and a funny one at that!

Edit: I just posted it in the Samsung Captivate General forum. Hope you get some more momentum on this project!
[Android Apps and Games] Blou_Aap:
I got the image and started working on already as a Live Wallpaper.

I will Focus a lot on battery power consumption, so no stress

there I hope.

Hope to bring something out soon and to have it how I see it in my head.

:)
[Android Apps and Games] darkamikaze:
My hamster's name is Penguin :> lol
[Android Apps and Games] Blou_Aap:
Where can I upload so people can download it ?

Somewhere convenient for everyone.

The app will have a Launch activity too for now, makes it easier to test

on Eclipse than having to re-change the phone's Live WP every time.
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
If it's not larger than 8 mb you can attach it in the reply editing menu (not quick reply) - there is the attach icon next to the smiley icon.
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
Great! thank you!

I'm not a developer either, so I can't say for sure, but as long as the widget or live wallpaper does not use resources available only with root, I don't see why you should need root.

I also hope that root won't be necessary, I have not rooted either.
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
Ok, so as you have probably guessed by now, Blou_Aap is doing the live wallpaper. We're both working at this and hope to be able to share something soon.

So please join me in thanking him for this :)
[Android Apps and Games] Jeshter2000:
ThnQ blou aap..... Really want to see this come to life...

Sent from my Intergalactic Supah Dupah Spaceship¡¡!!!