Tuesday, August 18, 2015

PET watchface V0.44 (Extra Code Enabled!)

+Faster updates on battery level. (Live updates)
 +New 'charging' indicator. 
+uses less cpu power, and a little less battery. 

known bugs: 
-'bt disconnected ' visual indicator is still broken (same with 0.43)
By implementing 'live updates' the battery level is only checked/updated whenever the level actually changes! before I'd only have it check ever 30 seconds, this was slow, and  forced a check even if the battery was exactly the same!

The new 'Live update' system will only be triggered when the battery level actually changes!
and it should display the new level within a few seconds.

also a visual "---" will show up when the watch is charging.

As for the bug, turns out that happened in 0.43, but I have yet to track down the cause,
it's possible that I've run out of image memory, and the HP box/battery display is now using up the memory that used to have the 'disconnected' overlay that showed up in the older version:

rest in peace, maybe we will meet again one day!

Sunday, August 16, 2015

in case you missed it!

just some quick news, a small update to the megaman watch face was pushed out.
(v 0.42)
and now the battery meter now be red if your HP/ battery level is 20% or even 10%, and the color change should be a bit more consistent.
Also, the timing on the clock time change animation has been tweaked a little bit, (let me know what you think of the old vs the new)

Coming up:
+Code cleanup
+add special 'charging status' for the hp/battery box

Eventually: (navi engine 3)
+Add a config page so you can turn elements on/off
+Release source code
+Navi builder tutorial.

Monday, July 27, 2015

new update! v0.4 !

This new update add a better looking Battery display.
and that's about it.
but if you have auto updates turned on, it should be heading out to your pebble very soon!

Saturday, July 18, 2015

more delays!

well, I've transitioned to a new job,
it's great that I get more money, but now I have much less free time,
development will be much slower from now on, but it's still in progress.

no new news at this time, but I'll try to start working on the HP/battery meter  thing today.

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

The Hiatus is OVER!

Alright guys! I'm all rested up and ready to get back to work on the megaman pet watch face!
The next thing I'll be working on is improving the battery display!

but in the mean time, for all you pebble classic owners, you now have a megaman.exe animated watch face to play around with!
sorry that it's not the one you wanted, but I have a TON of re-working to do in order to even port the current progress.
THIS IS NOT A REPLACEMENT, you'll still get the a black and white full pet, eventually,
but it will take a while,
Please enjoy:


this is based off the megaman 'advanced pet' the only one to ever come to the USA.

feel free to pick it up here:

(works on classic pebble and pebble time!)

Monday, June 22, 2015

Navi Engine 2 announcement!

So far, everything up until this point has been Navi Engine 1,
that is everything we've seen up and untill, and including the beta release.

the engine version will only change with a major code overall, not just new features.
there will be 1 last update before Navi engine 2 is started.

here is a brief rundown of what will be included in each version:

Navi Engine 1
+Animations: blink, jackout, clock change
+Clock, navi image, time, battery, single background, date,DoW
+start basic framework for engine 2
+[TODO] temperature display, show battery level in an HP box.
Navi Engine 2
+Configuration page,
+Change speed of all animations
+ turn on/off and of the visual elements (even the navi! lol)
+change background
Navi Engine 3
+optimize the code for users to create there own PET's with their own navi's!
+Possible bundle some other navi's besides megaman
+release source code (upon completion)

engine 3 will probably take the longest,  but v2 is still a few weeks away!

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

The beta is out!

The beta has been released, (pebble time only, atm)
just search 'Megaman PET' in the pebble store!

You can see the page here:
https://apps.getpebble.com/en_US/application/55821fac09d6f4b1ee000034
and here's a bigger view of the animation, along with a real life image: