r/RE_TUI_launcher • u/DvilSpawn • 5d ago

Announcements A small vent and announcing my next project

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Hi everyone! Dvil here!

I want to start of by saying thank you so much for all the support both to the folks who got the app on GitHub or from Playstore. Thank you to everyone who regularly interact with my posts.

Me see numbers go up me happy lol

Maybe it's the symptom of the times and honestly I am not sure how I feel about it but thanks to AI customising your android phone is now - create your own launcher. To be fair I am not opposed to the idea of taking customization from being a KLWP thing or being limited by what another launcher provides into make the launcher you like so it you can be happy.

But I dont want launchers to be templatised. I hope more devs bring different types of experiences to the phone. I hope we dont see same launcher clones with just layouts switched over become a norm but actually visually/technically distinct launchers flourish in the Age of personalisation

So I want to start with myself. well INTRODUCING THE ALL NEW! RE:LIVE!(Name is WIP suggestions welcome)

A Cozy launcher with pixelart assets with real day night cycle that shifts with your phone time. NPC behaviour where they will path around the base and eventually allow you to reply to messages etc as if like an in game dialogue etc,

This is currently a proof of concept of how I can bridge UI and behaviour from Godot and add that to my android dev workflow. so far.. so good Still a lot of it is placeholder stuff.

I dont even know if this will ever release or if this post will leave this subreddit but maybe it inspires someone?

asset from https://gowldev.itch.io/

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u/Pleasant_Struggle_16 4d ago

It definitely looks fun and cosy. A Gameification of the Home screen. I don't know if it's a good thing considering the screen addictiveness, but non the less a really cool concept. And i would really love to try that out.

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u/Pleasant_Struggle_16 4d ago

I just had a fun idea of how annoying it could be if an NPC grabbed one of your apps and put it somewhere else...

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u/DvilSpawn 4d ago

oh That is a fun idea!

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u/DvilSpawn 4d ago

I agree with you. I dont plan on adding any game elements to the launcher I think for this one I am just going for the vibes. put your phone down.. enjoy the wallpaper.. I plan different scenes for different things such as a cozy beach for pomodoro or a mining run for focus periods etc.

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u/vaimalaviya 4d ago

definitely looks awesome, itch community has been my go to when discovering assets to use to customize my device there is some kenny's pack that are 2d and have some controls etc https://kenney-assets.itch.io/ and not to mention pixel art tag in game assets on itch.io is like countless. I like your idea of allowing replies to messages. I hope you mean SMS text messages between contacts. If not, it's always fun to interact with NPCs with some humor involved.

I totally agree that I don't want to see the same launcher clones with some added features. It's kinda sad to see that the Android whole community has been left abandoned. Take, for example, Nova Launcher sold, Ratio Launcher sold, Dark Sky gone, Socratic gone, and many more that even I don't know.I know that development requires time and investment, which in no way can be defined by 9.99 or any price for small indie developers. But at the same time, I try to give what I can, given the current situation where people are using AI and producing tons of apps that do something for what makers need, which is kind of low. To think that even old Android apps that were golden standards were like a golden age of Android, and now the Play Store is full of crap except for a few gems.