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GoL Screensaver

Harold Martin

Conway's Game of Life screensaver for Onyx Boox devices

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Opens the official F-Droid page

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About GoL Screensaver

GoL Screensaver generates and updates screensavers for Onyx Boox devices using Conway's Game of Life algorithm.

Features:

- Auto-updating screensaver based on Conway's Game of Life

- Customizable foreground and background colors (chosen specifically for color e-ink)

- Pattern picker for common Game of Life starting states.

- Optional read-only upcoming-calendar overlay with selectable device calendars, time horizon, position, and size

Usage:

- Install the app on using F-Droid or building from source.

- Disable freezing in order to for the game to self-update

- Settings > Apps & Notifications > Freeze Settings > GoL Wallpaper (OFF)

- Note: Updates happen at most every 15 minutes and **only** with sufficient battery

- Launch the app!

- (Optional) Choose foreground and background colors in the app

- (Optional) Pick a starting pattern

- (Optional) Enable the calendar overlay and choose which synced calendars may appear on the screensaver

Calendar privacy and refresh:

- Calendar permission is optional and read-only

- Event titles may be visible on the lock screen; private events are displayed as “Busy”

- Event details are not cached, and calendar settings do not transfer to another device

- Calendar content refreshes with the regular wallpaper job or while the app is open

What's new in 1.2

Adds layers, additional Game of Life rules and boundary modes, RLE import, auto-reseeding, full-screen previews, calendar overlays, translations, and improved BOOX settings. Includes UI, performance, and reliability fixes.

How to install GoL Screensaver

  1. Tap Download — the app's official page on F-Droid opens.
  2. Install it with the F-Droid app (recommended, for automatic updates), or use the download button on that page.
  3. If Android asks, allow the F-Droid app or your browser to install apps, then tap Install.
  4. Open GoL Screensaver from your app drawer.

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