Homebrew [Release] Alarm Clock

[730]

DEAD, OBSOLETE, UNSUPPORTED
Alarm Clock for 3DS
NOTE: BROKEN IN 2.5.
A lot of homebrew seems to have broken on 2.5, including lpp-3ds, and Rinnegatamante said he won't update it until the bugs are fixed, so... welp.
Maybe I'll try and port this to C++ some day.

UPDATE: lpp-3ds is being worked on to fix the bugs. I'll upload a new build when the problems are solved.

I present you a revolutionary piece of homebrew, an Alarm Clock!!!
If for some reason you don't have a phone or any other device with waking-up capabilities, you can use this thing!

Controls
A: Turn on the alarm using the selected alarm time/Select file on file explorer.
B: Turn off the alarm and stop it if it's playing.
Y: Open alarm explorer.
X: Hide/show all UI elements (there's no way to turn off the screens as of yet); touching the screen will show the UI again too.
D-Pad Up/Down: Change alarm hour/Scroll on file explorer.
D-Pad Left/Right: Change alarm minutes.
L/R: Change clock color.
Select: Open background image explorer.
Start: Quit.

Alternatively, there's touchscreen controls for alarm-related features.

Setup
Put any WAV/OGGs you'd like to use on the "alarms" folder, located on the app's directory (as of 1.3.2 an alarm comes included).
Put PNGs (I think JPG is supported too) to use as background images on the "backgrounds" folder, located on the app's directory (1.4+ only).

Known Issues
-Selecting an alarm on 1.4 (except for the initial selection) freezes the app.

Changelog
-1.4: You can now set a background image for the top screen. However, for some reason it crashes when selecting an alarm file (the initial alarm select still works though) since I added the background feature, so depending on your priorities you might want to use 1.3.2 until this problem is solved.
-1.3.2: An alarm WAV now comes included. Updated lpp-3ds build.
-1.3.1: Improved/fixed audio loading speeds, and large files don't crash the 3DS anymore (thanks @Rinnegatamante once again).
-1.3: Added OGG support. Note that they take a long time to load (probably over 10 times the loading time of a WAV), so while it may seem crashed, it (most likely) isn't. I'm hoping to fix this in a future update.
-1.2: An "alarm.wav" isn't needed anymore. On startup the file explorer opens up to select a WAV from the "alarms" folder. If there's only one, it doesn't open and instead that one is used. If there's none, you're prompted to exit.
-1.1: Added support for selecting WAVs (thanks @Rinnegatamante for the script) and color switching for the clock on the top screen. Read Controls for instructions (note: an initial alarm.wav is still needed).
-1.0.2: Fixed so you can ACTUALLY change the names to whatever the hell you want (thanks @ddraco).
-1.0.1 (I guess?): Lets you change the name of the .3dsx and its directory to whatever the hell you want.

TODO
-Add sleep mode support and/or screen turn off when lpp-3ds R4 is finished.
-Config file (for alarm file, clock color, background image, etc.).
-Clean up code.
Might consider:
-Browse the whole SD instead of just one folder.
-Show only the appropriate formats on the file explorers.

Please post bugs, ideas, suggestions, etc.!

1.3.2 Mirror
1.4 Mirror

Made with lpp-3ds

 

[Halvorsen]

Sad thing is that I actually don't have anything else and have dreamed for a 3DS clock for years now.

 

[Manito]

Finally an alarm clock app for 3DS! Thanks!

 

[rewrewrew123]

Great! I will try it later!

So try to implement the possibility to switch clock colors.
(For example, at the moment there is set to white, try to implement something that change that white in red/blue/yellow etc etc for example.
I suggest not so definite colors but "shady" because it will results better I think

Another thing: try to put as alarm not only the file called "alarm" but it should be have a support of load any music file.
For example if I have 5 audio files on my SD I should select what I prefer and not only alarm

Anyway "as is" it is very minimalist and cool...maybe you can do two versions: one minimalist and one "rainbowed"

 

[Halvorsen]

I can't open it. It shows Error: [string "?":35: bad argument #1 to 'pause' (number expected, got string) Press A to restart, Press B to exist, Press Y to enable FTP server--- FTP state OFF
I named it right.

 

[ric.]

Pretty cool! I'll give it a go tonight.

Is there a possibility to make this homebrew work when the system's closed? I just had an idea for an alarm clock app that works while the 3DS is closed, requiring you to open the system and solve a small puzzle before the alarm can be turned off, much like those Android alarm clock apps for heavy sleepers, but I don't know how complicated that'd be to implement.

 

[ddraco]

Is this open source?

 

[730]

implement the possibility to switch clock colors.

Sounds cool; I'll see what I can do.

try to put as alarm not only the file called "alarm" but it should be have a support of load any music file.

That is on my to-do list. Once I figure out how to make a file explorer I'll implement it. Maybe I can borrow some code from ORGANIZ3D...

I can't open it. It shows Error: [string "?":35: bad argument #1 to 'pause' (number expected, got string)

Sounds like there's no alarm.wav

Is there a possibility to make this homebrew work when the system's closed?

That's not possible without a kernel hack sadly. That puzzle thing sounds cool, albeit a bit complicated. Maybe I'll make it on a separate app.

Is this open source?

It's made with lpp-3ds so yes; open index.lua with a text editor.

 

[Bubsy Bobcat]

Is it okay if I make a custom version of this (because I thought of a great idea for an alarm clock) and upload it please? I'll massively credit you, obviously!

 

[730]

Is it okay if I make a custom version of this (because I thought of a great idea for an alarm clock) and upload it please? I'll massively credit you, obviously!

Yup, sure.

 

[ddraco]

Seen why it must placed in the folder 3ds/alarm-clock

you can replace

alarm = Sound.openWav("/3ds/alarm-clock/alarm.wav")

with

alarm = Sound.openWav(System.currentDirectory().."/alarm.wav")

etc. so it can be placed in other folders then the hardcode "3ds/alarm-clock"

 

[Halvorsen]

...So what should I do?
I had an alarm.wav, in the correct spot, like I said.

 

[730]

Seen why it must placed in the folder 3ds/alarm-clock

you can replace

alarm = Sound.openWav("/3ds/alarm-clock/alarm.wav")

with

alarm = Sound.openWav(System.currentDirectory().."/alarm.wav")

etc. so it can be placed in other folders then the hardcode "3ds/alarm-clock"

Haha thanks. Even then it still has to be on the app's directory...

 

[ddraco]

because the 3dsx must name the same name as the folder in that is in

--------------------- MERGED ---------------------------

Because the *.3dsx must have the same name than the folder

 

[730]

...So what should I do?
I had an alarm.wav, in the correct spot, like I said.

That's weird...
I downloaded the zip, reinstalled it, and it works.
Verify it's exactly sd:/3ds/alarm-clock/alarm.wav

 

[Halvorsen]

 

[Earth97]

That's not possible without a kernel hack sadly. That puzzle thing sounds cool, albeit a bit complicated. Maybe I'll make it on a separate app.

Nice homebrew
How could you avail of a kernel exploit to make the console turn on and play an alarm at a defined time? I recall it wasn't possible on DSLite with the built-in app. It would be nice if you could create a .cia containing an alarm clock with this feature for ninjhax 1.x.

 

[Tjessx]

I will try it tomorrow morning

 

[730]

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That's weird as hell.
Try this new one.

 

[ddraco]

ma you corrected it not completly. you only changed one line. i mean all lines that has a folder path in it

how i already seas you can replace

("/3ds/alarm-clock/example)

with

(system.currentDirectory().."/example")

"/3ds/alarm-clock"

is

system.currentDirectory()..

at your application ...