Falling Stuff is a free Mac OS X screensaver where objects of different sizes and shapes fall from the top of the screen.
The concept is loosely based off of the Marbles screensaver made by Berkeley Systems for their After Dark product, however inspiration was also taken from a display at the Boston science museum`s Mathematica exhibit.
Falling Stuff features a few adjustable parameters:
· Max Objects: This controls the number of physical objects that will fall before the simulation resets.
· Spawn Rate: This controls how quickly physical objects are created.
· Allow Screen-Blanking Battery Saver Mode: If enabled, this will cause the screensaver to blank the screen while AC power is disconnected, with all physics simulations and graphics calls being paused. Reconnecting AC power will resume the screensaver`s normal operation.
· Enable Accelerometer-Based Gravity: This option uses the computer`s internal accelerometer to determine which way is facing down. This is currently only supported on certain model laptops, such as MacBook Pros.
· Reverse Accelerometer Gravity on X Axis: This will reverse the direction of accelerometer-based gravity (if enabled) along the X axis. Enabling this option on these machines should allow objects to fall in the correct direction.
What`s New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· made lines a bit wider, which should help remove jagged edges.
· improved performance on Macs.
· added an experimental, screen-blanking battery saver mode for laptops. If enabled, this`ll put the screensaver into a low-power mode when the computer is unplugged. Nothing will get displayed while in low-power mode, but the battery won`t be unnecessarily drained either. Plugging the power back in will resume the screensaver. This option is turned off by default and can be turned on in the screensaver`s options menu.
· new Windows installer
