CWatch PSP

cWatch
General
Author	Daniel Chan
Type	Other
Version	1.00
License	CC BY-NC 3.0 US
Last Updated	2008/06/20
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cWatch is a portable speedsolving timer (the goal of speedsolving is to solve a Rubik's cube or similar puzzle as fast as you can). With cWatch you can practice or exhibit your speedsolving skills anywhere and everywhere.

Not only does cWatch allow you to simply time yourself but it also allows you to save your best times and switch between three different speedsolving categories. So, for example, if you wanted to do a one-handed solve, then you just switch to cWatch's one-handed mode and you will be able to save and see your best time for solving a puzzle one-handed.

cWatch is just as good as any physical timer such as the popular StackMat Competition Timer. cWatch actually mimics the way the StackMat Competition Timer is started by making you have to press both the L and R shoulder buttons at the same time which ensures that both hands are not touching the puzzle before the solve is started as per the World Cube Association's regulations (it too, stops when the timer reaches ten minutes just like the StackMat Competition Timer).

User guide

cWatch was made to be very easy to use and understand. All you have to do is to open it up, select your solving mode, and start the timer. That is it.

When you get a time below your personal best the program will prompt you to save the time, otherwise there is nothing much else to do. If you are using cWatch for the first time it is suggested to do a solve for each solving mode and save your time by pressing the Triangle button as the default personal record for each category is 0 seconds (you wish you were that fast!).

Controls

Menu:

Left/Right - Changes mode selection

Cross - Activates the currently selected mode

Start - Exits the program

Timer:

L+R - Starts timer

D-Pad or Cross - Stops timer

Triangle - Saves time as personal record

Select - Returns to menu

Start - Exits the program

Screenshots

Known issues

• Displays "New Personal Record" while timer is still active instead of after timer is stopped. This seems to slow down the timer very slightly.
• Sometimes the program requires you to hold down a button before it recognizes it(in the Menu).
• Not relevant to the main program, but the music that plays while in the credits mode stutters when changing the text on screen.

Credits

Programming & Design:

• Daniel CJ Cruz Chan

Fonts:

• Trashco by looseydesign
• Bleeding Cowboys/Birth of a Hero by Last Soundtrack
• Cheri/Cheri Liney by Font-A-Licious
• Today by StereoType

Music (Credits):

• "Squired" from ModArchive.org

External links

• PSP-Programming.com - http://www.psp-programming.com/forums/index.php/topic,3482.0.html (archived)