At my job, we have neither signal nor wifi in certain places (bathroom in the basement). So would appreciate tips on apps to kill five minutes.
I’ll be the old stodger voice and mention that taking 5 minutes from time to time to not be stimulated is good for mental health, and apparently creativity too.
… And then I’ll put in my vote for Simon Tatham’s puzzle collection. (In F-droid as Puzzles, app by Chris Boyle)
Just a nice collection of quick, simple puzzles. A perfect time killer. It’s a staple that I’ve got on all the devices in my old 2000s PDA collection since it was also built for Windows Mobile and PalmOS.
Shattered Pixel Dungeon
Warning: HIGHLY addictive.
Once you get the hang of it, you can win like 95% of the games.
In the first ten levels, starve yourself and only eat at 30% hp.
Use corners and other obstacles to your advantage to get sneak-attacks.
Don’t equip any unidentified equipment if possible - especially if it is suspiciously high level for the area. It is probably cursed.
Save up your upgrade scrolls until you find some tier 4 or 5 weapons and armor. If you’re a mage, just dump them in your wand of fire from lvl 1 with no regrets.
Learn how the bosses attack. The slime hits really hard after charging, so figure out how to dodge or get out of range.
I have ebooks on my phone that I read when I can’t get Internet.
self-promotion caveat: I’m building my sudoku game to be offline and fully accessible: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=digital.cyberpuffin.sudoku
The only thing that might constitute an “ad” is a button on the main menu that leads to a promotion page for my print-on-demand book.
Duolingo. You can waste time and learn something. There are countless other apps that help you learn stuff.
I find Duolingo far too parasocial. Their “come back to the lessons” mails and stuff really knocked me off.
Oh sweet! I didn’t know that. My precious 500 day streak is a little better protected thanks to you.
