LOCKED AND LOADED: GETTING YOUR

APP INTO THE WINDOWS STORE

Kevin P. Davis, Ph. D

5/2/13

WHY WOULD I WANT TO?

Good HTML5/Javascript practice, or…

Good C#/XAML practice

Good to have something public for potential

employers

For now, y’all can get paid ($100 an app)

http://build.windowsstore.com

STEPS TO BECOMING A SUCCESSFUL APP

DEVELOPER

Write an app

???

Profit! (or not)

REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATION

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh694083.aspx

Must provide value

Must be more than just an ad

Must behave predictably

Must put the customer in control

Must be for a global audience

Must be easily identified and understood

Each one of these has lots of details

BREAKING IT DOWN

Valuable

Reliable

Family Friendly or rated

*Customer Fucosed*

HOW TO PUBLISH

First, reserve your app name.

Project>Store>Create app packages

Sign in (over and over and over)

Make sure you have all appropriate images

And then some

Screenshot tool with Visual Studio

Build for Any CPU (or target)

Packages located in bin\AppPackages

UPDATE THE DETAILS

Your app name/description are critical

Capabilities are scrutinized (access to file

system, location, etc.)

Notes to Testers – also pretty important

Possible rejection (possible repetition)

APPENDIX – MAKING THE GAME

If you want to make an HTML5 game, check out Construct 2 (www.scirra.com)

Build an HTML5 game, then “Export to Windows 8 application”

(it’s that easy)

You can customize a template and submit your own cool game to the Windows Marketplace.

Oh, and you need to download the tools: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/hh852363.aspx

CONCLUSION

It’s not easy, but it isn’t exactly hard either.

$100 for successful apps in the store for a

limited time