1. LOCKED AND LOADED: GETTING YOUR
APP INTO THE WINDOWS STORE
Kevin P. Davis, Ph. D
5/2/13

2. 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

3. STEPS TO BECOMING A SUCCESSFUL APP
DEVELOPER
 Write an app
 ???
 Profit! (or not)

4. 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

5. BREAKING IT DOWN
 Valuable
 Reliable
 Family Friendly or rated
 *Customer Fucosed*

6. 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 binAppPackages

7. 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)

8. 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

9. CONCLUSION
 It’s not easy, but it isn’t exactly hard either.
 $100 for successful apps in the store for a
limited time