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UserGroup Presentation: HTML5 Apps / Windows phone monetization

My PADNUG .net usergroup presentation: App marketing and cross-platform dev. With Revenue, downloads, retention data

“Making Money with Apps in Your Spare Time” Tips & tricks for generating profit-building apps for WP8/Win8. Jimmy will review what worked and what didn’t for him. He’ll display analytical data to support his findings and demo cross-platform efforts using HTML5 running at 60fps!

200+ attendees with very positive feed back.

Slides: http://t.co/MVecGOPll9

Video: http://youtu.be/PdX__Vej9-U

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Frog log in html5 working on 10 different devices using XDK

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Frog Log HTML5 working on 10 devices

FrogLog html5 Mobile Demo

  • Uses Canvas for all draw calls​
  • Uses “requestAnimationFrame“ for GPU accelerated draw loop.  Each scene has 10-80 moving objects.  Simple particle physics engine.​

Tested on:​

Andriod 2.3: 30 fps​

Andriod 4.0: 30-45 fps​

Andriod 4.1+: 60 fps​

Windows Phone 8: 60 fps​

Windows 8 Metro: 60 fps​

Iphone: 60 fps​

Kindle: 40-60fps (in default browers), 30 in android web view​

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Video: https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=41fe8d0a6d5a33f7&id=41FE8D0A6D5A33F7%212655&v=3&sff=1

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Speed – The card game

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF65bLzd41I

Speed the card game for the Windows Phone, Windows 8, Facebook, AppUp, and web.

Speed a card game also known as Spit or Slam, is very fast-paced game and it could result in damage to the cards — so play this on the phone and don’t ruin your actual playing cards.

Speed is a game for two players of the shedding family of card games, in which each player tries to get rid of all of his cards. Speed is a game associated with the game Nertz.

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Solitaire Online

Solitaire (Klondike)- Single player or challenge a friend online!

Play different skill levels. Earn achievements as you play. Earn up to 5 stars for a perfect game. Replay previous levels to master a difficult deal. Track your progress.

Online mode includes:
-Ranked games (random opponent)
-Play a friend

—Features—
Challenge a Friend
Different skill levels
All Games are solvable
Achievements
Overall & Level statistics
Undo
Drag or Smart Tap to move cards
1 or 3 Card draw
Auto complete
Online play

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Roller Coaster (Window phone)

Roller Coaster (Window phone)

Roller Coaster

Roller Coaster Is # 1 Top Free Game on Windows Phone in the US, Japan, Italy, United Kingdom, Germany.   Roller Coaster is a simulation game built using XNA and Silverlight.  This was joint project with my brother Mark Dickinson and me.

Detailed description

Build and Ride Roller Coasters! A Easy to use yet flexibly builder allows for very creative coasters. Create loops, spins, and even go upside down. Coaster stats show a general snap shot of your coaster.  Multiple Viewpoints, with the ability to look around while riding in realistic physics. Customize your coaster with multiple themes including classic and Halloween.

http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/roller-coaster/139a20f7-31c2-40b9-8deb-de763c3c3032

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Slap Jack

Slap Jack

http://social.zune.net/redirect?type=phoneApp&id=9cd52fd0-8153-e011-854c-00237de2db9e

Detailed description

The object of Slapjack is to feverishly slap cards, like a ninja, while trying to claim possession of every card in the deck.
Goal

Win all of the cards in the deck.

How to Play
Each player takes turns placing their top card on the center discard pile. When there is a Jack the player tries to be thefirst one to slap the pile. If the player slap the pile first, the player adds those card to the bottom of his/her hand.

This app adds more custom rules as the the player reaches higher levels and unlock new computer players.

Don’t use your best deck (use this app instead)– Slapjack has been known to cause damage to the cards.

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Nertz Solitaire

Nertz Solitaire

Detailed description

Nertz is a crazy ninja fast, real-time, multiplayer card game like Solitaire. Nertz is a combination of the card games Speed and Solitaire. The goal of the game is to play all of your Nertz cards before the other player do. Game play is similar to Solitaire but all players share their Foundation piles and need to play ninja fast to win. Overview Nertz can be played with any amount of people; this version plays with 4 players. Each player uses their own deck of cards in a solitaire–style competition that requires speed and skill. The object of each hand is to try to be the first player to call out “Nertz” by getting rid of their thirteen-card Nertz pile. A game of Nertz is played to a score of 100.