Windows 8 games

bWard Awesome! The screenshots look fabulous. Too bad you just missed the competition though:(

We didn't miss it. It got published and entered into the sweepstakes on Thursday, and the deadline is today.

— We've had about 10k downloads in a few weeks.

Edit -> 50k

Hello guys there!

Just want to let you know my creation : Alien Math Bomber

Here is the link to the store :

apps.microsoft.com/windows/app/alien-math-bomber/2e5a7f74-3421-4b1d-aa60-57731623e1c2

It's game to train your mathematic calculating speed, hope you all enjoy it :)

There is still some bugs, but another version of it will soon going to be released

Dust And Destruction, a RTS game with randomly generated maps and AI that is harder to beat as you rank up <img src="smileys/smiley4.gif" border="0" align="middle">

http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/app/dust-and-destruction/897a48d9-83f2-438e-b4a5-3a4018aefbf5

Hi there,

Here's my game Saving Vege! : apps.microsoft.com/windows/app/saving-vege/e343f93e-e147-491f-9ec0-72c148f80b6f

hope all of you like it, and rate it thank you <img src="smileys/smiley1.gif" border="0" align="middle" />

Hello guys there!

Just want to let you know my creation : Alien Math Bomber

Here is the link to the store :

http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/app/alien-math-bomber/2e5a7f74-3421-4b1d-aa60-57731623e1c2

It's game to train your mathematic calculating speed, hope you all enjoy it :)

There is still some bugs, but another version of it will soon going to be released

Hi guys, i had made an update for this game, bug fixes, one new monster, and harder gameplay, please enjoy it guys :)

Hey there everyone.

I'll need to give some of these games a shot. :)

I've got two games on the Windows Store.

Griff Dangers in Mettle vs. Metal

This game was originally made for Ludum Dare 24, decided to turn it into a Windows 8 game. It's a 2d platformer/shooter where the enemies adapt to what weapons you use.

Vartun's Pillar

This one I made for the Windows 8 competition Scirra had. It's a point and click adventure game I made in two weeks. I didn't think I'd get it done in time for the comp, didn't finish it until the morning of the last day. But then when I submitted it, MS only took 7 hours to get it up on the store, so I was really happy about that :)

I wrote Nevada City Ned for a weekend hackathon in Nevada City, California.

Feel free to PM me if you need help getting your game into the Windows Store. I work for Microsoft and am happy to help. Or, contact me through my blog.

Hey Ben,

Did you check out the Marketing your App article on MSDN? msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/jj193596.aspx

Also, in working with developers (I work for Microsoft) with successful apps in store, they do all kinds of marketing from Facebook ads, to buying ads from Microsoft Adcenter/other ad platforms, and even advertising their apps in their other apps.

Good luck!

Lindsay

Thanks for this thread. Here's my first baby with another on the way. :)

Tickle Tum Tenors

This one is a kids activity game to help them learn to read musical notes.

Hi, all.

First of all great topic, and some cool games there!

Just wondering if any one has tested any of these on a Surface or any other Win8 tablet.

The reason I ask is that the only way I can check how the game I am working on looks and performs on a tablet is via the simulator in VS, and the performance is sluggish to say the least. I have tried most of the games listed above and the same is true.

So is the simulator indicative of the performance of a published game, or is the performance lag just due to any overheads of the simulator itself.

Note: they all run fine on the desktop, but not in the simulator.

Thanks.

michael Surface tends to perform poorly and the simulator isn't accurate. Feel free to send me a build with an fps counter and I'll let you know how it runs.

thehen,

thanks for the offer, as soon as I get something worth trying I will take you up on that. Should I send .capx or the win8 export?

Thanks for your help.

The export would be great, cheers.

Here's my game in the windows 8 store

Llama Survivor !

apps.microsoft.com/windows/app/llama-survivor/9655f118-3549-4d35-b9c3-c8f8b00c865b

(can't hyperlink since I'm under 500 posts...)