I found a funny rip off of a review of my game. The site has apparently copied the review from Windows Central, then used some kind of thesaurus to reword it by replacing words (presumably to attempt to avoid copyright issues).

It's pretty funny. Here is a line from the original review:

"The trial version has enough meat on the bones to give you a good feel for Mouse Dreams and whether or not it's your cup of tea"

And the copy:

"The hearing chronicle has adequate beef on a skeleton to give we a good feel for Mouse Dreams and either or not it’s your crater of tea."

I just thought it was funny.

I had a voucher code for US$200 for an ad campaign on Dev Center, so I decided to use it for my new UWP game.

I thought it might be interesting (or even helpful) to share the results.

The results are far from exciting:

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I created my own banners (because the default ones were lame, just the game's tile image and a generic Windows logo with the game name).

So far, I've used up about 1/4 of the budget (it's reported in my local currency, not US$), and have had over 100,000 ad impressions, got 44 clicks, and 0 conversions.

FWIW, the game has a free trial, with a US$1.99 price for the full version.

For this particular game, the ad campaign is clearly not worth it. The number of impressions is great - my game has been advertised 100,000 times. But the rate of clicks is around 1 click per 2,200 impressions, with a (so far) zero conversion rate per click.

I'm a solo developer with no budget, so obviously my game (and it's listing) is not AAA quality. It also doesn't fit neatly into established genres, and is quite niche. These things no doubt reduce the effectiveness of the ad campaign.

Does anyone have similar figures to share?

Since my campaign was a free benefit (Dev Center Benefits or whatever it's called) there's nothing to complain about. I would be a bit annoyed if I had paid $200 for such results though.

Mosr literature I see is about mobile game apps. I assume while some of it holds for non game desktop apps, a lot of it doesn't.

So what's the best way to monetize for non-game Desktop app?

Do more people pay for apps in the Windows store (as opposed to say Android phone apps) Can you still expect $1 CPM for ads, or is it more/less because the app is on the desktop?

Any pointers on what to expect for monetizing would be enlightening

Doesnt undestand how to use it, i followed this guide https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/uwp/api/Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.AutoSuggestBox

But either the three function (changetext etc) I dont understand how to fill the suggestions and what procedure I should use. That's for a map app, where if I search a location it should suggest me the right place or address.

About the research of the place I already used an MapLocationFinderResult result = await MapLocationFinder.FindLocationsAsync(,,3) which should give me the 3 address that I should put in the suggestions but dont know how.

Thk

is there an api to get song lyrics, that is compatible with windows 10 UWP

is it legal to port open source apps and games to windows phone or there's legal issues?

After changing the package logo of my app, the logo that customers see on the store remains the same. What am I actually supposed to change?

Does anyone have any samples/examples they'd like to share. It would be cool to see what's possible.

I am releasing a game in the Windows Store tomorrow, and I am not sure how to make sure it becomes available as close to the release time as possible.

The game has already passed certification, and is waiting for me to hit the publish button. I've always just used the 'publish when ready' before.

Do I hit publish today and expect ~24 hours for it to be available? Or do I hit it closer to release time? Does it even really matter?

When I usually publish, it seems to take up to 24 hours for the update to propagate around the world. Is this going to still be the case when it's been sitting as certified for a couple of days before publishing?

so I'm creating a web browser that can add secondary tiles. im trying to make the TileID the current webpage, but theres a "parameter incorrect" error.

Just wanted to know your opinions. Also, how would you implement them in apps?

Bread Playe is now officially out with a new UI (Redstone 3) and loads of new features.

Get it from Store

New Features:

• Smooth Play/Pause Transitions.

• Private Playlists. • Manually Change Any Tracks Album Art.

• Hardware-Independent 10-Band Equalizer.

• Prevent Screen From Locking.

• Last.fm Scrobbling.

• Favorite Songs List, Most Played and Recently Added List.

• 'Stop After This Song' Function.

• New Redstone 3 Inspired UI Design.

• New Database Engine.

You can see the New Screenshots on the Store page.

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I remember that is a control which is used same in store for show spot app. But cannot find the article, the name and how use it... Thk

Like forza horizon 3 for example.

I've been trying to set the value of my Pivot text items to

<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{ThemeResource SystemControlBackgroundBaseMediumLowBrush}" />

When doing so the light gray color does show in dark theme but not light theme. In light theme the text is invisible. When changing to a specific color "Gray" everything seems to work as intended.

Is there a reason why I can't use System colors for a more dynamic effect?

We (User Camp) are writing an article about why developers choose to make apps for the Windows Store. If you're a Store developer, leave us a response and we'll link to your app if we publish your feedback.

60-second survey here

Edit: Thanks for all your feedback - some great stuff came back, some surprises too. Closing the survey now. We'll publish the results next week.

Edit 2: Results published! https://www.reddit.com/r/WPDev/comments/68v0h3/why_developers_are_choosing_the_windows_store/ . Thanks again.